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Star rating: ★★★★ Address: Club Quarters Hotel St. Paul’s, 24 Ludgate Hill, The City EC4M 7DR. Telephone: 0207 651 2200. Website: clubquartershotels.com
Is the hotel a good base for sightseeing?
Yes. The hotel is just sixty seconds from the front steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral (literally!) and the buses that run up and down the street outside will take you anywhere in London. Other attractions within a 15 minute walk include St. Paul’s Cathedral, Dr. Johnson’s House, St. Bartholomew-the-Great, London Museum, Temple Church, Guildhall, Guildhall Art Gallery, Globe Theatre, Tate Modern, London Mithraeum, Temple Bar, Staple Inn, Mansion House and Lincoln’s Inn.
How much does it cost to stay at the hotel?
Prices can change from day to day depending on availability, but a rough guide for both single and double rooms is £159 to £241 per night.
How many rooms does it have?
Club Quarters St Paul's has 265 rooms.
What facilities does the hotel have?
The hotel has a restaurant next-door, a 24-hour front desk, a small fitness centre, and laundry and luggage storage facilities.
What facilities are in the rooms?
A standard room comes with a work desk, TV, telephone and wi-fi, tea & coffee making facilities, a personal safe, plus an ensuite bathroom with a hairdryer and air-conditioning. The hotel also provides room service from the restaurant next-door.
What time is check-in, and check-out?
Check-in is from 3 PM and check-out is by 12 noon.
Which buses go to Club Quarters St Paul's?
Bus routes 8, 26, 35, 42, 47, 48, 78, 135, 149, 205, 242, 344 and 388 all stop close by.
Which is the closest train station?
The nearest station is St. Paul’s on the Central line. It only takes three minutes to walk to Club Quarters St Paul's.
Does the hotel have its own car park?
No. But here’s a list of other car parks near St. Paul’s Cathedral.
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I quite liked this hotel when I first checked-in but I’ve cooled on it now that I’ve been here a while. I don’t want to start this review on a downer, though, because there’s still plenty to recommend it, so let me start with the good stuff.
The best thing about this hotel is definitely its location. When you step outside the front door you can see St. Paul’s Cathedral sixty seconds up the street. (And I really do mean sixty seconds because I timed the walk on my phone!)
The second best thing about the hotel is the size of the room. You get a big desk (bigger than my desk at home), stocked with a few bedtime reading books like the Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus and Philip’s Encyclopedia.
Photo: londondrum.comThe restaurant is also very nice, but that’s because it’s just the high street restaurant next-door. They do a full restaurant menu – a buffet breakfast, cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner, and you can charge the food to your room.
Okay… so that’s all the good stuff done. Now comes the bad stuff (and remember that this is supposed to be a 4-star hotel). My room doesn’t have a safe in it. No minibar. The hotel doesn’t even have a proper bar – just a tea machine in the lounge downstairs. They only give you two teabags and a flimsy little toothpick spoon. (Have you ever tried eating Pot Noodles with a toothpick spoon? It’s impossible!)
Photo: londondrum.comAnd a lot of the things that you’d normally expect to find in a 4-star room have to be grabbed from a utility closet down the hall. Every time you want to iron something, for example, you have to traipse through the labyrinthine hallways and carry the iron and ironing board back to your room. They’ve also got a vending machine and a self-service launderette in there, which is quite handy I suppose, but it’s not the kind of thing I would expect to find in a 4-star hotel – it reminds me of living in a student dorm. They should just put an iron in each room and stop being so tight.
Don’t be too put off by my complaints though, because they’re just piddly little things in the grand scheme of things. Its location is amazing, the room is nice and big, and if they called themselves a 3-star then I’d recommend it without hesitation. But I’ve slept in enough 4s by now to know it’s not one of them.
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GField We stayed here for a few nights in the summer and we loved it. It was so lovely to have St. Paul’s Cathedral on our doorstep every time we left in the morning, and we felt like we were right in the heart of London every time we stepped out of the front door. It is a great base to plan your holiday from, with so many options nearby. (reply)
lucia We enjoyed our 2 night stay in this clean and comfortable hotel. Great location close to many attractions and so close to the cathedral, we hardly needed to get transport but there are many buses outside, and a train station nearby. The breakfast started our day beautifully. (reply)
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