Hotel in Detail:
Formerly the 130 Queens Gate Apartments was four separate townhouse residences first built in the 1870's. The building has neo-classical style and retains many of its original period features. The premises are staffed 24 hours and the multi lingual staff are happy to assist with a range of services including local information.Each apartment is fitted with modern amenities and has wooden floors. There is a choice of Deluxe, Superior and Standard apartments and adjacent apartments can be joined. Each apartment comes with a fully equipped kitchen with dishwasher and washing machine, Ironing Ironing board/Iron, Safe, Direct dial telephone with voice mail, Flatscreen TV with Sky channels, iPod dock, free Wireless Internet Access, DVD Player, hairdryer, Kettle with Welcome pack of Mineral water, tea, coffee and milk plus complimentary toiletries on arrival.
Lift to all floors. Daily housekeeping except for Sundays.
Continental breakfast packs can be ordered for an additional charge.
Other apartment services includes dry cleaning and CCTV securtity.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Tube Station: Gloucester Road 334 yards (305 metres), Railway Station: West Brompton 0.9 miles (1.4 km), Motorway: M4 Junction 1 4.3 miles (6.9 km).Located on the Western fringes of Central London is the One Thirty Queens Gate Apartments in a stylish 1850's Victorian building. Once the houses along this road mostly housed well to-do Victorian residents but they are now mostly converted in to hotels and flats. The apartments are close to the junction with the Cromwell Road (A4) which is the main road into and out of London giving direct road access to Heathrow Airport. This location is close to a host of shopping, bars and cafes as well as the best known of the tourist attractions of central London. Nearest main shopping can be found to the South at South Kensington, to the North East at Knightsbridge and also Kensington High Street to the North West. The 130 Queen's Gate Apartmentsl is just a short stroll from Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens (0.5 miles) which is directly opposite the Northern end of Queens Gate. Nearby local attractions include the Museums of Natural History (0.1 miles), Science (0.2 miles), and the V&A (0.3 miles) (all on the Cromwell Road), The Royal Albert Hall which is a major entertainment venue (0.5 miles), Albert memorial (0.5 miles) and Kensington Palace (0.7 miles) (home of the late Diana Princess of Wales).
Bedroom Numbers: 50 / 7 floors
Check-in: 14.00 (2 pm)
Check-out: 12.00 noon
This hotel has averaged a score of 4.45 out of 5 by 883 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating 4.3 out of 5 from 572 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 245 of 1162 for hotels in London and rated 4.7 out of 5 from 311 reviews)
Parking:
No parking available.Internet:
WiFi is available in the rooms and is free of charge.Pets:
Pets are not allowed.Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 89% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 5 star hotels is 90%. Therefore although the hotel is above average for London as a whole this hotel is below average for its sector (star rating) .
Milesfaster ranking: 270th from 853 London hotels, and 105th of 138 five star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
Another hotel that is much like the One Thirty Queens Gate London Apartments and not too far away (0.0 miles, 0.0 km) would be the 5 star The Exhibitionist Hotel,
where prices begin from around £149 and which has an 85% guest satisfaction rating.
If your mainly looking at apartments another option could be the The Apartments by The Sloane Club. It's 1.0 miles (1.6 km) (as the crow flys) away with rates from £419 with a satisfaction score of 91%.
Perhaps you would prefer a cheaper option? In that case one to look at is the St Regis London. 1.9 miles
away (3.1 km), has scored 80%
from former guests where rates start from approximately £49. Can we suggest something with a higher guest score? We suggest the 5 Star Egerton House Hotel seems like a possible option. The Egerton House Hotel is only 0.5 miles (0.8 km) away. The Egerton House Hotel has an extremely high guest rating of 98%, one of the best rated London hotels.
Local hotels analysed:
The closest fifty hotels around this area (130 Queen's Gate, SW7 postcode) that are listed on this website cover a 0.6 miles (0.9 km) radius. They breakdown as follows: 12 five star hotels (average rating 86%), 29 four star hotels (average rating 80%), 8 three star hotels (average rating 73%) and 1 two star hotel (rated 67%). The highest rating goes to Egerton House Hotel (5 star) and also the Milestone Hotel and Apartments (5 star) (both joint top with 98%).Base Rates: We look at what the average base rates are for the area and by star rating. These rates do not take account of offers and short term deals so are just a guide.
Of the nearest fifty hotels we have base rates for 46 of them. The average starting rate looking at all the nearest hotels to this location is £152 per night. The cheapest standard rates begin at £44 at easyHotel South Kensington (2 Star, 67%) while the highest base rates are £418 at Milestone Hotel and Apartments (5 Star, 98%). Averages listed for each individual star sector: Five Star average: £219, Four Star average: £130, Three Star average: £68 and Two Star average: £44.
Summary:
Our in-house ranking based on guest ratings but adjusted for influencing factors ranks 130 Queens Gate London Apartments 12th (joint) of the 50 local hotels and 7th for the 12 five star hotels in the area. 43rd of 46 (9th of 11 five star hotels.) for base rates ranking. Scoring the hotels rates and review score together we rank the hotel 35th of 46 when judging value for money (ibis Styles London Gloucester Road was top).
Below the London average but above the local average for 5 star hotels.