The Cavendish London

This hotel was the first hotel in London to win the "Green Hotel" award so if lowering your impact on the environment while travelling is important to you, this is an accommodation to consider. We stayed one night at the Cavendish while on a shopping and theatre visit. The hotel is tucked away nicely behind Fortnum and Mason and is within easy walking distance of West End theatres and restaurants. Our room was spotlessly clean and all rooms are non-smoking which deserves an award in itself. The staff were friendly and willing to assist with queries.

Breakfast was included with our rate and was very delicious with ample and varied selection. The restaurant was very nicely decorated and cheery - wait staff seemed to abound and attended to our every need.

The only slight criticism was that room sizes are on the small side but you do expect that in London. There were no robes in the room which would have been a nice touch. Overall, we highly recommend this hotel!!!

We have stayed at the Cavendish before and thoroughly enjoyed it. This time we stayed in a Superior room, and I have to say it was well worth the extra for that extra bit of room. Staff excellent, hotel excellent, general stay excellent. I love coming to this hotel, as it is centrally based for all our "retail therapy" as well as you can park the car (underneath the hotel) overnight at a very reasonable rate. Cannot wait to go back and stay. Truly.

Thanks to all the staff at the Cavendish.

I had a very hard time choosing a hotel in London - many of the decent ones were quite expensive, and the ones in my price range were in far-off locations. The Cavendish was a relatively low price for a four star hotel in London, and my travel package came with buffet breakfast, so I decided on this one and am very glad I did.

The Cavendish is a sleek, modern hotel located near Picadilly Circus, so the location is excellent. However, it should be noted that the hotel is on a quiet little side street a few blocks AWAY from Picadilly, and I got a little bit lost with all the little winding streets a couple of times.

The room was excellent, but it was on the fourth floor and didn't have much of a view - it looked straight into the facade of another building (which, according to my London guide, is actually a very good fancy department store). I would say to ask for a room on a higher floor. It was a bit hard to control the temperature, and it always seemed a bit cold, but the beds were AMAZINGLY soft. It was very hard to get up in the morning!

The breakfast is also very good. The buffet is the same everyday and comes with the standard fare: tea, coffee, cereal, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, jam, bagels, etc. It was a good breakfast, but if it doesn't come included in your vacation package, I would recommend not taking it because it's about 30 pounds a day! Definitely not worth it.

One thing that irks me about classy hotels is that they feel justified to charge you for internet, which the Cavendish does as well. However, internet is free in the lobby, and they have a very cozy sitting area with many outlets to plug laptops into. If you need to print something out, there are a measly three computers in the lobby, and they are free for 15 minutes of use.

Overall, the location was awesome (within walking distance to the touristy areas of Picadilly and even Trafalgar Square), the rooms were comfortable, and the breakfast was good.