Hotel in Detail:
THIS PROPERTY IS NOW CLOSEDThe Notting Hill Apartments by BridgeStreet is a grade II listed building. The apartments offer extra services such as 24 hour emergency help, secure entry system, laundry and dry cleaning.
The apartments come with a fully fitted kitchen and kitchenware, microwave, fridge, oven, toaster, hairdryer, music equipment, iron and ironing board, television with freeview digital channels, bathroom, DVD player, desk and wireless internet access.
There is a weekly housekeeping service for guests booking long stays. Most apartments have a washer/dryer but for those that don't guests have use of communal washer/dryers.
Welcome box on arrival which includes some basic grocery supplies.
There is an excellent choice of restaurants in the immediate vicinity many of which offer a take service.
Due to limited reception hours, check–in and keys for the apartment are available for collection only between 14:00 and 17:00 on the arrival day.
Note that there is no lift at the apartments but they do have several apartments on the lower floors.
Apartments are all non–smoking.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Tube Station: Bayswater 0.2 miles (0.4 km), Railway Station: London Paddington 0.8 miles (1.3 km), Motorway: M4 Junction 1 4 miles (6.4 km).The Notting Hill by BridgeStreet Worldwide is located on the North Western edge of central London. This area is known as Notting Hill and is an upmarket area with chic and popular shopping on its main road. Also close by is excellent shopping and other amenities at Kensington, Queensway and at Bayswater. Princes Square itself is a relatively quiet residential square, although is a lesser known cut through for local traffic. This is an extremely popular area for tourist class hotels thanks to its great range of amenities and transport facilities (including bus, taxi and rail links) and so close to the main central areas of London. Bayswater Station which is part of the tube system is only 246 yards (224 metres) from the apartments. The major mainline railway station at Paddington is 0.6 miles (1.0 km) and is the start/end pint for the Heathrow express train service. Nearest landmarks and attractions include Hyde Park 475 yards, (434 metres) Portobello Road Market 0.4 miles (0.6 km), Kensington Palace 0.7 miles (1.1 km), Alexandra Fleming Laboratory 0.8 miles (1.3 km), Serpentine Gallery 0.9 miles (1.4 km) (1.4 km), Linley Sambourne House 0.9 miles (1.4 km) (1.4 km) and the Royal Albert hall 1 mile (1.6 km).
Bedroom Numbers: 38
Check-in: 14.00 (2 pm) till 17.30 (5.30 pm)
Check-out: 10 am
This hotel has averaged a score of 4 out of 5 by 40 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating n/a out of 5 from n/a reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 204 of 1771 for Specialty Lodging in London and rated 4 out of 5 from 40 reviews)
Pets:
Pets are not allowed.Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 80% 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) .
Milesfaster ranking: 616th from 853 London hotels, and 273rd of 341 four star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
Also close by and a similar hotel (0.0 miles, 0.1 km) would be the 4 star The Premier Notting Hill,
whose lowest rates start at about £86 and which has a 77% guest satisfaction rating. The Premier Notting Hill also offers: free WiFi.
If you are looking for something a bit cheaper then take a look at the Rockwell Hotel. 1.2 miles
from here (2.0 km), has been rated at 82%
by past guests and has rates from around £45 (theres free WiFi too). Howabout an alternative hotel that has scores higher in guest reviews? Then the 5 Star Royal Lancaster London ticks many of the right boxes, it's only 0.8 miles (1.3 km) from here. The Royal Lancaster London is one of the top rated London hotels with a 93% guest satisfaction rating.
Local hotels analysed:
The 50 hotels nearest to this location (74-76 Princess Square, W2 postcode) that we list cover a 0.8 miles (1.2 km) radius. They include 4 five star hotels (average rating 85%), 22 four star hotels (average rating 77%), 19 three star hotels (average rating 70%) and 5 two star hotels (average rating 64%). Top 4 star hotel is Roseate House London at 88%. Of the local hotels the highest rated is Royal Garden Hotel (5 star) at 89%.Base Rates: See a breakdown of the average starting (base) rates for the area. Base rates are a rough guide to starting rates as they do not include special offers and deals.
Of the 50 closest hotels analysed we have base rate data for 44 of them. The average starting rates for the surrounding area are around £109 per night. They range from a low of £13 at Smart Hyde Park View Hostel (2 Star, 73%) to a high of £258 at The Laslett (5 Star, 88%) and The Portobello Hotel (4 Star, 83%). The breakdown by star rating shows the following averages: Five Star average: £187, Four Star average: £110, Three Star average: £72 and Two Star average: £48.
Summary:
We rank hotels based on their guest rating but balanced for their influencing factors and we rank Notting Hill by BridgeStreet 13th (joint) of 50 nearby hotels and 7th (joint) for the 22 four star hotels in the area. Compared to the nearest alternative hotels this hotel is 3rd of 44 (1st (joint) of 20 four star hotels.) for base rates. Balancing the hotels rates and user rating we rank the hotel 10th of 44 when judging the balance of price point to user rating (Smart Hyde Park View Hostel was top).
We note that this hotel is above average locally for 4 star hotels even though its below average overall for 4 star hotels in London.
History: Formerly called the Princes Square by BridgeStreet Worldwide until 2012. Was called the Somerset Princes square till 2006.