Knightsbridge Green Hotel

As part of a 2 week trip to England in the summer of 2006, we spent 5 nights in London, at the Knightsbridge Green Hotel. We found the hotel through a combination of TripAdvisor.com and the Karen Brown guide.

We were traveling with our 2 children, then 10 and 8, and needed a relatively spacious room without paying $1000 a night. We also wanted a central location and a clean hotel. The KG met and exceeded our requirements on every count.

The hotel itself is located in Knightsbridge, 1/2 a block from Hyde Park (perfect for early evening pick-up "football" matches for my husband and son, and for relaxing walks along the lake and runs in the morning). It was also 1/2 block from Harrod's, right on the bus route to Kensington/Portobello Road, and in the othe direction to Trafalger Square/Picadilly/Covent Garden, a block from one of the main Tube lines (the one to Heathrow), and a pretty easy walk to Buckingham Palace and on to Westminster. We always felt very safe. The location simply couldn't have been better.

The hotel itself is quite small, so the manager knows all his guests by name and interest. He couldn't have been more helpful in deciding what to do and where to go. The other staff were similarly helpful.

Our room ended up being a small suite, with the living room turning into a bedroom each night (with a sofa bed and an added cot - great to avoid sibling squabbles). The bath was spacious, full of marble and very clean. By London standards, it was very reasonably priced - especially for the amount of room we had!

Although this isn't a luxury hotel with tons of activities and other services, it was perfect for what we needed during our stay in London - a clean and comfortable place to spend the night in a terrific location and for a very reasonable (by London's outrageous standards) price.

I highly recommend it.

A very conveniently located small hotel with approximately 25 rooms. We rented a twin bedded suite with living room. Service was good and friendly. Our problem was with the traffic noise. We had requested a quiet room so we were placed on the fourth floor but the traffic noise all night was disturbing .Cars, trucks, and sirens from police or firehouse was never ending. If you are a heavy sleeper it would be okay. There is currently heavy construction directly across the street. They are demolishing a multi- story building and the work started at 6:00am every workday. So between the traffic and the construction it was never even remotely quiet. Also, the water restricters for the shower made the water pressure very, very, very low. You will have to be careful stepping into and out of the high walled tub. We used a towel on the tub base to increase traction. The area is great and the metro and bus lines are right on the same block. Bring lots of money. London is expensive!

My family had stayed at this hotel 10 years ago and had a wonderful time. Unfortunately, the hotel has become fairly run down since then. Our room was cheaply furnished, faced a noisy air well, had an air conditioner that barely worked and we could easily hear the occupants of the next room. The service was pretty good, but nothing exceptional.

The location is great, but I would never stay in this hotel again.