Hotel in Detail:
Hotel Indigo London Kensington is a former converted terraced Victorian House dating back to 1886. Today its a contemporary cool hotel.The hotel bedrooms are all individually designed and reflect the brands boutique ethos. Every guest room has a king sized bed complete with mattress topper and Egyptian cotton linen. They also all feature double glazed windows and individually controlled air-conditioning. The in-room facilities include a flat screen television, desk, direct dial telephone and cordless phone, wireless high speed internet access, safe, mini bar (with complimentary soft drinks), IPod docking station, ironing facilities and windows that can be opened. Some rooms have a balcony.
Bathrooms come with a hairdryer, free toiletries, slippers and bath and/or spa style shower.
There are 11 junior suites and 22 executive rooms.
Daily maid service.
Dining:
Mansion Bar & Parlour: Destination bar specialising in molecular and carbonised cocktails. Open for breakfast, brunch, afternoon tea and dinner; extensive range of English wines and fine French champagnes. A refined venue with live jazz. The bar serves some of the finest Champagnes and traditional method sparkling wines. The a la carte menu has been developed to partner the wines.Special menus: Champagne & Oyster Thursdays, Afternoon Tea served Monday to Saturday, Sunday Champagne Jazz Brunch.
The bar is themed around an 1890s private members club.
The Indigo Hotel Kensington has a dedicated business centre where guests will find facilities for photocopies, courier services, fax and computer hire. Please note the business centre is unstaffed.
The hotel has 2 iPads available for guests use.
Onsite is a well equipped gymnasium with cardio machines, free weights, Treadmill, bicycle, cross trainer and exercise mat.
Other services include luggage storage, same day dry cleaning pickup/laundry and concierge services.
Public areas are air-conditioned. The lounge remains open 24 hours as is the front reception. The hotel has an ice machine and 2 iPads available for guests use.
The hotel is fully non-smoking.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Tube Station: Earls Court 211 yards (192 metres), Railway Station: West Brompton 0.4 miles (0.6 km), Motorway: M4 Junction 1 3.7 miles (6 km).The Hotel Indigo London Kensington is located a relatively quiet side street off of Earls Court Road and is walking distance from Earls Court Exhibition centre and tube station. While the hotel calls itself Kensington this is really to take advantage of the fashionable name. It is indeed walking distance from Kensington but the area its located in is really more accurately described as Earls Court. Earls Court Road has a good selection of small shops and bars. This location is in west London while central London and its many bars, restaurants and shop are just minutes away by taxi or tube train. Nearest attractions include Commonwealth Institute (0.6 miles), Hyde Park (0.7 miles), Kensington Palace (0.8 miles), Albert Memorial (1 mile) and Holland Park Theatre (1 mile).
Upmarket shopping and restaurants are nearby along Kensington High Street and the even more chic and classy shops and boutiques of Knightsbridge (home to Harrods department store).
Bedroom Numbers: 100/ 4 floors
Check-in: 14.00 (2 pm)
Check-out: 12.00 noon
This hotel has averaged a score of 4.35 out of 5 by 4540 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating 4.1 out of 5 from 1563 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 235 of 1162 for hotels in London and rated 4.5 out of 5 from 2977 reviews)
Parking:
No parking available.Internet:
WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.Pets:
Pets are allowed. Charges may be applicable.More hotels from this chain
Maybe your first and only choice is the Indigo chain your next best options are:
Hotel Indigo London Paddington: is 1.8 miles (2.8 km) away, has a guest satisfaction score of 84% and rates start from about £143.
Hotel Indigo 1 Leicester Square: is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) from here, earns a customer rating of 76% and base rates begin at about £177.
Hotel Indigo London Tower Hill: 5.2 miles (8.3 km), rated at 91% and with rates from around £152.
Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 87% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 4 star hotels is 82%. Therefore this hotel is above average for its sector (star rating) and for London as a whole. Indigo Hotels across the chain average 84% so this hotel is just above the average rating for Indigo hotels.
Milesfaster ranking: 98th from 853 London hotels, 2nd of 4 Indigo Hotels, and 29th of 341 four star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
Also close by and a similar hotel (0.1 miles, 0.2 km) would be the 4 star Mornington Hotel London Kensington,
whose lowest rates start at about £75 and which has an 80% guest satisfaction rating. The Mornington Hotel London Kensington also offers: free WiFi.
For a hotel that offers lower base rates take a look at the Rockwell Hotel. 0.2 miles
away (0.3 km), has been rated at 82%
by past guests and whose lowest rates start at about £45 (theres free WiFi too). Would you prefer to go with something that has scored higher in guest satisfaction ratings? If that is what your after then the 5 Star Milestone Hotel and Apartments seems like a possible option, it's only 0.7 miles (1.1 km) from here. The Milestone Hotel and Apartments has an extremely high guest rating of 98%, one of the best rated London hotels.
Local hotels analysed:
The 51 nearest hotels around this area (34-44 Barkston Gardens, SW5 postcode) which we have have on our website extend out to a 0.5 miles (0.8 km) radius. The numbers by star rating are 3 five star hotels (average rating 76%), 27 four star hotels (average rating 78%), 14 three star hotels (average rating 70%) and 6 two star hotels (average rating 62%). Coming out as the top rated hotel are Miiro Templeton Garden (4 star) and also the Hotel Xenia (4 star) (both joint top with 90%).Base Rates: We compare area starting room rates by using base rates. Bear in mind we use the published base rates which do not reflect short term offers and deals. They do however give a decent relative comparison.
Of the nearest fifty hotels we have base rates for 43 of them. Looking at all hotels in the area the average base rate is £105 per night. They range from a low of £44 at easyHotel South Kensington (2 Star, 67%) up to £237 at The Bentley London (5 Star, 78%). Rates break down to the following for each star rating: Five Star average: £79, Four Star average: £105, Three Star average: £70 and Two Star average: £77.
Summary:
Using our in-house algorithm we rank hotels based on guest ratings and weighted for related factors. We have a ranking for Hotel Indigo London Kensington 5th of 51 and 5th for the 27 four star hotels in the area. Our base rate rank for the hotel is 27th of 43 (13th of 25 four star hotels.). We use the base rate ranking and review ranking for the hotel to get an overall ranking of 11th of 42 for sheer value for money (Mornington Hotel London Kensington was top).
History: Owned by Cairn Hotel group since 1993. Refurbished 2013 which increased the room capacity from 93 to 100. Was called the Barkston Gardens Hotel until rebranding in 2013.