Travel Reference
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$$$ London House Hotel
has 103 spiffy, modern cookie-cutter rooms on Kensington
Gardens Square. Its rates are great considering the quality and fine location (rates fluctu-
ate, but generally Db-
£
105 weekdays and
£
130 on weekends, expect to pay more during
busiest times and less in winter, smaller rooms not facing the square are about
£
10-20
cheaper, basement family rooms-
£
140, check online for specific rates and last-minute
deals, continental breakfast-
£
7, elevator, free Wi-Fi, 81 Kensington Gardens Square, tel.
020/7243-1810,
www.londonhousehotels.com
,
reservations@londonhousehotels.com
)
.
$$$ Phoenix Hotel,
a Best Western modernization of a 125-room hotel, offers spa-
cious public spaces and modern-feeling rooms. Its prices—which range from fine-value to
rip-off—are determined by a greedy computer program, with huge variations according to
expected demand. Book online to save money (Sb-
£
80-110, Db-
£
110-140, Tb-
£
150-180,
elevator, free guest computer and Wi-Fi, 1-8 Kensington Gardens Square, tel. 020/
7229-2494, US tel. 800-528-1234,
www.phoenixhotel.co.uk
,
info@phoenixhotel.co.uk
).
$$ Princes Square Guest Accommodation
is a crisp (if impersonal) place renting
50 businesslike rooms with pleasant, modern decor. It's well-located, practical, and a
very good value, especially if you can score a good rate (prices fluctuate with demand,
but generally Db-
£
100-110,
£
20 less for a single,
£
40 more for a triple; email to ask
for best price, breakfast likely included if you book direct—ask, elevator, pay Wi-Fi,
23-25
Princes
Square,
tel.
020/7229-9876,
$$ Kensington Gardens Hotel
laces 17 pleasant, slightly scuffed rooms together in
a tall, skinny building (Ss-
£
59, Sb-
£
69, Db-
£
98, Tb-
£
120; continental breakfast served
at Phoenix Hotel, free Wi-Fi, 9 Kensington Gardens Square, tel. 020/7243-7600,
$$ Bayswater Inn Hotel'
s 140 tidy, perfectly adequate rooms come with dated style,
an impersonal feel, and outrageously high official rack rates. But rooms commonly go for
much lower prices, making this a decent—sometimes great—budget option (if booked in
advance roughly Sb-
£
60, Db-
£
90, Tb-
£
125, Qb-
£
150, stay for free on fifth consecutive
night, elevator, pay guest computer and Wi-Fi, 8-16 Princes Square, tel. 020/7727-8621,