(Rates from $162.68)
Thistle Kensington Gardens
In London near Kensington Gardens
Close to Kensington Gardens
This London property is located near Kensington Gardens, Kensington Palace, and Hyde Park. Other nearby points of interest include Buckingham Palace.
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Thistle Kensington Gardens provides a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a business center. Other amenities include high-speed Internet access and a concierge desk.
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Guestrooms have satellite television, complimentary newspapers, and cable/satellite TV; rooms also include coffee/tea makers and hair dryers.
More room informationTraveler Opinions: Hotel review summary of Thistle Kensington Gardens, London Hotel
| Overall satisfaction | 100% of travelers (9 of 9) recommend this hotel | ||||
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| Hotel service | Hotel condition | Room cleanliness | Room comfort | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| Scores are based on a 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) rating system. | |||||
Most recent reviews and ratings for Thistle Kensington Gardens in London
All reviews displayed are submitted by customers who stayed at this hotel. Only the 3 most recent reviews are shown.
| Overall satisfaction | Hotel service | Hotel condition | Room cleanliness | Room comfort | |
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| 5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Good headquarters for a stay in central London. We’ll go back.
Great central location; close to bus and tube lines. Not a fancy hotel, but OK for the money.
Traveler's tip on saving a few bucks
walk around to Queensway to get inexpensive meals; also to find take out food; especially at 2 different grocery delis close to Bayswater.
| Overall satisfaction | Hotel service | Hotel condition | Room cleanliness | Room comfort | |
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| 5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
Clean hotel, great value
We stayed here for 8 nights. The hotel staff was friendly (we mostly dealt with the concierge), our room was clean, the bed was made up every day, fresh towels every day, had a hair dryer, safe, flat screen tv, and a towel warming bar. It is very close to the Queensway tube station and bus stops that take you direct to Oxford Circus, Westminster, and Piccadilly Circus. We were only at the hotel to sleep basically, and the bed in our room was very comfortable. The pillows were a little flat for my personal taste, but two pillows together were just right. The room and bathroom are small, but that is common and to be expected. We had several pieces of luggage and were able to stow them in the closet and out of the way to have full function of the room. Being across from the park was very nice as our travelcard was not good on the day we arrived, so we spent the afternoon and evening exploring the park and all of its sites.
Traveler's tip on saving a few bucks
Buy the London Pass with Travelcard - it made it so much easier to get around because they will mail it to your house so you don’t have to wait in the lines to get your transportation cards. You also get to skip the ticket line in many tourist attractions with the card.
| Overall satisfaction | Hotel service | Hotel condition | Room cleanliness | Room comfort | |
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| 4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
Great for the price and location
This hotel was comfy, clean, and had more amenities than I was expecting (hair dryer, safe, shampoos, etc.) so for the price I paid and the wonderful location (right next to Hyde Park and a Tube Station), I was very happy. The thing I was NOT happy with was the staff. They were not accomodating, never knew the answers to my questions, wouldn’t let me use the phone after I had checked out of my room, and didn’t have the simplest of things like a pen. It was like they didn’t care whether or not I had everything I needed. The other couple with my husband and myself even had the do not disturb sign on but the cleaning staff knocked on the door almost every day!!
Traveler's tip
The tube was seconds away from the hotel along with an internet cafe. Both came in very handy for everything we needed. For the Tube, definitely get an oyster card, you can load it up anytime you need to. For the internet cafe, you get 75 minutes for 1.50 pounds, so it is definitely worth it compared to others we saw in the city.