London HouseEditor's Pick

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Formerly a hostel, the London House Hotel is now a well-priced, if anonymous, budget option in swanky Bayswater. It’s a big place, too, with 100 rooms, all of them with private bathrooms.

The hotel was recently renovated, and the place has the smooth, flattened look of a chain hotel. Rooms themselves are lacking in character. There’s lots of light wood in the form of bed frames and bedside tables. Among the pleasing touches are the boxy bedside lamps and the obligatory tea kettle station. Walls are kept mostly bare, save for the hanging flat-screen televisions. Bathrooms are sparklingly clean. There is Wi-Fi access throughout the building, available for a charge of £1 per half-hour.

Cheapos who are dying to spend the night in Bayswater but are hungry for a deal should request a basement double, which is offered for just over half the nightly rate in play on other floors. On balance, the rates here are affordable for London though not hostel-level, and accordingly it’s the post-backpacker set—from the UK and elsewhere in Europe, mostly—who stay here.

Note that through the end of 2008, the building is undergoing renovations, and there is scaffolding around the hotel’s exterior. Also of note is the tiny (3%) surcharge assessed all credit card transactions.

» Alex Robertson Textor

Note: This hotel was visited by a EuroCheapo editor and is recommended based on cleanliness, location, price and overall quality. EuroCheapo did not charge this hotel to be listed.