The Porchester Hotel

"It’s definitely not a 4 star hotel. Pre-warning, if you stay in room 402 the walls are paper thin so you can hear the room next door perfectly including all conversations and every movement. The ceiling also leaked when it rained. It’s not an awful hotel… it’s just not great. But did the job for one night."

"I honestly can't recommend this place enough. I booked two rooms for 3 people (2 in one, 1 in the other). After an extremely poor experience at another place, this booking was a real relief. So friendly, lovely and accommodating at such short notice. The rooms were clean, beds were comfortable and kitted out with coffee machine, en suite, kettle with tea and coffee, desk, hair dryer, etc and spacious. Well positioned near tubes and buses, right near Kensington Gardens, plenty nearby and the hotel stay itself was just absolutely gorgeous. Staff were SO lovely. Thank you so so much for everything ❤️ I'd definitely book again!!"

"Very enjoyable 3 night stay at this hotel. We booked a few months in advance and found the prices to be very reasonable. An emailed query at time of booking was very promptly answered by the hotel. Throughout the stay all the staff we encountered were polite and friendly. The room was more spacious than anticipated (not huge but more than adequate for us), and was cleaned on a daily basis. There were signs of wear and tear but we expect this in a regularly used hotel room. There were fresh bottles of water put in our mini fridge daily, with also packets of biscuits , shower gel/hand lotion/shampoo, coffee/tea/sugar/coffee pods being replenished each day. The location was great with 2 accessible tube stations a couple of streets away, as were the local supermarkets & eateries and bus stops were within a short distance away. Kensington Gardens/Hyde Park is literally a couple of minutes walk away. We were in a 3rd floor room at the rear of the building so didn't experience any road traffic noise, the road itself didn't seem to be an overly busy one either, we could hear the guests in the adjoining room enter & leave their room but that was it. I was woken once by noises above in the early hours one morning, but this was one isolated occasion. We opted not to include breakfast with our stay, but observed that it seemed to be quite popular whenever we left in the mornings.We found this to be a clean and friendly hotel and would not hesitate in recommending it to friends, and indeed returning ourselves for another stay (and opting for the breakfast !)."