Radisson Edwardian Berkshire Hotel - London, United Kingdom 

This hotel is right on oxford street which makes for a great location. people seem to have problems with noise they think that will wake them up if they are facing oxford st but i was there 2 weeks ago and our room was right facing the street and when the windows are closed u hear nothing. Also at night the street is lyk a movie set it's completley bare so that's good. It's right next to all the good shops obviously and directly across from the tube station. Buses are also always there but getting a taxi on oxford st is nearly impossible. They avoid it unless they're customers wanna go there in which case they're fulll. Back to the hotel - at check in we moved rooms 3 times. Firstly i am from a family of five and we needed a room for 3 and a room for 2. We had specified a room for 3 but didn't find it in the first room as tehre was only one double bed. We didn't find it in the second room as tehre were 2 single beds so we had to go back to the first room, pull an extra duffle bed in and someone slept on the floor. That was dissapointing. The breakfast is nice - it has everything you need. Hot food and continental but the coffee is the worst thing in the world. Beware of the bar by the way that's on the ground floor next to reception - 4 pounds for a glass of water? i think not.

The Berkshire is one of few Radissons located quite centrally around Oxford Street, all quite close to each other. The location of this one is possibly the best, located practically on Oxford St., about a hundred meters from Bond Street station and a lot of excellent shopping locations. The lobby of the hotel is quite small, as was the room, which according to the receptionist was a deluxe room which we were "upgraded" to. I'm quite sure they didnt have any basic rooms left as I've heard of several stories where these Radissons have run out of rooms. anyway, I didnt mind the upgrade, the room was definately liveable and still certainly not the smallest in London. I was a bit worried about noise, so I was delighted to see a modern double window in our room which indirectly faced Oxford St. to my surprise though, the other of two windows was missing the additionalm thicker layer, meaning everything from the street was quite audible in the room. I'm not sure if the second window was broken or what, but it being the one next to the bed meant that earplugs came in handy. that was however the only complaint I have, otherwise I enjoyed the stay here and was more than happy with the location. well, only other thing I'd mention is the sliding glass door on the toilet, this fad many hotels seem to buy is just ridicilous. it benefits no one, really. the price I guess is what you need to pay in London, anything cheaper most of the time shows an obvious decline in quality as well, another option worth considering is the Radisson Sussex located behind Selfridges. perhaps a bit more spacious and slightly more slick.