Town Hall HotelvsBlakes Hotel
Both hotels are endorsed by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Town Hall Hotel scores marginally higher than Blakes Hotel. Town Hall Hotel comes in at #33 in London with praise from 13 reviews like Zagat, Jetsetter and Wallpaper.
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
Blakes Hotel Show All Reviews
33 Roland Gardens, London SW7 3PF
From $419/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Michelin Guide
"Dramatic, bold and eclectic decor."
Frommer's
"Actress Anouska Hempel's opulent and highly individual creation is one of London's best small hotels." Full review
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Live out your fantasy: Choose an ancient Egyptian funeral barge or a 16th-century Venetian boudoir.
Lonely Planet
"Recently refurbished Blakes oozes panache: five Victorian houses cobbled into one hotel and incomparably designed by Anouska Hempel." Full review
Time Out
"Each room is in a different style, with influences from Italy, India, Turkey and China." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"Rooms range in style from baronial manor to opulent Oriental and contain pieces collected on her travels."
Insight Guides
"Very trendy and up-to-the-minute hotel which is popular with theatrical and media folk. Cosmopolitan, tolerant, laid-back in style. 51 rooms."
Gayot
"Fans of minimalism steer clear of this one. But lovers of the weird and wonderful --- welcome!"
Travel + Leisure
"Situated a stone’s throw from Regent’s Park in South Kensington, Blakes Hotel has attracted an A-List of celebrities since its 1981 opening." Full review
Oyster
Luxury
"The Blakes Hotel is a five-pearl boutique property designed by actress-turned-designer Anouska Hempel." Full review
goop
"For a while, Blakes was GP’s home-away-from-home in London." Full review