Hotels near Royal College of Art in London

The staff was very nice and the whole place was full of young people. It definitely is a youth hostel and the place isn’t as big as other ones so it’s not super loud. Although the stairs are a little loud so that might wake you up. We stayed in a private room with bunk beds and they gave you towels and the shower was pretty good. The room was small as to be expected but it definitely wasn’t worth $180 a night when you could just pay for a bigger hotel room. The location was nice right by Hyde park and some free museums.

Good location. Good building. Small but quality room. Clean. Overall good value for money. Would stay again.

The hotel was lovely! I was not able to sleep on an overnight flight and Simona helped check me in and was able to get me an earlier room available. She was absolutely wonderful and helped me through the whole process. She was the best! I didn’t have to think and she took care of everything including bags quickly. The whole staff was great! I had a fantastic Niçoise salad one day from the restaurant and it was quite excellent. Quiet and safe location with lots of areas to walk in the nice neighborhoods and Hyde park. My massage at the spa was superb! Asmaa helped coordinate everything at the spa and was very helpful. I loved the Bellaluna Venezia lotion and shower gel scents. Overall, a fantastic experience! I would stay again!

I understand that you get what you pay for and we have stayed in an EasyHotel before (the one in Victoria) so we knew what to expect, but it could have been cleaner and better maintained. We stayed in one of the windowless rooms as we were just going to a concert at the Royal Albert hall and leaving straight away in the morning, so we really only needed a bed and a bathroom, so the no window wasn't an issue and made the room cheaper. We also knew that EasyHotels don't usually have tea/coffee facilities and the rooms are very small so there is no drawers/wardrobe etc. which we were fine with as we just wanted a cheap room for one night. My issue was with the fact that the bathroom sink appeared to not have been cleaned properly - there was makeup and hairs in it.. Also one of the walls around the mirror had not been finished painted so was kind of just bare concrete. Next, inside the room, the walls had big dents in them and the wall panels were kind of coming away from the wall which hadn't been fixed.. The walls are also quite thin and I woke up a couple of times in the night to noises coming from other rooms. Lastly it seemed like a child had put the bedding on - we had to put the sheet on ourselves as it had practically just been laid on the bed without being tucked in, there was a hole in the duvet cover, and the mattress was extremely lumpy with a big hole right in the middle meaning we were rolling into each other all night into this dip in the middle haha.. Another thing which bothers me (which is just a cosmetic observation really) is that the rooms are lined with that grey industrial lino you would find in a school corridor or hospital, they could have at least used wood-effect lino - same price but a much nicer, homey vibe. We were only there overnight so just around 9 hours approx. But still these are all issues which could be easily fixed with some proper upkeep. On a positive note the 24 hour check in is great and the staff were very friendly and helpful. The TV in the room worked fine and we had no issues with the shower/toilet etc. Location is also easy walking distance from the Royal Albert Hall.

Do not stay here! I stayed for one night and thank goodness it was. Initially the service upon arrival was good and pleasant (hence two stars not one). However it went downhill from there. There was hair left in the bathroom and on the towels and the doors hadn’t been washed down and were dirty with fingerprints. The shower had been retrofitted to a bath so wasn’t high enough to get underneath due to being limited by the length of the shower hose which had been installed. Kitchen was good, however, and the window opened a touch to let fresh air in. However, there had been an issue with my bill and I was woken up at quarter past 10 at night (2215) by reception ringing to tell me this. When I said this was poor customer service this was brushed off and no goodwill offered. A note under the door would have been enough if they realised at that time. I was travelling for work and had an early meeting to log in for. I would not stay again. Very expensive for what I got.

Good service, the people at the front desk are very nice. The room was clean and spacious. Convenient to travel, very close to Tesco. The serviced apartments are very well equipped.

A very good value for money hotel, just opposite Kensington Palace. Because I arrived early, the hotel was very nice to help see if I could check in early. As a result, they called me at 1 o'clock to inform me that I could check in early. The room is very large, and surprisingly there is a very beautiful restaurant, and an even bigger surprise is a huge terrace. At the same time, the hotel prepared a super rich snack gift basket and a refrigerator full of juice, eggs, and ham. I was very happy. The toiletries are a complete set of L'Occitane series.

The Gore is fantastic. The rooms were spacious and quiet, with comfortable beds and great showers. The staff was helpful, the breakfasts were delicious, and the library is gorgeous. The location is great, too, with access to the Underground, Hyde Park, pretty residential streets, and some great restaurants on Gloucester Road (we liked Memories of India and Da Mario). I hope to stay there again soon!

The morning after our first night my friend and I noticed a bug crawling on one of the beds, we continued our investigation and noticed DOZENS of those crawling all over the twin beds we just spent the night in. We were exhausted the night before after coming back to hotel late and after having shower just jumped straight into beds - who would have thought we weren’t they only ones spending night in those beds! Quick research after our findings and we realised that those were BEDBUGS! Never in my life had I come across anything like this before, not even after being a student and staying at questionable hostels! We reported this to the reception and were offered another room. We didn’t move immediately in the morning and made an agreement that we would move in the evening when we would be back to the hotel. Coming back in the evening and reporting to the reception for a new room, we found one of the evening staff being rude to us and questioning if the bedbugs were from their hotel (like what?!?!?!?). Simple, we said, because we had photo and video evidence of bedbugs crawling all over the beds, we said! This quickly ended her argument with us. We then moved to our new room, where there was no obvious evidence of bedbug infestation, however being a reportedly new room, we found hair all over the floor in the bathroom of that allegedly “cleaned” new room. Unfortunately, being an extremely sensitive to cleanness person and following the events of the previous night, I decided to leave early and not spent another night in this disgusting hotel. My friend, who had a flight early next morning however had no chance and spend a little longer and left at 04am. The evening I decided to leave I started coming out in rash, which had only been getting worse ever since. The intensity of the itch is like nothing I’d ever experienced before - it stops me from sleeping, it drives me absolutely mad, no matter how much I try, one can’t look professional when they have bite marks all over their body, including the face, ears, neck, fingers, hands, forearms - ie areas one can’t cover up - and needing to constantly scratch herself! This obviously has affected my work! And the itch is no better even 6 days later!! In fact, the bite marks are now swollen, causing swelling of my fingers, the scratch marks are now bleeding and I am the most irritated I’ve ever been! Let me emphasise, this is six days later and I genuinely don’t know how much longer I’m yet to suffer! I have obviously filed a complaint and have been contacted by the hotel - they are “kindly” offering to compensate the cost of my medication (as I am now on antihistamines - which don’t work really, as I can’t take the stronger type due to its sedating effect, as I have to continue working and driving; as well as steroid cream) and the cost of my dry cleaning. HOWEVER, despite multiple email exchanges and telephone consultations, they are not planning to refund a 100% of our payment, the argument being

Got upgraded to a family room with 2 queen beds which was a good start to the stay. However everything went downhill from there. The housekeeping only arranges the bed, didn’t refil body wash / clear bins unless the bin was full of rubbish. We wanted to do some laundry but the service was terrible. Bad communication among staff and resulted in paying almost 10 pounds per clothing. A good thing is that it’s about 3 mins away from Gloucester station and Sainsbury for daily things.