Blakes Hotel

Took my lovely wife for a surprise weekend in London for the sales, show and get away from the kids

We found the hotel with ease, with our car, which the hotel arranged to be safely parked for the weekend near by, without any fuss.

The room was fantastic, large, warm, well lit and comfortable.

We didn't use the restaurant, but the breakfast on room service was spectatular and kept us well fuelled for the day. On the afternoon we requested a some sandwiches prior to and evening out and were supplied with a bounty of delights and good coffee.

We found the staff very help and friendly, the location is great and very good for getting to the major places in London.

If the stars go there then they were well hidden, but then perhaps that's why?

great place , will be going again

My wife and I booked a room at Blakes for our anniversary on recommendation of a friend and wasn’t disappointed. The hotel is tucked away, on a quiet square and the rooms are luxurious, very stylish with really comfortable beds. Do remember though that this is Kensington and not Kissimmee ( Florida) so don’t expect a room as big as your house. That said I did like the little design touches that set this hotel apart from a boring hotel like a Marriot and really gives this hotel in my opinion a personality but in my wife’s opinion “a really nice tone of voice”. I know, love is blind right!

Anyway, we didn’t spend too much time in the room as it was great weather so decided to get out and due to the hotels location next to Hyde park and all the museums (Natural History, V&A, Serpentine etc etc). The front desk staff were happy to point us in the direction of all these great attractions which they assured us were a very short walk from the hotel, but still were happy to arrange a cab to take us to the sites. We kept the cab on for the whole day who also took us to the British museum and the National Gallery. On our return to the hotel my wife was very distressed to find her purse was missing, with all her cards and even house keys. Again the front desk staff jumped into action and called round all the sites we have visited that day to see if anything had been handed in. No joy until they called the taxi company and the driver checked his car to find the purse in the back of the car. Relief all round and the purse was returned to a happy wife and the earlier tears were soon dried and we decided to get ready for dinner. After all the drama of the day we decided to eat in the hotel restaurant and had a lovely meal. My wife had squid ink risotto and I had the rack of lamb, both were great but my only criticism would be that my lamb was a little more rare than medium. Still great food with excellent presentation and service.

Overall the place was great, i understand that it is something of a celeb hang out. I certainly has grace and style but none of the poor service and stuffiness that you normally find in places associated with the supposed jet set.

Had heard from a coupe of people that this was a good hotel to stay in the Chelsea area...

I think though that was in the 1980's..

It needs a major refurbishment. The lift even had graffiti and the air conditioning wasn't working. My room was so hot that even after opening all the windows i was still hot. The hotel manager's solution was to turn off the entire hotel heating but i was told it would take about an hour to cool down. Is this good enough....especially at these prices....NO

I complained and checked out after just 2 hours there...and checked into the very good Number 16 just down the road...

I will never go back to Blakes unless they refurbish.