Dolphin House London

Great hotel in a first class area. Staff were quite nice.

I consider Dolphin House Serviced Apartments a home from home, I always enjoy my stay in London if I'm staying there. I always sleep soundly and wake up refreshed and ready for my morning swim in the Dolphin House pool or a work-out in the gym. The apartments are clean, spacious and stylish, as is the general look of Dolphin House. When I travel with clients and colleauges, Dolphin House is always my first choice as everybody seems to share my reaction to the place.

The hotel was in a great location. 5 mins to the Victoria tube line. Within walking distance to buckingham palace, st james & green park. Good restaurants also within 15 min walk. It was also close to the Victoria coach and train station, about 15-2o min walk. The hotel also had a hair salon, a little convenient store, and a little bakery in it too. plus other services as well. Worth spending a little extra money to get a decent hotel in that area.

The hotel is located in a nice neighborhood, close to the subway and a wonderful bus line that will take you all the way to Camden Town. Although there is construction across the street from the hotel, we never found this to pose much of a problem (not terribly noisy). In terms of the interior, we had a lovely studio apartment. It was very nicely furnished and very clean. The rooms are a bit warm but it was sunny, very warm, and humid out, so it wasn't surprising--also, it's hard to find air conditioning in London so we weren't that concerned about it not being cooler in the room. Anyway, the hotel was happy to provide a fan, which helped a lot. We were never actually able to make it to the pool or fitness center but they seem to be top-of-the-line. I would definitely stay here again and next time find the time to try at least the pool.

While the rooms were large and beautiful....the lack of air conditioning really put a damper on our stay. It was unfortunate that London was having a heat wave the two days we were there (highs were in the low 90's). We asked for, and received, a fan for our room. It helped, but the room was still very warm. Also, we were traveling with my sister and her husband. They did not have as large a room as we did. It was very awkward because we both paid the same price.

We were traveling on vacation for a week. This hotel location provided easy access to the business of downtown London while also allowing rest and relaxation. The kitchenette was a highlight, stocked with appliances and diningware that allowed for meals-in. Via tube, 5-10 minute ride to Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, and Big Ben. Reasonable walking distance to all above locations as well.

We enjoyed our stay at the Dolphin House Apartments very much. The only negatives were that we noticed some of the staff is extremely unfriendly. The man who checked us in was the rudist stuck up jerk I ever witnessed at a hotel. Note: we are not racist, but we noticed that the only unfriendly staff there were all non-whites. I honestly can't remember one non-white person who was friendly, besides the one in the restaraunt. The ones working in the hotel were either mute, shy or had some communication issues. I am not being racist, really. This is a fact. I even went out of my way to try to be friendly towards a few, just to test it and try to spark a conversation, but they really honestly did not want to talk. This was just the non-whites. They seemed like they could care less about us, which was odd, considering we are the main source of thier income...lol. The white people on the other hand, were super-friendly and went out of their way to help you. I am not racist...really. We are a mixed race couple. Not sure if it was just a coincidence or what, but it was definitely noticeable. Also, just fyi: There's no air conditioning. The room is very stuffy, so you need to keep the windows open at all times, especially at night while sleeping. We were there in May, so not sure how the rest of the year is.

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The rooms were very large for Europe. ONly problem was that the room was too hot. When asked to fix it they tried but it didn't work well.

Une nuit dans une chambre spacieuse et propre. Cadre très agréable pour notre découverte de Londres. Accés libre au spa, piscine, salle de fitness.