Hotel Henry VIII - London

Front desk service was knowledgeable and very helpful. Breakfasts were substantial and had adequate variety. Rooms small but that's consistent in Europe. Beds very comfortable. Rooms clean and bathrooms appeared relatively new. Lobby could use upgrading. Room service fast and inexpensive. Location perfect--close to 2 undergrounds, good pubs, and small […] grocery stores for snacks. Read more

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We booked this hotel more than 9 months ahead of our stay, so the pricing at the time was considered good for London. Ironically, at a hotel named for Henry VIII and located in London, the staff spoke mostly in Spanish. Front desk staff was not particularly friendly - the ladies were a bit better than the men. One day, a friend said he called and left […] a message for us to return his call. When we got back to our room, we found no message left on the phone line. So we inquired with the male attendant on duty - he INSISTED (in a rather rude manner) that no one had called. Sadly, this was not the only instance we encounted bad service in LON during our 7 days stay. Breakfast was generally good, however the restaurant was usually short of staff and therefore tables were not ready for the number of guests waiting at the door. The wait staff during breakfast, though rushed, were generally friendlier than the front desk staff. Read more

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The room was tiny but well appointed. The swimming pool is a real plus. Close to Paddington station in a good neighborhood. There was a slight smell of cigarette smoke in my room.

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The room was comfortable, very clean, and had good energy - I slept well. I was so pleasantly surprised by the quality of the hotel, and the professionalism of the staff. As a woman traveling alone, I felt safe going and coming to the hotel. The young men at the front desk were terrific, and more than helpful. I loved my stay there. I cant say enough […] about the quality of service from the gentlemen at the front desk - thank you. I only rated the comfort of the room at a 4 because it was so small. But I guess most rooms are small in London. It was inexpensive to use the room phones to call home (U.S.) which was a big plus for me, and free wifi and computor use to print directions and to check in and print airline tickets. It is also conveniently located between 3 tube stations which are just minutes by walking. and the bus is at end of street so I could easily and safely travel throughout London. I really liked the location. To see most of the sights I bought a Travelcard for Zones 1 & 2 for only 7.00. which allowed me to take the bus and or Tube (subway) throughout central london to see the major sights. Read more

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Just spent 5 nights at this Hotel. What a great choice. Clean , good location and GREAT breakfast!!

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Room was so incredibly tiny that the bed took up the whole room. Tiny bathroom, poor upkeep, bad decor, awful breakfast. Indeed they even tried to rip me off by adding bar drinks (which I didn't visit) and a breakfast upgrade (that I didn't order). Avoid like the plague - dreadful hotel. Only consolation was the staff were nice.

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When we first arrived it was already 11pm, and we could see that our room number was changed from 004 to 218. Room 218 was soooo small that only if you are a "Tetris Game" master you will be able to open both suitcases, and walk around the room as a couple - we were not able, so when one of us was standing the other had to be either inside the bathroom […] or on the bed. The bathroom was so tiny that you hardly could move inside. On our second day we asked for a room change and were moved into room 003. Then we finally got a decent room, not huge, but with enough space for a couple. Room was clean and had a good shower. The bed was smaller than a queen bed, but it was good. Breakfast was quite good. In summary, overall we would recommend this hotel, but make sure they don't put you in room 218 (also applies for room 219, which we could see, by the rooms map, that was equal tiny size). Read more

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Very convenient to two tube stations. Breakfast was very nice. Would definitely stay again!

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Hard to rate this hotel!!! Until two days before our departure everything was fine, the rooms are quite small and the hotel is expensive but being it London during the Olympics I do not think we could have done any better. The hotel was overall clean and pleasant. Unfortunately, my husband and son, occupying the room in front of ours saw a mouse in […] their room. The room was immediately exchanged but few hours later given to some unaware other tourists. We were told that everything was 'under control' but we were really happy to leave! The hotel is in a convenient location, there are 3 Underground station within 10 minutes walk, lots of restaurants and is close to Hyde park. Rooms overlooking the back of the hotel can feel the vibration provoked by the underground but it is not too bad. I have rated the Hotel based on our room experience previous to the mouse intrusion! I would not recommend it. Read more

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The room is so small and the hotel is right by the rail so you hear the train going by all the time. The windows are very high up and hard to close. London hotels in general are just too expensive for what they provide.

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For a Hotel with the name Henry VIII it wasn't all that English. Nothing special, I did like the breakfast. Poor WiFi reception on 3rd floor which was where my room was.

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we could hear the train running quite often. When I complained to the night manager he said he would change our room the next morning. He did and it was much better. Other than that we had a nice breakfast every morning. The hotel staff was very helpful when we had questions. The room was very clean.

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We paid for an air-conditioned room but did not get one even after discussing with the front desk. Three adults in a tiny room with no air-conditioning was very uncomfortable. Hotel doesn't honor what they advertise.

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The hotel is centrally located to everything. Room was large with 4 beds. ( two were attached) Staff were very helpfull. Breakfast was free and pretty good.. good selection. Shower was a problem... hot water took forever to come. and pressure was almost non existent. The building is old and quaint. Wifi was easily accessible and if you needed to print […] something, they had a free service. Tv was small but had all the channels you needed. The room was equipped with everything you needed, iron, board, hairdryer, hotwater kettle but no mini fridge. Read more

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I found this hotel to be charming, conveniently located to Paddington Station and the Kensington Gardens, and affordable. I highly recommend it, especially if traveling for the first time in London.

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This hotel was fantastic for the price. Free bfast, free wifi (other hotels I looked at charged up to 20 GBP PER DAY for internet access), nice/safe neighborhood right near Hyde Park. Easy access to the Tube with 3 stops within a 10 min walk. Room was a little on the small side when compared with American hotels, but it had everything I needed, and […] was warm and comfortable. Staff was nice. And the floors were named after Henry VII's wives, which was a nice touch. There was a sauna and pool, too, although I never used it. Definitely recommend this place if you're on any kind of budget. Read more

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I booked the Henry the VIII Hotel on- line based on value. The rate included a full breakfast, in room coffee, and free WiFi. And the picture showed a "Hyde Park" antique white look of the building from the outside which appealed to my traditional senses. My single room was newly refurbished. I had a lovely balconied window with fresh white curtains, […] and plaid over drapes. The breakfast items varied from day to day but all were fresfh and tasty. The staff was friendly and helpful. The bus was two short blocks away, and there were grocery stores and restaurants nearby. All in al, staying at the Hotel Henry VIII made my first visit to London very easy and comfortable. I would definitely return. Read more

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Budget hotel. Clean and simple. Free wi-fi and breakfast is a plus in London. Close to transport and within walking distance of Notting Hill, Hyde Park and Paddington station.

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Great location. Clean rooms. Nice indoor pool. Safe area. Good staff. Only needed either ice machines or frig in room. Third stay. Will return.

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Let me say right up front that the room was small but they all are in London. Beyond that the hotel was great and clean. A good place to sleep and shower. The staff was wonderful. We arrived without our luggage and they were very helpful about where we could shop for clothes as well as get something to eat. Our stuff was delivered the next day by the […] airline and they stored our things safely until we returned from sight seeing. They have free internet in the lobby. This was a very nice hotel close to the tube. Read more

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This is the WORST hotel I have stayed in ever. I can not imagine what else they could do wrong. To start there are giant tears in the carpet in the main lobby, hallways and stairs, that will trip you and foul your luggage...dark disgusting stains in the carpets and furniture. Bed sheets are worn out with pills. The walls are so thin you can hear every […] fart and sniff of your neighbor at night. The toilet in our room did not have a proper pipe attached (no S) to trap gases and did not flush properly, the shower had only half a door and then a curtain was thrown up to cover the missing half. The shower head was broken and had no pressure. Complaints to staff were dismissed with "come back later". I found the night guard sleeping. I saw the maintenance man tell the guard "I don't care if people are yelling at you, I'm not going to fix it tonight". I paid up-front for a week in advance but was stuffed into the smallest room in the entire hotel. The ceiling fan was dripping with dust balls. The window was chained shut but the room was suffocatingly hot. When I asked the front desk to move me because of noisy neighbors they told me the room configuration was "confidential information". I explained to them it was public knowledge printed on the map on the back of every door (due to fire code) and they just gave me a blank stare. I realized at some point the staff are nice enough but helpless. All the problems I found pointed to management neglect. I asked day after day for updates on my complaints and was told no one could find the owner and he is the only one who could do anything. Since I paid in advance I did everything I could to make the best of the situation so it would not ruin my trip. The cost of this hotel is outrageously high compared with better hotels all around it. You can go up or down any street and get a better deal. My loss, your gain. Don't stay here. Read more

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It's much better than what I expected, and I paid, the location is great- a block away from Hyde Park, nice staff, decent English style breakfast (expect eggs..), I defiantly recommend this hotel to my friend.

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Carpet in halls and rooms is worn through to backing. Small rooms. limited TV channels. Noisy construction on hotel facade.

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small room.. nice shower... has a nice swimming pool.. 2 min walk to subway.. okat hotel if you dont spend time at the room:)

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Small room, which I'm told is standard in London. Beds were clean and comfortable. Contrary to other reviews I've read, no unpleasant odor from smoke or anything else and the carpets/walls were not in disrepair. No A/C which would be a problem in summery months. Nice pool that we never used. Breakfast wasn't very good but we learned very quickly to […] go out for English Breakfasts at a few places outside the hotel that were inexpensive and delicious. Wifi for a fee in the room but free in the lobby. All in all, a basic hotel in a quiet area that was a bargain. Read more

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The Henry VII hotel is well situated (~5 min walking distance from the Queensway and Bayswater tube stops). The hotel is in a nice residential neighborhood (i.e. you won't hear noisy cars), with a nice street of restaurants 4 blocks away. The room was clean and also small (but this is to be expected within London). The A/C worked which was needed for […] sunny weekends. Price was reasonable, especially as a good breakfast was included. The only downside is that the hotel is situated on top of a tube line. So every ~5min between 5am-midnight, the hotel shakes slightly (when the tube trains run underneath). Read more

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Very clean and comfortable good service

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Had a nice comfortable stay. General condition of hotel was good and the surrounding neighbourhood was quiet. Breakfasts were ample and tasty to set you up for the day. Pool was small but warm which was great to relax in at the end of the day. The only slight grievance being the size of the room, although I was warned by most of the reviews... 8sqm […] seemed impossibly small for a room, but amazingly they have managed it! Moving around it usually required one of you jumping onto the bed. We had a corner room with two very large floor to ceiling windows, so now know how Goldfish feel swimming around a small bowl. The bathroom was even more impressively small. I could easily touch all four bathroom walls without moving and it still had a bath in it! Having said that the rooms had everything we needed, were warm, quiet and were perfectly ok for a quick relatively cheap couple of days in London so we were very happy. We would even go again, although might ask for a bigger room!!! Read more

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The hotel location is very good for a tourist visit. The room was very pleasant and comfortable. The swimming pool was a great bonus and excellent after a long day round the museum so top marks, temperature etc very comfortable and not crowded so we were able to swim. If I have one criticism it was the lack of clear directional notices to the restaurant […] or anything in the rooms (that I could find) that published a menu etc. So gave up in the end and went out for an early meal, not ideal with a tired young person in the party! Breakfast... final found the restaurant was also haphazard with no staff in view to make it clear and the toaster was quite exciting! Suggest a breakfast supervisor is available to help guests as they come down to eat and perhaps some menus and directions from the reception for new arrivals Read more

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Not a 4 star hotels as the website say !!!!!! It is a 1 star hotel : two elevators , no working , bad breakfest , imposible to open the window at the room , the bad verry small , nothing like in the pictures ! small pool , no like in the pictures . about the workers there nothing to say . all are from spain , good people . bad hotel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!to […] expensive for the services , and it is 1 star , believe me !!!!!!! Read more

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Hotel was ok we was lucky we got upgraded as booked a double room but on arrival was told all double rooms where full ? So was put into suite :) but why was all rooms full when we where not in the room and had booked a double ?? Anyway awoke to a toilet flush not working properly, ( I ended up mending it ) and a leak from the ceiling told that it was […] due to room above flooding bathroom with shower ? Breakfast was included which was a bonus and it was ok on the whole not to bad for the money although needs modernising and a bit spending on it to bring it into 21st century ! Read more

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I've stayed at this hotel twice now and was very disappointed with the size of the standard double rooms on both occasions. Both times I stayed alone and just as well; I'd have never got a 2nd person in the room. Second time I stayed here the room smelt heavily of cigarette smoke and I'm afraid the open window did nothing to eradicate the smell :-( […] Breakfast was good and there was a wide variety to choose from. Read more

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I must say I was disappointed at the size of the room just about get down the side of the bed all in all not like the pictures on the web which was a shame as I really got my partners hopes up as it looked a lot better than other hotels we stayed at in the area and it turned out well below expectations the room was 202.maybe we was put in a inferior […] room because the hotel was full. Read more

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THE HOTEL WAS OK, A LITTLE DATED WITH BROKEN LIGHT SWITCH AND THE BIG DOUBLE BED WAS TWO SINGLES PUSHED TOGETHER AND A RIDGE IN THE MIDDLE WHICH WAS VERY UNCOMFY. BREAKFAST WAS NICE AND THE SERVICE WAS GOOD

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The hotel is not well-maintained and rooms are tiny. But it is located very close to the entral and and it is almost walking distance to many of Londons touristis attractions. But I will not stay again, because it is kind of old and and uncomfortable.

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The staff are very helpful and friendly, however they gave us the smallest room (we shared space with the cleaning cupboard for that floor) and had 3/4 of a room if that. The price would have been reasonable if it wasn't for the lack of space in the room, if you don't care much for room though the room is clean and warm and the beds are comfortable. […] The sign on the front desk 'thieves operate in this area' was a little unnerving. Read more

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The hotel was in a great location. Just a short walk from Hyde park, Kensington palace and 2 underground stations. The area that the hotel was in was an upmarket part of town and we defintetly felt safe. We knew that the rooms were going to be small as most rooms in London are and that was manageable. However being able to hear your neighbour clearing […] their throat, rolling over in bed or talking... was a little uncomfortable to say the least! But overall our stay was enjoyable and the location was fantastic. Read more

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Fine place to say. Inexpensive, close-by Paddington. Nice staff. Thin walls.

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Above average hotel for the area, freindly staff, room a little small but clean, modern and comfortable bed. Breakfast leans towards contnental style as the owners are spanish. Eat out as they only do Bar snacks, loads of nice places, recommend Notting Hill Gate area for food. Would stay there again.

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I've stayed recently in this hotel and I chose it again when I needed to stay in London a couple of weeks after. For the price you pay you get a decent size room (first time was smaller and the second time I asked for a bigger one which I got), free wi-fi in the room (doesnt work amazingly but is nice to have it for free) and a good breakfast. Staff […] is polite and caring, always helping with whatever you may need, hotel related, sightseeing and tourism and transport. Read more

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We were a family group of ten. We all found the hotel staff very friendly and helpful and enjoyed the stay. The hotel has a bit of character and we liked the furnishings and decor. The children and adults enjoyed the pool and sauna.Our rooms were clean and comfortable although not huge. Breakfast was very nice with plenty of choice and hot and cold […] food quickly replaced as it ran out. All in all a great choice. Read more

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This was the worse place to stay in!! Got moved 3 times to find a cleaner room but left! I'm not a fussy person but this was a joke!! Thanks to hotel.com for getting us another room last minute in the raddison! But Henry VIII worse hotel and for the money not worth it!!

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The only disappointments were at the front desk. During one night, I became quite ill, and we had great difficulty getting any help at all from the hotel. The doctor's number they gave us was a recorded message, they would not call for us, and when we finally tried to call 999 ourselves, the room phone would not connect the call. We had to insist that […] they call us an ambulance, a procedure that could have been avoided with some minimal attention. Later, there was no follow-up, no concern for our well-being except from the cleaner who did our room. It is for this reason alone that we would not recommend the hotel to others. What I had was gastroenteritis, and that can happen to any traveller. Hotels have to be prepared for this sort of incident, and this one is not. Read more

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The overall experience in the hotel was very good. All the staff were very helpful and polite. All spoke English and Spanish that I encountered. Be warned the free wifi is terribly slow, I just used my mobile internet instead. Bit disappointing for the prices that the hotel charge. But it is a UK wide problem, not providing free wifi in hotels of descent […] quality, despite you get it for free in 3rd world countries these days where it is more expensive for the hotel to run a reliable service. On ground floor rooms slight noise from london underground in the evening, but windows double glazed and stops around midnight. Lack of visible staff on front desk at night. Only other criticism was the window latch was slightly damaged, so obviously hadn't been reported by the cleaner who did one time leave the window open after cleaning, which was a security risk on a ground floor room. The Breakfast was fantastic. Full range buffer, yoghurt, all forms of coffee, selection of fruit, cereal, crossants and other sweets, cooked breakfasts, different breads, hams, and more! And they even tried to wait on you where possible during the buffet to make you feel relaxed. The restraunt staff were outstanding. As were the reception. Considering it was a last minute buy, and we had one of the cheapest rooms in the hotel, and it all cost for less then a travel lodge room in london on these nights, for twice the quality. I was well pleased. Thank you to everyone who works at the Henry. Read more

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