Central Park Hotel, London

WORST HOTEL EVER STAFF-OBNOXIOUS AND UNHELPFUL NO LUGGAGE FACILITIES UNSAFE DIRTY ROOMS (HAIRS ON BED, POWER BOXES BEHIND BED) ABSOLUTE RIP OFF. STILL ANGRY ROOMS TINY

The hotel is off the northwest of hyde park - towards Notting Hill. Good value for money. Clean. Our first room was cramped - really tiny, so for our second, third and fourth nights we've asked for a much larger room, which we were gracefully given. Staff are generally pleasant and helpful. On the down side, there is a bit of a chaos in the dining room and rules are confusing and are unnecessary cumbersome. The lady there (Alice) is rude and is evidently in the wrong job. The Japanese man from the concierge desk was particularly helpful and so were the reception staff. I'd give the hotel a 7/10 overall. And a good value for your money (£70 for a twin). Так что бардель среднего класса, ближе к бюджетному. ;)

The rooms (and breakfast) are small and basic, OK for an economy hotel. The staff was nice. Great location near transportation, reasonable restaurants and Hyde Park. Problem? Bedbugs. My wife was bitten badly, and we may have brought them home. Can't speak for the whole hotel, but don't stay in room 446.

What I disliked about this hotel was that when we came back from our tours around london, we saw that our rooms were not clean. The hotel had very poor service regarding housekeeping, they didn't do what they were supposed to. The concerige was great though... They had opportunities for the tourists to have a tour around the different places in London, and I really enjoyed the services that they gave to us with the exception of the hotel housekeeping.

The hotel was located near Kensington Palace and across the street fom Hyde Park. The tube and 2 bus stops are 2 blocks from the hotel and are quite convienient. London is huge and I made the mistake of thinking it was a lot smaller but I was wrong. You can expect a lot of walking to all attractions. There are a handful of attractions that are within walking distance to one another the rest are far from each other. The London Eye is across the bridge from West Minster Abby and Big Ben/ Parliment and those are really the only ones that are near each other. Prince Charles house is near Buckingham Palace, it is the big yellow place on the right just before the Queens garden and Buckingham Palace and if you go out back of his home you can get close up pictures of the guards, you can actually take your picture with them. It is not easy to get close up pictures of the changing of the guards so this is a good place to get one with yourself in it. The tube is the easiest way to get around to attractions if you are limited on time because it takes buses soooooo long to get through the heavy traffic. Piccadilly Circus was fabulous(theater district) and Oxford street for serious shopping reasonably priced and cheap food chains. As far as this hotel, it was fine. The lobby is clean and the lounge is brand new but the rooms are small but adequate and quaint although on my last morning their I saw a huge cockroach in the bathroom. The hallways are shocking. The rugs are filthy and have duck tape on them in some areas. Also be prepared for long waits at the airports to go through customs and to pick up you bags. We waited for 1 and half hours and this was 2 planefuls of people. I bought the Lodon Pass for the attractions and the Travel Pass for unlimited transportaion on the bus, tube and metro. I loved the travel pass and it was well worth the money. What i paid for thr travel pass for 2 days I spent on 5 taxi rides in a day. The attractions pass was not worth the money because most stuff is free to get into or it is not covered by the pass. This was my first time to London and it was great. get a good street map and you will do fine with getting around.

Three things I disliked with this hotel: 1) They had fleas/bedbugs in the hotel. Two of us get a lot of bites (big red dots) in the face, arms etc. when we slept. 2) Some of us had trouble with the key cards. 3) They said that we could pay with Diners Card but it didn’t work. They said is must be something wrong with our cards, but it is strange that to should have problems with Dineres there and not other places. However, Master and Visa work.

I was impressed with the night crew at the front desk, I think their names were Irwin & Billy, in the middle of the night, my daughter felt ill and these 2 guys were extremely amazing, until now I still think about what if it happenned on day shify. The reason I said this is because, the girl who checked us in on July 22, 2005 seemed nice at first but then when we tried to ask her questions like where the closest store/mall was, she gave us the impression that she did not know the area and had to refer us to the concierge who did not seem friendly to us, he hardly smiles; anyways we figured it out ourselves because it was one of its best features, night shopping and dinning which was 2-3 mins walk from the hotel. We had good memories of London, and would I go back to the same hotel? I think I would if only because some of their employees are really nice, effecient and accomodating, however, next time I think I will talk to the Hotel manager if I encounter the same problems.

I just returned from a stay in this hotel. I booked the room over the internet so I got a pretty decent price. The room was a very small but non-smoking single. The bath was a good size and clean but the hotel, at least the floor I stayed on and the breakfast area were in the process of undergoing a much needed renovation. The wall paper was coming away in the room, the carpet worn and dirty, but the bed was quite comfortable. However, the breakfast was one of the worst I have ever had in the UK. Although the location was great, I probably will not be staying here again.

the room was great once we had found out how to turn the lights on. it was all very clean. the breakfast was yummy with lots of choice. all good

We just came back from a week long stay at this hotel and all in all, we did have a good experience. However, we did request a newly remodeled room and we were given one on the 3rd floor. They were in the process of remodeling the other floors but it sounds like the newer rooms are much nicer if you can get one. The breakfast was basically a waste but there are many restraunts and other locations to go nearby for a good breakfast before you start your day. Great location, close to two Tube stops was really helpful and it was nice being across from Hyde Park.