£135.00 Avg/night
Rate and special offer based on Check-in 3 Mar 2013 Check-out 4 Mar 2013

The Ampersand Hotel

5 stars
10 Harrington Road, London, SW7 3ER
Hotel Overview
Reviewer score
5.0
out of 5
1 reviews
With some of the most stylish hotel rooms in Kensington, The Ampersand is a privately-owned luxury London hotel that combines contemporary excellence in design, service, food and technology in an 1888 building at the capital's heart. The hotel has been inspired by those great Victorian values of discovery and wonder - and given them a modern, whimsical twist. The result: a cosmopolitan, 111-room luxury boutique hotel, bar, restaurant and drawing rooms, delivering 21st-century warmth, humour and total comfort.

The Ampersand Hotel Rooms

Deluxe Rooms
Deluxe Room offers one double bed or one king bed. The Deluxe Rooms feature ornithological-inspired interiors with double or king-size beds and furniture to relax in. Details might include a chaise longue at the end of the bed or a comfortable armchair. In the bathrooms you will find Miller Harris toiletries, as well as a few rooms with tension-relieving, walk-in showers. The beds all have oversize velvet bedheads. Amenities in the London hotel rooms include 24-hour room service, LCD TVs with movies on demand, complimentary WiFi, a media hub, mini bar, laptop safe and air-conditioning.
Superior Rooms
Superior Room offers twin beds or one double bed or one king bed. the Superior Double Rooms, inspired by music, are more spacious than other Doubles and have double, king-size or twin beds. They also allow for a more generous workspace. En suite bathrooms are standard - with either a spacious walk-in shower or a bath/shower combination. Luxury room details include toiletries by London perfumer, Miller Harris. Amenities in the London hotel rooms include 24-hour room service, LCD TVs with movies on demand, complimentary WiFi, a media hub, mini bar, laptop safe and air-conditioning.
Deluxe Studios
Deluxe Studio offers one king bed. the Deluxe Studios offer a residential sense of space, brimming with botanical style. Longer term guests will appreciate the king-size beds and sitting area, large enough to hang out with a couple of friends. Amenities in the London hotel rooms include 24-hour room service, LCD TVs with movies on demand, complimentary WiFi, a media hub, mini bar, laptop safe, air-conditioning, an iPod dock, Nespresso machine and complimentary tea-making facilities.
Suites
Studio offers one king bed. The fourth and fifth floor suites have London skyline views and geometry-inspired interiors. All of them reflect Ampersand's British sense of whimsy. Each of these comfortable luxury suites has floor-to-ceiling windows and a balcony among the eaves giving 'Mary Poppins' views across London. There is a kitchenette with a microwave oven, a bedroom with a king-size bed, a separate sitting room, a freestanding bath and walk-in shower or a bath/shower combination. All the bathrooms in the Kensington suites have built-in TVs. Two of these suites can also be interconnected to Deluxe Rooms, which works well for those travelling with families. Amenities in the London hotel rooms include 24-hour room service, LCD TVs with movies on demand, complimentary WiFi, a media hub, mini bar, laptop safe, air-conditioning, an iPod dock, Nespresso machine and complimentary tea-making facilities.
Double Rooms
Double Room offers one double bed.Intimate while still luxurious, our small Double Rooms are inspired by astronomy. All have double beds with oversize velvet bedheads, and an ensuite bathroom-most with a walk-in shower or bath/shower combination. These rooms are ideal for single occupancy or short stays. Beds come pillowy and the furniture sturdy, making your room the perfect place to re-energies after a day in London-with nothing cluttering the space that is not practical or beautiful. Amenities in the London hotel rooms include 24-hour room service, LCD TVs with movies on demand, complimentary WiFi, a media hub, mini bar, laptop safe and air-conditioning.

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Hotel Map

51.4941 -0.1754
Area served
South Kensington
Nearby airports
London Heathrow Airport.
Area description
For things to do in London, The Ampersand Hotel is well placed not only in the geographical sense - the hotel is within a minute's walk of South Kensington underground station - but also by virtue of the reception desk. The hotel makes it the business to be connected-to what's hot with the shops, which includes nearby Brompton Cross, Knightsbridge and Chelsea, to what's on in London's museum district on Cromwell Road.

Nearby points of interest

  • Natural History Museum: 0.1 mi
  • National Art Library: 0.2 mi
  • Science Museum London: 0.2 mi
  • Gloucester Road: 0.3 mi
  • Royal Albert Hall: 0.5 mi
  • Harrods: 0.6 mi
  • Sloane Square: 0.8 mi
  • Kensington Palace: 0.8 mi
  • High Street Kensington: 0.9 mi
  • Earls Court Exhibition Centre: 0.9 mi
  • Stamford Bridge: 1.1 mi
  • Hyde Park Corner: 1.1 mi
  • Lancaster Gate: 1.2 mi
  • Royal Mews: 1.4 mi
  • Park Lane: 1.4 mi
  • Natural History Museum: 0.1 mi
  • National Art Library: 0.2 mi
  • Science Museum London: 0.2 mi
  • Gloucester Road: 0.3 mi
  • Royal Albert Hall: 0.5 mi
  • Harrods: 0.6 mi
  • Sloane Square: 0.8 mi
  • Kensington Palace: 0.8 mi
  • High Street Kensington: 0.9 mi
  • Earls Court Exhibition Centre: 0.9 mi
  • Stamford Bridge: 1.1 mi
  • Hyde Park Corner: 1.1 mi
  • Lancaster Gate: 1.2 mi
  • Royal Mews: 1.4 mi
  • Park Lane: 1.4 mi
  • Victoria station: 1.4 mi
  • Queensway: 1.4 mi
  • Hyde Park: 1.4 mi
  • Victoria Palace Theatre: 1.5 mi
  • Marble Arch: 1.5 mi
  • Buckingham Palace: 1.5 mi
  • Queen`s Gallery: 1.6 mi
  • Paddington Station: 1.7 mi
  • Pimlico: 1.7 mi
  • Piccadilly: 1.7 mi
  • Westminster: 1.8 mi
  • Bond Street London: 1.8 mi
  • Cutty Sark: 1.8 mi
  • Wallace Collection: 1.9 mi
  • St James's Park: 1.9 mi
  • Regent Street: 2 mi
  • Oxford Street: 2 mi
  • London Palladium: 2.1 mi
  • Oxford Circus: 2.1 mi
  • Houses of Parliament: 2.1 mi
  • Baker Street: 2.1 mi
  • Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum: 2.1 mi
  • Notting Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Photographers Gallery: 2.1 mi
  • Piccadilly Theatre: 2.1 mi
  • Tate Britain: 2.1 mi
  • Shakespeare's Globe: 2.2 mi
  • Sherlock Holmes Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Madame Tussauds: 2.2 mi
  • Admiralty Arch: 2.2 mi

Amenities

  • 24 hour room service
  • Accessible facilities
  • Audible emergency alarm for sight impaired guest
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Brailled elevators
  • Business centre
  • Concierge
  • Conference facilities
  • Currency exchange
  • Doctor on call
  • Elevators
  • Fitness centre or spa
  • Fitness room
  • Game room
  • Handicapped rooms/facilities
  • High speed internet
  • Laundry service
  • Meeting/Banquet facilities
  • No smoking rooms/facilities
  • Parking
  • Pets allowed
  • Public areas wheelchair accessible for disabled
  • Restaurant
  • Room service
  • Safe deposit box
  • Service dogs allowed
  • Visual emergency alarm for hearing impaired guest
  • Wheel chair access
  • Wheelchair accessible elevators
  • Wireless internet

Meeting facilities

Meeting Info
The Kensington meeting rooms at The Ampersand Hotel combine a Victorian sense of occasion with a slick, contemporary understanding of your requirements, whether you are planning a corporate event in London or looking for a private London party venue. The Library With a capacity of 10 seated and up to 20 standing, The Library is the perfect London function room for an intimate conference, press day, private lunch or small cocktail reception. The Games Room The Games Room can take up to 16 seated or 30 standing, offering the ideal location for a corporate event in London or a Kensington party venue. This room also offers table tennis.

Dining

Apero
Apero brings a shot of fresh Mediterranean style to the heart of South Kensington. Apero is an intimate, laidback restaurant in Kensington where you can catch up over a shared plate of something deliciously simple and modern. The menus are inspired by freshness and quality, by the Mediterranean's best-sourced ingredients and the region's most enduring flavours. The bar at Apero is an understated but glamorous spot to get into the 'aperitivo' spirit with a signature cocktail or glass of wine.
The Drawing Rooms
The Drawing Rooms is a decadent space from which to enjoy a London afternoon tea or mid-morning coffee brewed in the Victorian coffee press. With deep sofas and studded armchairs, scarlet velvets, and kingfisher blues, this is where the English drawing room meets the 'salon de the' - the whole instilled with a contemporary Ampersand feel.
The Wine Room
This elegant room - available for Kensington private dining and wine tasting - showcases the hotel's red wine collection in an imposing floor-to-ceiling display that dominates an entire wall. On the other side, cabinets packed with curiosities reflect a Victorian passion for collecting.

Hotel Policies

Check-in:
1400
Check-out:
1200

Terms and conditions

Extra charges may apply for children. Incidental charges, such as room service, are not included in the quoted rate.

The amenities and/or facilities may not be located at the hotel, but within a reasonable distance, and additional charges may apply for use. All information has been provided by this hotel and not by ebookers

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Guest Reviews (1)

Ratings and reviews for The Ampersand Hotel

Overall score

5 / 5
1 out of 1
Amenities:
5
Room cleanliness:
5
Hotel staff:
5
Room comfort:
5
Location:
5
Value:
4
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Reviewer score

5
feur
Männedorf, Schweiz
6 Dec 2012

Super Hotel an bester Lage

Top Hotel, Top Lage, Top Personal (einziger Nachteil, ein Standart-Zimmer ist zu klein)

Hotel features (5 = best, 1 = worst):
Amenities:
5
Room cleanliness:
5
Hotel staff:
5
Room comfort:
5
Location:
5
Value:
4
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