377 ReviewsProperty Location With a stay at Gainsborough Hotel, you'll be centrally located in London, steps from London Natural History Museum and minutes from London Science Museum. This 4-star hotel is close to Buckingham Palace and Big Ben. Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 48 guestrooms. Satellite programming provides entertainment, and wired and wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. Private bathrooms with showers feature makeup/shaving mirrors and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as direct-dial phones with voice mail. Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Make use of convenient amenities, which include wireless Internet access (surcharge) and babysitting/childcare. Dining Take advantage of the hotel's 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), a technology helpdesk, and technology support staff. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge at scheduled times.
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7-11 Queensberry Place, South Kensington,London,GB,United Kingdom
Property Location With a stay at Gainsborough Hotel, you'll be centrally located in London, steps from London Natural History Museum and minutes from London Science Museum. This 4-star hotel is close to Buckingham Palace and Big Ben. Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 48 guestrooms. Satellite programming provides entertainment, and wired and wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. Private bathrooms with showers feature makeup/shaving mirrors and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as direct-dial phones with voice mail. Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Make use of convenient amenities, which include wireless Internet access (surcharge) and babysitting/childcare. Dining Take advantage of the hotel's 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), a technology helpdesk, and technology support staff. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge at scheduled times.
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Phil D on 20/11/2017 14:06
We have stayed twice at the Gainsborough. Considering the location and price I'd say it's an excellent deal. I'll likely stay there again in the future. The staff - Nuric, Davor, Marco especially - were very friendly and helpful. We had an issue with the bathroom when we first arrived, and rather than ask us to be patient and wait for a plumber they moved us immediately to another (and for us a preferable) room. I like the proximity to the South Kensington tube stop and the museums in the area. The breakfast is minimal, but there are more than enough local restaurants to eat at to make that a trivial issue. The rooms are comfortable, though we did have the experience of being next to the noisy lift the first time. Internet is adequate, though a little slow. Could just be where we were located.
CristianoMalgioglio on 18/11/2017 20:03
I rely like the englisc style of this hotel. Very god central posiscion in london. Ho mangiato very god anche se the cibo italiano is better. Thank to the staff for avermi helped with my bagagli. Arrivederci e grazie!
Jytte T on 17/11/2017 12:00
I would like to thank Marco, Davor, Nuria, Nadia and the nice people in the breakfast room for the great care they took of me and my husband! They were extremely kind and helpful. They guided us and answered all our questions! It helped us to see nice places we would not else have seen!:) The rooms are small, and they more or less need refurbishment, therefore this hotel is not expensive, and the location is top!
We look forward to see these nice people again! Thank you once again!
Kind regards
Jan Morken & Jytte Toft Nielsen
liamw812017 on 16/11/2017 10:01
This hotel does have positives. It is a sensible price for the area, the Natural History museum and Science museum are on your doorstep and the reception staff were really friendly and helpful.
However, there were definite negatives. Firstly the room was very dated (so dated the decor is borderline back in fashion) with some bodged repairs, I can live with that for a budget price. I picked up a hygiene wrapped glass next to the tap and proceeded to drink a couple of glasses of tap water. Once my thirst was quenched I saw a tiny sticker below the shelf saying 'not drinking water.' I stay away a lot and this is the first time in the UK I've seen this (no need to worry, I wasn't ill after). Surely if you are saying it's not safe to drink then ideally provide a bottle of water and certainly don't put glasses right next to the taps! For these reasons I would've given 3 stars but I was put in a room next to the lift, the wall next to my bed was literally the lift shaft wall. Considering the lift is about as old as London it takes an age to travel up the few floors and sounds like it hasn't been oiled since the day it was installed. Therefore sleep was not an option, not ideal when I only spent about 9 hours in the room in total.
WolfySimmo on 14/11/2017 19:15
Walked into reception, very nice and a warm welcome, my room was floor -1 (below ground) room No 20, the lift was small 2x people at best and the corridors to the room looked tired, small room the only window was almost 6ft up the wall, with boys playing football outside, quite a lot of noise (18.30hrs), first lamp I tried in the room didn't work so had to change over lamps. The room was well presented, clean and tidy, with a window would have been nice, the bathroom while small was clean and seemed fairly new, decent size shower. The bed has to be the worst I've slept on for a long time almost no cushioning, felt the hard board underneath.
Disappointing really especially as it looked very nice from the outside and the reception area, whilst on trip advisor to write this review I found the room for £86.00, I paid £115 a few days earlier on booking.com
