Durrants Hotel - London, United Kingdom 

Old World Charm?
Posted: Mon, Jul 21 2008
We stayed at Durrants for a Friday and Saturday last month. Booked a basic double room (?150ish)at the last minute via the hotel's website. Pleasant staff, very helpful and polite. Clean, well furnished room, a bit small but not too disastrous, modern bathroom with all the usual soaps, shampoos, etc. The furniture and decoration may look back to the days of the British Empire but it's not tatty and everything seems well cared for. We were on the third floor which was quiet and, combined with a comfortable bed, allowed us to get a good nights sleep.Didn't feel like having a breakfast at ?10 each for a continental or ?15 each for a full English so can't comment on the quality of food. It's a hotel that appears to cultivate the 'old world' atmosphere and is slightly different from the usual run of the mill hotel chains. Convenient for the West End, the underground and local shops.

There will be an empire as long as there is Durrants
Posted: Sun, Jun 08 2008
I am a repeat guest of this hotel and can't imagine staying anywhere else. For a mid-price hotel, based on its location, the quality of the porters (who are immensely helpful), the historic nature of the hotel, the cleanliness of the rooms, the wonderful bar and hushed elegance of the restaurant, well, I'm not certain what else one could expect. One person's "dated" is another's "traditional and reliable." Mind there is no "action" here by the pool or nightclub and you won't see throngs of tourists unloading from buses. No coupons for free breakfasts, either. Rather, it is the most English of hotels, independently owned, and priced well below its stratospheric equivalents (Connaught, et al). Ask if you might be the type of person who can appreciate eating a fortifying English breakfast off Durrants silver, starched linen, and china with the hotel crest. It is located within walking distance of two Tube Stations in the lovely and enriching Marylebone area, near shopping on Thayer Street. I find the price to be more than reasonable and manage quite easily whenever I'm there. In the event of an emergency, I might just move in permanently to sip champagne till the end comes.

?200 a night- I would not bother
Posted: Sun, Feb 17 2008
Booked hotel for new years eve. If you want to go London on new years eve- be prepared to be stampled on! But a great experience. Although the hotel seems promising from the outside- unless you have a suite the hotel is nothing more than a travelodge. We are not the poshest and sophisticated people in the world and felt that we were looked atby the staff down their noses. The hotel food-drinks- etc are over priced. The rooms are not 4* quality. I have stayed in nicer 3*. They were small, pokey and had no view. The staff were forign and has fairly bad english. If I were to spend ?200 a night on a hotel I would never stay here again!!!! Not good value- and not the value you would have expected for the price!!!!