Hotel in Detail:
This is a boutique style hotel offering quaint and contemporary surroundings with period features. Formerly four 19th century town house residences and now modern hotel accommodation.The Abba Queens Gate Hotel hotels bedrooms are contemporary in style and most of the rooms have a balcony area. All rooms are en-suite (power shower, bath, hairdryer, heated towel rails) and air-conditioned. In-room facilities include tea and coffee making facilities, flat screen television, personal safe, central heating, desk, wireless internet connection, direct dial telephone, mini bar, English and continental sockets, trouser press and hairdryer.
Room types:
Standard Twin: 15 m²
Standard Double: 23 m²
Twin Townhouse: 23 m²
Double Townhouse: 23 m²
Triples: 20 m²
Family Room (4 occupants): 25 m²
Daily housekeeping. Lift to all floors. Room service available.
The hotel has its own contemporary style bar and restaurant. Here English snacks and tapas are served during the day as well as wines, beers and Italian coffees.
The daily breakfast buffet includes a freshly baked croissants and pasties, fresh fruits and juices as well as Spanish cuisine.
The Queens Gate hotel front reception is manned 24 hours a day and provides safe and posting facilities. Should you require them there are luggage storage and laundry facilities available. The business traveller will be pleased to know the hotel has a business centre and meeting facilities (2 rooms). A concierge service is also on offer.
If you need to keep in shape you can use the onsite well equipped gymnasium.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Tube Station: Gloucester Road 0.3 miles (0.4 km), Railway Station: West Brompton 1 miles (1.6 km), Motorway: M4 Junction 1 4.2 miles (6.8 km).The Queens Gate Hotel with its Victorian frontage, is situated in central London close to the tourist areas and on the doorstep of some of the most upmarket areas. A short walk to the North finds Kensington High Street , Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park . Kensington High Street is known for its fashionable shopping mixed with cafes, bars a casino and restaurants. Here you will find Kensington Palace which was the former home of Diana the Princess of Wales. Next to the Palace is Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. These two open space together form a wonderful park where you can easily spend a day admiring the many statues and gardens, view the gallery, take a boat onto the Lake Serpentine (time of year and weather permitting), watch the horses being ridden around the dedicated areas of the park or any of the many activities that take place here. To the South of the Abba Queens Gate hotel is the A4 dual carriageway, this is the main road into and out of central London and gives direct road access out to Heathrow Airport. Just beyond the A4 is the Fulham Road another busy shopping area, and beyond that is the famous Kings Road Chelsea which is is known for setting fashion trends although the shops and amenities to be found there are very varied. Other nearby attractions include the Natural History and Science Museums (0.2 miles), Royal Albert Hall (0.2 miles), Harrods department Store (0.7 miles), Buckingham Palace (1.7 miles), Westminster Abbey (2.2 miles) and the London Eye (Millennium Wheel) (2.7 miles).
Bedroom Numbers: 90 / 5 floors
Check-in: 14.00 (2 pm)
Check-out: 12.00 noon
This hotel has averaged a score of 4.3 out of 5 by 4489 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating 4.4 out of 5 from 2821 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 179 of 1162 for hotels in London and rated 4.1 out of 5 from 1668 reviews)
Parking:
No parking available.Internet:
WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.Pets:
Pets are not allowed.Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 86% 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.
Milesfaster ranking: 284th from 853 London hotels, and 119th 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 The Gore Hotel,
whose lowest rates start at about £150 and which has an 86% guest satisfaction rating.
Looking for lower base rates? Then another option might be the Fraser Suites Queens Gate. 0.2 miles
away (0.3 km), has scored 78%
from former guests and whose lowest rates start at about £112. 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. The Milestone Hotel and Apartments is only 0.4 miles (0.6 km) away. The Milestone Hotel and Apartments has an extremely high guest rating of 98%, one of the best rated London hotels.
Local hotels analysed:
The fifty closest hotels from here (31-34 Queens Gate, SW7 postcode) that we have data for cover a 0.6 miles (0.9 km) radius. The 50 are made up of 12 five star hotels (average rating 87%), 29 four star hotels (average rating 80%), 8 three star hotels (average rating 73%) and 1 two star hotel (rated 67%). Top 4 star hotel is Hotel Xenia at 90%. Coming out as the top rated hotels are Milestone Hotel and Apartments (5 star) and also the Egerton House Hotel (5 star) (both joint top with 98%).Base Rates: Using base rates we analyse average starting rates for the area. Useful as a guide but note they do not include special offers or short term deals.
Of the 50 closest hotels analysed we have base rate data for 46 of them. The average rate for all the 50 nearest hotels is £157 per night. Starting from £44 at easyHotel South Kensington (2 Star, 67%) up to £418 at Milestone Hotel and Apartments (5 Star, 98%). Averages by star rating: Five Star average: £261, Four Star average: £121, Three Star average: £68 and Two Star average: £44.
Summary:
We use a proprietary algorithm to rank hotels based on user reviews but adjusting for contributing factors. We rank The Queens Gate Hotel 23rd of the 50 local hotels and 13th for the 29 four star hotels in the area. Our ranking for sheer lowest base rates is 24th of 46 (17th of 27 four star hotels.). To give an overall ranking compared to hotels nearby we combine the rating and base rate scores which gives this hotel a ranking of 25th of 46 for sheer bang for buck (ibis Styles London Gloucester Road was top).
Past Names: Queens Gate Concorde (2006), Ramada Jarvis Kensington (2005)