London has no shortage of incredible places to stay, but finding the right one can feel overwhelming. Whether you’re planning a luxury getaway, a quick business trip, or a budget-friendly vacation, the city offers something for every kind of traveler. This list highlights some of the best hotels in London right now, known for their comfort, service, location, and overall experience.
From east to west, north to south, Mayfair to the City, these are the hotel that most impress for their design, service, food and attention to detail.
The Connaught, Mayfair
Come to the Connaught Bar for the next-level martinis
The Connaught
For: gourmet wow-factor
When you’re visiting a culinary-powerhouse city like London, staying in your hotel to eat is a no-no – that is, unless you’re booked at The Connaught, where the dining venues are half the reason to come. At this Mayfair icon you’ll sip the world’s best martinis from Master Mixologist Agostino Perrone in the Connaught Bar, dine on three-Michelin-starred fare at Hélène Darroze’s wood-panelled restaurant and nibble impeccable patisserie from acclaimed pâtissier Nicolas Rouzaud’s in-house bakery. This being the Maybourne group – also of Claridge’s and The Emory fame – service is polished and design ageless, with rooms oozing cross-century glamour.
The Peninsula London, Belgravia
The lobby at The Peninsula feels like a destination
The Peninsula
For: tech meets timelessness
The Peninsula may have been born abroad but its pillbox-hatted bellhops, impeccable service and Rolls-Royce private transfers feel so attuned to the hotel’s Belgravia location it’s already a London institution just two years after opening. Adjacent to Wellington Arch on Hyde Park Corner, it’s a rare new-build in this iconic location, giving you the best of both worlds: prime SW1X postcode and a hotel that works in a modern age (think: excellent soundproofing, spacious rooms and plenty of natural light).
Seamless tech is subtly integrated at every turn, from do-it-all touch pads in rooms to the subterranean spa, where exclusive Ricari Method treatments employ a space age-style machine to detoxify skin and ixnay excess inches. In Peninsula tradition, the lobby is rebranded from transient space to a place to be, with a humming restaurant serving opulent breakfasts and afternoon teas under a soaring ceiling, and a pianist tickling the keys. Up on the eighth floor two-Michelin-starred Brooklands by Claude Bosi has an adjoining aviation- and motorsport-themed bar serving a mean daiquiri.
Kimpton Fitzroy, Bloomsbury
All kinds of opulence awaits at the Kimpton Fitzroy
Kimpton Fitzroy
For: lobby grandeur
Perched on the northeast corner of Russell Square, this Bloomsbury staple has some seriously Instagrammable spaces, in particular a grand bronze-marbled lobby – complete with soaring columns, opulent mosaic floors and bas-relief archways. The space particularly comes into its own in festive months, when you can drift through the wooden double doors and past the twinkling Christmas tree to moody Fitz’s bar, warmed by a crackling fire. In contrast to the Victorian opulence of the public spaces, the bedrooms are all calming whites and taupes, with draped four-posters and grey-veined stone.
Broadwick Soho Hotel, Soho
The Broadwick is no shrinking violet
The Broadwick
For: sexy Soho style
Whereas so many hotels languish in blandness, this Soho newcomer is big on personality, of a kind that made it a London stalwart from the moment it opened two years ago. Sexy, exclusive-feeling and unabashedly OTT in design, it feels all at once like a furtive hideaway and the centre of the universe. Dimly lit dinners at restaurant Dear Jackie – where NYC-style Italian nostalgia meets timeless opulence in dishes like the XL diver scallop with Champagne sauce – buzzes on weeknights as locals mingle with hotel-goers – while rooftop bar Flute attracts a cool crowd in the sultry summer months. Bedrooms, which range from cosy standards to a penthouse with terrace and bar, take the sumptuous riot in a more soothing direction with muted hues.
NoMad London, Covent Garden
NoMad London is in the heart of Covent Garden’s action
Benoit Linero
For: NYC cool
Inspired by New York – but set in one of London’s architectural treasures, the former Bow Street Magistrates Court and Police Station – NoMad London balances intimacy with social buzz, elegance with fun, quiet retreat with hedonism. Rooms feel more like the apartment of a chic friend, with rolltop baths, tasselled footrests and eclectic art, while the always-buzzy public spaces are filled with brunching PRs or off-duty suits munching on zingy cocktails and Cali-inflected Latin flavours at restaurant Side Hustle. For those that wish to make the most of what the city has to offer the location cannot be faulted, with Covent Garden and the Royal Opera house steps away. And yet, cosy corners, reserved just for in-house guests, means you always have a place to escape the rush.
St. Pancras, London, Autograph Collection
A stay at St. Pancras hotel immerses you in Neo-Gothic splendour
©Jiri Lizler
For: bygone glamour
There was a time when rail was a byword for the world’s most thrilling escapes. And now that we’re embarking on a new golden age of train travel, it’s time to renew the energy with a booking at St. Pancras hotel, housed within the very walls of the famously grand neo-Gothic Victorian rail station. Not that you have to be hopping on the Eurostar to justify a stay; the soaring columns, swirling staircases and opulent gilded wall detailing is worth an ogle even if both your embarkation point and terminus is London. Spend an evening sipping Victorian punch-inspired cocktails under the soaring ceiling of the Booking Office 1869 bar, then drift off to rooms painted in sky blues and earthy greens.
The Goring, Belgravia
The Goring has high standards, and royal connections
Nick Rochowski Photography
For: royal creds
The family-owned Mayfair stay where Kate Middleton famously spent her final night as a single woman, The Goring is as old money as it gets, with royal connections that most other London luxury hotels would kill for. With no outward attempt to be trendy, or techy, or particularly glitzy, it keeps its standards high and focuses on doing what it’s done since 1910 impeccably well. Crackling fires in a painting-lined lounge provide a delectable backdrop to afternoon tea, while proper Sunday lunches with fluffy Yorkshire puds are paraded out in the charmingly trad Dining Room. Rooms and suites each ooze their own personalised character and, as the cliché goes, feel fit for a king or queen.
The Ned, City
The Goring has high standards, and royal connections Nick Rochowski Photography
For: socialising in the City
When the Soho House group flung open the doors to The Ned in 2017, it revolutionised social life in Bank: rather than just warren-like old pubs and flashy expense-account spots, suddenly there was somewhere to go that actually felt, well, cool. The enticing, food hall-esque sprawl of ground floor restaurants, segueing Cecconi’s into cheery Malibu Kitchen and a sushi bar, among others, acts as a mass meeting space before you check into one of the 1920s-glam bedrooms. ‘Cosy’ categories keep entry level rates surprisingly affordable given the location, though if you want the real experience of what makes the setting in the former Midland Bank special book one of the fifth-floor Heritage rooms, showcasing original features designed by original building architect Sir Edwin ‘Ned’ Lutyens.
45 Park Lane, Mayfair
Art Deco meets rock and roll at 45 Park Lane
45 Park Lane
For: Park Lane locale
The Dorchester’s younger sibling is more intimate, more chic, and a little bit rock and roll – all while still managing to ooze the upmarket exclusivity that you’d expect of a Park Lane pad. Art Deco-inspired stylings from top to toe bring lively personality to the 45 spacious rooms, many of which have balconies that gaze across to neighbouring Hyde Park. Food is given serious priority, with Wolfgang Puck’s only London restaurant – Cut at 45 Park Lane – serving up top-notch steaks and the intimate Sushi Kanesaka providing a omakase experience that could have been airlifted straight from Tokyo.
The Savoy, Strand
The Gallery at The Savoy hosts guests from dawn until way past dusk
Jack Hardy
For: grande dame glamour
London’s original destination hotel has lost none of its appeal, with a recent suite refresh injecting fresh life into its Thames-facing rooms. With Edwardian and Art Deco detailing gracing every surface, the whole place is a feast for the eyes, whether you’re breakfasting under the soaring dome of The Gallery restaurant, or sipping on a well-crafted cocktail in the Beaufort Bar, dripping in black and gold. At times it feels like all of London is passing through the doors of the lobby here, and with former guests including the likes of Winston Churchill, Elizabeth Taylor and Princess Diana, you definitely should be too.
Hotel rankings, prices, and amenities may change over time based on availability, season, and updates by the property. All information in this article is based on current data from online sources and guest reviews at the time of writing.
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