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Star rating: ★★★★ Address: Radisson Blu Hotel London Marble Arch, 19-25 Granville Place, Marble Arch W1H 6PA. Telephone: 0207 408 0130. Website: radissonhotels.com
Is the hotel a good base for sightseeing?
Yes. The hotel is located in one of the roads behind Oxford Street (near Selfridges) so Mayfair, Marylebone and Hyde Park are all on your doorstep, and Soho is only a short walk away. Attractions within a 15 minute walk include Marble Arch, Wallace Collection and Handel & Hendrix in London.
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 single rooms is £182 to £289, and for double rooms it’s £194 to £298 per night.
How many rooms does it have?
Radisson Blu Marble Arch has 101 rooms.
What facilities does the hotel have?
The hotel has a bar and restaurant, a small fitness centre, and offers laundry and luggage storage facilities.
What facilities are in the rooms?
A standard room has tea & coffee making facilities, a TV, telephone and wi-fi, a personal safe, and an ensuite bathroom with a hairdryer, iron and air-conditioning.
What time is check-in, and check-out?
Check-in is from 3 PM and check-out is by 11 AM.
Which buses go to Radisson Blu Marble Arch?
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 Marble Arch on the Central line. It only takes three minutes to walk to Radisson Blu Marble Arch.
Does the hotel have its own car park?
No, but here are some car parks near Marble Arch.
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I don’t mind this hotel. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to anyone, but I wouldn’t complain if they let me live here for a week (hint hint).
The receptionist went through all the usual questions like “Did you have a nice journey?” (no, but I said yes) and “Are you here for business or leisure?”, to which I always just blandly reply “business” – I suppose my job can technically be classed as business. I’ve got my smart trousers on and I had a shave last night, so I can just about pass as a businessman.
My first thought on entering the room was that it’s rather small – and when I say small what I actually mean is it’s tiny. It’s one of the smallest rooms I’ve ever slept in. But it has a bed and a TV and a teapot – what else do you need? And it has a minibar as well, but of course the prices are all double what they are in the shops. If you don’t mind spending £3 quid on a can of Coke and £3.50 on a Kit-Kat then you’ll be all right. The little miniature bottles of whiskey are £6.75 so don’t plan on getting drunk.
Photo: londondrum.comFortunately they’ve been quite generous with the teabags. You get six cups (but two of them are Chamomile, so they don’t count), four coffees, and enough sugar to make your teeth fall out. No biscuits, though, and you can’t have a cup of tea without a biscuit so I’m marking them down for that.
What else do you get… let me see… let me open all the drawers and cupboards and have a nose around. There’s no desk (the room is too small for that), but you do get an iron, ironing board, and a safe to keep all of your valuables in. I always think that it would be quite nice if the safe came with some valuables already in it, but of course it never does.
Photo: londondrum.comAnd here’s a weird thing: instead of hanging some squiggly modern art or some photographs of London on the wall they’ve decided to decorate the room with daggers – paintings of actual daggers and knives. It’s like a Rambo fan room. So that’s nice. That’s just want you want to look at before you go to bed, some combat knives.
The bathroom is all right but it’s a little bit on the small side for a 4-star – you can probably have a shower, a shave, and clean your teeth all at the same time. And it has one of those terrifying make-up mirrors that magnify your face about a trillion times. It’s a bit like peering into a microscope. You can see all of the microscopic bacteria and bugs crawling around on your skin.
Photo: londondrum.comThey’ve got a little restaurant downstairs which serves up a buffet breakfast with beans, bacon, sausages, scrambled eggs, a bit of toast and bits of fruit, tea, coffee… all the usual stuff.
The best thing about the hotel is definitely its location. It’s in a quiet little side road by Selfridges and Marble Arch. It’s an easy walk to Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square, and Hyde Park is only five minutes down the road. Parliament Square is just about walkable if you don’t mind the exercise, but there are plenty of buses running down Oxford Street. And the tube will take you straight to St. Paul’s and Bank without changing trains.
I’d sum it up like this: if you book a room for yourself then you’ll be perfectly happy, but don’t bring your partner here. Don’t bring anybody that you want to impress. Just leave it for your solo trips.
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Becky We had a wonderful stay here during our trip to London. Very convenient location, close to the transport links, but nicely situated in a back street so it wasn’t too noisy for us. The staff were wonderful and very friendly. Would definitely recommend. (reply)
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