Town Hall Hotelvs40 Winks
Both hotels are highly recommended by reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Town Hall Hotel is preferred by most professionals compared to 40 Winks. Town Hall Hotel comes in at #38 in London with endorsements from 13 reviewers including Wallpaper, Zagat and Oyster.
Town Hall Hotel Show All Reviews
8 Patriot Square, Bethnal Green, London E2 9NF
From $153/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Fodor's
"An art deco town hall, abandoned in the early 1980s and turned into a chic hotel in 2010, is now a lively and stylish place, with the best of the building's elegant original features intact." Full review
Jetsetter
"Hip heritage hotel in London's East End with apartment-style rooms, a speakeasy bar and a basement pool." Full review
Oyster
Luxury
"Striking design mixes Edwardian influences with 1930s art deco style and contemporary touches." Full review
Time Out
"In 2010, a grand, Grade II-listed, early 20th-century town hall was transformed into a classy modern aparthotel – despite its location between a council estate and a scruffy row of shops." Full review
Insight Guides
"The former Town Hall in Bethnal Green has been converted into guest rooms and apartments. Free Wi-fi, crisp styling and a pool in the basement."
Star Service
"Marble floors and columns in the entranceway are traditional, but the furniture that stands atop it is decidedly modern and functional." Full review
Gayot
"Few London hotels keep the original style of their old buildings, but Bethnal Green's Town Hall has retained the character and grandeur of its Edwardian origins."
Travel + Leisure
"Furnishings are spare and clean-lined, a mixture of Midcentury reissues and new pieces designed by Rare principal Michel da Costa Gonçalves." Full review
Zagat
"Bethnal Green’s former town hall houses this luxury hotel where cutting-edge design mixes with art deco and Edwardian details."
Wallpaper
"A refreshingly succinct menu that's a solid testament to his flair for thoroughly crowd-pleasing dishes. Innovative concoctions include crispy fish skin with smoked cod and dill. " Full review
40 Winks
109 Mile End Road, Stepney Green, London E1 4UJ
From $0/night
- Free Internet
- Bicycle rental
Rough Guide
Star
"Witty, theatrical and achingly beautiful, it offers all the wow factor of a magazine lifestyle shoot, but with real creature comforts."
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It’s a shoe-free house, so make sure your socks are clean.
Frommer's
"If you want your stay to feel like a piece of period drama, we have the hotel for you... A romantic, eclectic dressing-up box." Full review
Time Out
"Opposite a housing estate and cheap Somali diners, the family home of an interior designer has become the B&B of choice for movie stars and fashion movers." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Dolce & Gabbana often uses the 18th-century town house turned design studio as a set for photo shoots." Full review
Zagat
"With just two guestrooms, this 1717 Queen Anne townhouse is a stylish if unconventional East London option from interior designer David Carter, its owner and resident host."
Not For Tourists
"Interior designer David Carter invites you into his home."
Oyster
Mid-Range
"A whimsical mashup of decor that's equal parts Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, and Frida Kahlo, 40 Winks is a tiny boutique property in rapidly gentrifying East London that's a flight of pure fancy." Full review