The Royal Park, London - Cranley Report

The Cranley Report®: The Royal Park

The Royal Park, London

Hotel Address

3 Westbourne Terrace
Lancaster Gate
Hyde Park
London
W2 3UL

Cranley Rating

The Royal Park

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Hotel Summary

Category

Hotel

Hotel Opened

2003

Cranley Summary

The Royal Park is located on the doorstep of Hyde Park in the Paddington district of central London. The hotel’s central location gives easy access to excellent transport links and all the best shopping, restaurants and entertainment that London has to offer. Paddington Station is a two minute walk from the hotel and offers fast links to and from London’s Heathrow Airport. Lancaster Gate Underground Station is a two minute walk from the hotel and offers fast access to London’s West End theatres. The Royal Park is ten minutes from many major shopping destinations including exclusive London shopping just across Hyde Park in Mayfair and Knightsbridge where shops such as Harrods and Harvey Nichols can be found. The Royal Park has a range of superior accommodation with 48 guestrooms and suites. The guestrooms are spacious and furnished to a high standard featuring antique furniture and offer modern up-to-date amenities including Internet access. The hotel has no restaurant but offers a 24 hour room service menu with a choice of continental or full English cooked breakfast, snacks, main courses and desserts which can be served in the drawing rooms or guest bedrooms. The hotel’s bar is open 24 hours and offers a selection of alcoholic and soft beverages in either the drawing rooms or in guestrooms.

Hotel Location & Layout

Location Description

The Royal Park is located on the doorstep of Hyde Park in the Paddington district of central London. The hotel’s central London location gives easy access to excellent transport links and all the best shopping and entertainment that London has to offer. The hotel is a three minute walk, approximately 400 metres, from Paddington Station offering fast links to and from London’s Heathrow Airport via the Heathrow Express with a journey time of 15 minutes. Paddington Station also offers mainline rail connections to Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon, the Cotswolds, Bristol, Wales and the West Country. Lancaster Gate Underground station on the Central Line is a two minute walk from the hotel offering easy access to the theatres, bars and sights of London’s West End and to the City. The Royal Park is ten minutes from many major shopping destinations including exclusive London shopping just across Hyde Park in Mayfair and Knightsbridge where shops such as Harrods and Harvey Nichols can be found and Oxford Street and Bond Street. The Royal Albert Hall, the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum are all close by. Within the immediate vicinity of the hotel are shops, pharmacies, restaurants and bars.

Airports
Distance	19 km
Airport Transfers	Approximately 38 minutes by taxi or car.

Cities and Sights
Distance	1.5 km
City/Sight Transfers	A 15 minute walk across Hyde Park. Approximately five minutes by taxi or car.

Layout Description

The Royal Park is a five storey white painted building adorned with stately pillars and is made up of three Grade II listed Georgian town houses carefully restored to their 1840’s splendour. The hotel is a combination of Victorian grandeur and modern comfort and is decorated with original paintings, fine prints, selected Georgian and Victorian antiques throughout the building, hand-embroidered linen fabrics and brass chandeliers which grace the reception areas. Steps lead up to the entrance into the reception area with the Honesty Bar to the left and a lounge and meeting room to the right. Two lifts located just off the reception area and stairs serve all guestroom floors.

Lobby & Guest Relations

Open Hours	24 hours.
Languages Spoken	Multilingual including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
Payment Methods	Cash and the following credit cards are accepted: American Express, Diners Club, Visa, Access/MasterCard, Delta and Switch. Personal cheques can only be accepted if supported by a valid banker's card. The hotel does not accept company cheques.
Foreign Exchange	The hotel is happy to change US Dollars or Euros 24 hours a day. A commission of 5% is charged on any exchange. For other currencies there are exchange facilities and cash machines available in Praed Street which is a two minute walk from the hotel.
Taxis Arranged	Taxis are available on call from the street or can be booked through the concierge.
Tours Arranged	The Concierge will arrange London tours and tours in and around the UK.

Guest Relations	Standard services including guest enquiries and help.
Concierge Services	Standard services including arranging tours in London and throughout Britain, theatre, museum and restaurant bookings, limousine bookings, shopping enquiries and all general information.
Medical Facilities	The hotel has a doctor on call 24 hours with an approximate response time of 30 minutes according to the hotel. The doctor will attend for a minimum call out fee.
Parking	The hotel has ten car parking spaces available immediately outside the hotel which are available between 15:00 and 12:00 the following day at an overnight charging rate. Further parking space is available in the National Car Park in Edgware Road which is three minutes from the hotel and is chargeable.

Cranley Comment

On entering the hotel and turning left, guests enter an elegant marble chequered reception area housing the reception desk, a log fireplace, a comfortable sofa, easy chairs and the hotel's Honesty Bar. Immediately past the Honesty Bar are two elevators and a stairway serving all guestroom floors. Turning right at the entrance leads to the Blue Room which is an oak floored drawing room with a log fireplace, comfortable sofas, chairs and coffee table where guests can relax and enjoy champagne and canapes in the evening, culinary delights from the room service menu and drinks from the Honesty Bar. Leading through from the Blue Room is the Green Room which is decorated with an oak floor, a large fireplace, table and chairs and transforms into the hotel's meeting room which can be set up in a boardroom style for ten people.

Shops & Amenities

Description

The hotel does not have any in-house shops.

Cranley Comment

Within a two minute walk from the hotel are many shops including convenience stores, pharmacies, restaurants, coffee shops, banks and Paddington Station.

Rooms, Suites & Villas

Number of Floors	5
Total Rooms	48
Elevators	2
Rooms per Elevator	24
Total Staff	25
Staff per Room	0.5

Check-in Time	14:00
Check-out Time	12:00
Late Checkout	Late check-out is subject to availability and is chargeable after 14:00.
Smoking Rooms	The hotel has a non-smoking policy throughout.
Room Service	Room service is available 24 hours with a choice of light snacks such as soup of the day, sandwiches, paninis, platters, main courses and desserts. A wide choice of wines, champagnes, spirits, soft drinks and beverages are also available 24 hours.
Laundry Service	A same day dry cleaning and laundry service is available from Monday to Saturday. There is no laundry service available on Sundays or public holidays. Laundry collected by 09:00 will be returned by 18:30 on the same day.

Cranley Comment

The Royal Park has a range of superior accommodation with 48 guestrooms and suites. The guestrooms are spacious and decorated in Regency colours and feature soft tactile fabrics in subtle, colour coordinating schemes. All the rooms are furnished with antique furniture and have a 19th century mahogany writing desk with a leather top, a Georgian chest of drawers, hand made beds and luxurious bed linens. Each room features modern up-to-date facilities including a flat-screen television, broadband Internet access and a marble bathroom.

Type of Room, Views & Facilities

Type	No.	View	Facilities	Max. Occupancy	Size m2
Standard Double	21	City Rooftop	Desk In-room laptop sized safe Flat screen television Cable/satellite television Climate control Air conditioning DVD and CD players available on request Modem connection Fast broadband Internet access (chargeable) Two telephone lines with direct dial facility Voicemail Mini Bar Blackout drapes Premium bedding Complimentary newspaper Complimentary bottled water Bathrobes and slippers Complimentary toiletries Hair dryer Wake-up calls Sewing kit Baby crib available for children under two years of age	2 Adults	An average size of 20 (because of the age of the building, rooms vary in size)

Cranley Comment

Standard Double Rooms are approached along brightly lit carpeted corridors decorated in pastel terracotta tones and with pictures adorning the walls. The carpeted guestrooms have queen-size half tester beds. On entering the room there is a small hallway with a closet on one side housing the mini bar, safe and clothes hanging space and a marble bathroom on the other side. The bedrooms have high ceilings and large sash windows making the rooms bright and airy. The elegant comfortable rooms are individually designed in a classical English style and are decorated in colourful Regency tones with colour coordinating soft furnishings and floor-to-ceiling drapes. All the rooms feature a 19th century mahogany writing table, a bow fronted Georgian chest of drawers with a flat screen television on top and a Georgian tilt topped table used for breakfast. The traditional marble bathrooms have plush white towels, monogrammed cotton bathrobes and slippers, free standing sinks with a mirror over and a power shower over the bath.

Type	No.	View	Facilities	Max. Occupancy	Size m2
Executive Double	14	City Rooftop	As per the Standard Double Room with the added benefit of: More space King-size half tester bed (bed hanging drapes) Roll away bed available on request (chargeable)	2 Adults and 1 Child under 18 or 3 Adults	Average size 22 (because of the age of the building, rooms vary in size)

Cranley Comment

Executive Double Rooms are approached along brightly lit carpeted corridors decorated in pastel terracotta tones with walls adorned with pictures. The carpeted guestrooms have either king-size half tester beds (bed hanging drapes) or twin beds. On entering the room there is a small hallway with a closet on one side housing the mini bar, safe and clothes hanging space and a marble bathroom on the other side. The bedrooms have high ceilings and large sash windows making the rooms bright and airy. The elegant comfortable rooms are individually designed in a classical English style and are decorated in colourful Regency tones with colour coordinating soft furnishings and floor-to-ceiling drapes. All the rooms feature a 19th Century mahogany writing table, a bow fronted Georgian chest of drawers with a flat screen television on top, a Georgian tilt topped table used for breakfast, hand made English brass lamps and original paintings and fine limited edition prints. The traditional marble bathrooms have plush white towels, monogrammed cotton bathrobes and slippers, free standing sinks with a mirror over and a power shower over the bath.

Type	No.	View	Facilities	Max. Occupancy	Size m2
Four Poster Room	2	City Rooftop	As per the Executive Double Room with the added benefit of: Four poster bed	2 Adults and 1 Child under 18 or 3 Adults	Average size 20 9because of the age of the building, rooms vary in size)

Cranley Comment

Four Poster Rooms are approached along brightly lit carpeted corridors decorated in pastel terracotta tones with walls adorned with pictures. The carpeted guestrooms all have king-size four poster beds adorned with white hanging drapes. The bedrooms have high ceilings and large sash windows making the rooms bright and airy. The elegant comfortable rooms are individually designed in a classical English style and are decorated in colourful Regency tones with colour coordinating soft furnishings and floor-to-ceiling drapes. All the rooms feature a 19th century mahogany writing table, a bow fronted Georgian chest of drawers with a flat screen television on top, a Georgian tilt topped table used for breakfast, hand made English brass lamps and original paintings and fine limited edition prints. The traditional marble bathrooms have plush white towels, monogrammed cotton bathrobes and slippers, free standing sinks with a mirror over and a power shower over the bath.

Type	No.	View	Facilities	Max. Occupancy	Size m2
Four Poster Suite	8	City Rooftop	As per the Four Poster Rooms with the added benefit of: More space Separate living area with a sofa, dining table and two chairs Two of the suites have a private balcony which is not furnished but can be set up for dining upon guests request 2 flat screen televisions	2 Adults and 1 Child under 18 or 3 Adults	Average size 30 (because of the age of the building, rooms vary in size)

Cranley Comment

Four Poster Suites are approached along brightly lit carpeted corridors decorated in pastel terracotta tones with walls adorned with pictures. The carpeted suites have king-size four poster beds with white canopied hanging drapes. Each suite has a separate living area and bedroom decorated in Regency pastel tones and is luxuriously furnished with antique furniture and hand embroidered linens. Walking into the room there is a bathroom off the hallway. The hallway leads into the living area which is furnished with a sofa, dining table and two chairs and a wall mounted flat screen television. The living area leads into the bedroom with a large four poster bed, a closet area with clothes hanging space, a mini bar and electronic safe. The bedroom has a mahogany writing desk, a wall mounted flat screen television and a large full size gilt mirror. The traditional marble bathrooms have plush white towels, monogrammed cotton bathrobes and slippers, free standing sinks with a mirror over and a power shower over the bath.

Type	No.	View	Facilities	Max. Occupancy	Size m2
Deluxe Four Poster Suite	3	City Rooftop	As per the Four Poster Suites with the added benefit of: More space Separate toilet Larger entrance hall with more closet space One of the suites has a private balcony which is not furnished but can be set up for dining upon guests request	2 Adults and 1 Child under 18 or 3 Adults	38

Cranley Comment

Deluxe Four Poster Suites are approached along brightly lit carpeted corridors decorated in pastel terracotta tones with walls adorned with pictures. The carpeted suites have two external entrances, one into the bedroom and one into the lounge area. There is an internal interconnecting door between the lounge and bedroom. The Deluxe Four Poster suites have king-size four poster beds with white canopied hanging drapes. Each suite has a separate living area and bedroom decorated in Regency pastel tones and is luxuriously furnished with antique furniture and hand embroidered linens. On entering the room there is a spacious hallway with two cupboards one of which houses the mini bar and safe and a separate bathroom and toilet. The hallway leads into the bedroom which has high ceilings and large sash windows overlooking the front of the hotel making the rooms bright and airy. Both the bedroom and lounge areas are decorated in lively Regency colours with colourful coordinating soft furnishings. White linens are used in the bedrooms to contrast with the rich tones of period antiques giving the suites a cosy warm ambiance. The traditional marble bathrooms have plush white towels, monogrammed cotton bathrobes and slippers, free standing sinks with a mirror over and a power shower over the bath.

Restaurants & Cafés

Number of Restaurants

Restaurant Comments

Although there are no restaurants in the hotel, a good room service menu is available 24 hours a day and is available in guests' rooms or in the Blue Room (drawing room). The room service menu consists of a selection of soups, sandwiches, platters, main courses, side orders and desserts, all freshly prepared to order. Continental breakfast is served between 06:45 to 10:00 and is available in guests' rooms. There is a small courtyard area with two wooden tables and chairs located on the lobby level of the hotel. Guests are able to enjoy drinks and room service in the courtyard depending on weather. Within close proximity to the hotel, about a ten minute walk away, are Italian, French, Indian and Chinese restaurants. The concierge or reception are able to provide recommendations and to make any bookings on guests' behalf.

Bars

Number of Bars

Honesty Bar

Bar Type	24 Hour Lobby and Room Service Bar
Bar Capacity	Blue Room 10 Green Room 10
Opening Times	24 hours.
Dress Codes	No dress code.

Air-Conditioning	Yes
Smoking Policy	The hotel has a non-smoking policy throughout.
Admissions Policy	The Honesty Bar serves public areas but will not serve alcoholic drinks to children under 18 years of age.

Cranley Comment

The Honesty Bar is located in the reception area of the hotel and serves alcoholic and soft beverages 24 hours a day to guestrooms and the Blue and Green Rooms. The Blue and Green rooms are the hotel's two drawing rooms and are located just off the main reception area. The Blue Room is furnished with comfortable sofas, chairs and tables and has a fireplace. The Green Room which doubles up as a meeting room is furnished with a central solid mahogany table, antique furniture and comfortable chairs and a fireplace. The Honesty Bar is strictly available to residents and their invited guests only.

Business & Event Facilities

Wireless Internet

Wireless Internet access is available in public areas of the hotel (Blue and Green Rooms) and is free of charge.

In-Room Services

Desk and chair
Wired Internet access (chargeable)