Hotel in Detail:
The Mercure London Paddington Hotel offers its guests contemporary style accommodation on the doorstep of one of London's largest mainline and tube stations.Bedrooms have a modern look and feel. All rooms are en-suite with an oversize shower, bath, hairdryer and toiletries are supplied. Bedroom amenities include air conditioning, trouser press, iron, coffee maker, safe, high-speed Internet access (wired and wireless), direct dial telephone with voicemail, trouser press, minibar, in-room safe and fully interactive flat-screen TV with pay movies, onscreen bill view and satellite channels.
There is a room service menu (0.800 till 22.000) of hot and cold dishes and and includes breakfast options. All floors are accessed by a lift.
The hotel restaurant (actually located adjacent to the hotel) is the air-conditioned Garfunkel's Restaurant which is open from 07.00 till 22.30.
On the Ground Floor is the Gallery Lounge bar with its 42 inch plasma television and Sky Sports channel along with the restaurant and reception.
The Mercure London Paddington Hotel offers business amenities which include 2 meeting rooms for up to 20 guests. For the energetic there's the free onsite fitness centre which is open 24 hours while for a more relaxing time spend time in the hotels basement located executive lounge with its large screen TV.
WiFi is available in public areas, meeting rooms and bedrooms. Luggage storage facilities are available on request. Same day laundry and dry cleaning. Reception is staffed round the clock, 24/7.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Tube & Railway Station: London Paddington 158 yards (144 metres), Motorway: M1 Junction 1 4.5 miles (7.2 km). Within a 0.5 miles (0.8 km) circle of the hotel are 5 tube stations (underground system).The Mercure London Paddington Hotel is situated in the central London location (slightly to the North West of centre) of Paddington. This is a very popular area for a budget stay while having good access to all of London via the excellent transport links. Less than 200 yards from Paddington Station from where you can use the Heathrow Express and Connect services for Heathrow Airport. Within walking distance is Hyde Park while shopping and other amenities can be found nearby at Queensway, Notting Hill, Edgware Road and Marble Arch. Also closely is the Portobello antiques market on Ladbroke Grove. Nearest attractions include Madame Tussauds, Kensington Palace, the Wallace Collection, Alexandra Fleming Museum and the Royal Albert Hall.
Bedroom Numbers: 85 / 5 floors
Check-in: 14.00 (2 pm)
Check-out: 10.30
This hotel has averaged a score of 3.75 out of 5 by 4669 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating 3.8 out of 5 from 2172 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 634 of 1162 for hotels in London and rated 3.7 out of 5 from 2497 reviews)
Parking:
Public parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is needed) and costs £30 per day.Internet:
WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.Pets:
Pets are not allowed.More hotels from this chain
If your first and only choice is for the Mercure chain your options for the same brand nearby are:
Mercure London Hyde Park: is 163 yards (149 metres) away, has a guest satisfaction score of 82% and rates start from about £159.
Mercure London Bloomsbury: is 2.2 miles (3.6 km) from here, earns a customer rating of 77% and base rates begin at about £136.
Mercure London Bridge: 3.3 miles (5.4 km), rated at 82% and with rates from around £161.
Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 75% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 4 star hotels is 82%. Therefore this hotel is below average for its sector (star rating) . Mercure Hotels across the chain average 77% so this hotel is slightly below the guest rating for most Mercure hotels.
Milesfaster ranking: 696th from 853 London hotels, 5th of 6 Mercure Hotels, and 308th of 341 four star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
A similar type of hotel (size, rating) nearby (0.1 miles, 0.1 km) would be the 4 star Hotel Indigo London Paddington,
with rates that start from about £144 and which has an 87% guest satisfaction rating. The Hotel Indigo London Paddington also offers: free WiFi.
We can also suggest a cheaper options nearby which would be the Park Grand Lancaster Gate. 0.3 miles
from here (0.5 km), has scored 84%
from former guests and has rates from around £49. Something close by with a great client rating? We suggest the 5 Star The Beaumont Mayfair may well be of interest to you, it's only 1.0 miles (1.6 km) from here. The Beaumont Mayfair has an extremely high guest rating of 98%, one of the best rated London hotels.
Local hotels analysed:
The fifty closest hotels from here (144 Praed Street, W2 postcode) that we have data for cover a 0.5 miles (0.9 km) radius. The 50 consist of 3 five star hotels (average rating 85%), 19 four star hotels (average rating 77%), 21 three star hotels (average rating 70%) and 7 two star hotels (average rating 64%). Top 4 star hotel is Roseate House London at 88%. Of these hotels the highest rated is Royal Lancaster London (5 star) at 93%.Base Rates: See how the area stacks up for low rates using base rates. We use published base rates but note these do not reflect special offers or short term discounts so remain a rough guide.
For the nearest 50 hotels in the area we have base rate data on 46 of them. We have calculated the average base rate for all the 50 nearby hotels at £105 per night. The low end of the scale shows rates from £13 at Smart Hyde Park View Hostel (2 Star, 73%) to a high of £350 at Royal Lancaster London (5 Star, 93%). Rate averages for each star rating: Five Star average: £215, Four Star average: £118, Three Star average: £76 and Two Star average: £54.
Summary:
We rank hotels based on their guest rating but balanced for their influencing factors and we rank Mercure London Paddington Hotel 34th (joint) of 50 nearby hotels and 16th (joint) for the 19 four star hotels in the area. Compared to the nearest alternative hotels this hotel is 27th of 46 (4th (joint) of 18 four star hotels.) for base rates. Balancing the hotels rates and user rating we rank the hotel 39th of 46 when judging the balance of price point to user rating (Smart Hyde Park View Hostel was top).
Past Names: Quality Crown Hotel Paddington (2011), The London Crown Hotel Paddington (2005)