Town Hall HotelvsBrown's Hotel
Both Town Hall Hotel and Brown's Hotel are highly recommended by expert reviewers. Overall, Brown's Hotel is the choice of most professionals compared to Town Hall Hotel. Brown's Hotel scores 92 with positive reviews from 19 reviewers including Time Out, DK Eyewitness and Travel + Leisure.
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
Brown's Hotel Show All Reviews
33 Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London W1S 4BP
From $526/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
Michelin Guide
"Urbane and very British... with an illustrious past."
Concierge
"Reopened in December 2005 after a $30 million–plus overhaul, its future is now as bright as its past."
Fodor's
"Tongues wag, however, that even though it's one of the priciest of hotels, neither the interiors nor the service really add up the way they used to." Full review
Oyster
Luxury
"Brown's Hotel, located in prestigious Mayfair, is part of the luxurious Rocco Forte Collection." Full review
Time Out
"Brown’s was opened in 1837 by James Brown, butler to Romantic poet, hedonist and freedom-fighter Lord Byron." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"This historic hotel... has undergone extensive refurbishment, which respects its heritage while introducing contemporary furniture, British art, and the latest technology."
Insight Guides
"A distinguished, very British hotel with 117 rooms and a smart Mayfair location. "
Star Service
"Consistently ranks as one of the most quintessentially English hotels around: genteel, historical and service-oriented, and offering...a superb Afternoon Tea." Full review
Gayot
"This collection of eleven Georgian townhouses, having undergone a sleek, £24 million refurbishment, remains a delightful, old-fashioned hotel with stained-glass windows and oak paneling."
Travel + Leisure
"Scottish tartan banquettes and British racing-green woolen armchairs abound, while the wood-paneled lounge evokes elegance without feeling old-fashioned." Full review