Grange Beauchamp Hotel

The bed was comfy. That's about it. Really.

Lovely building. Central but still quiet

Bon emplacement à 15-20 min à pieds de St Pancras. A côté du British museum. Covent Garden, Piccadilly,
... Tout est à moins de 30min à pied.
Underground, plusieurs options, pratique.
Bon accueil, service, chambre spacieuse et confortable. Breakfast simple mais ok.
Un bon hôtel pour visiter Londres.

L’emplacement, très central

Location, proximity to transit and restaurants.

Everything!

nice hotel, lovely staff and food was good.

Location fantastic - walking distance from both Euston and the theatre district. Beautiful park & British Museum both just a 2 minute walk away.
Staff very helpful - we were able to leave our luggage for a few hours on the day of our departure.
Tea & coffee, shampoos etc - all quality products provided.

Centrale ligging

Location is great, safe neighborhood, 2 mins from a park, 5 mins to the metro, and walking distance 15 to 20 mins to many interesting areas such as Soho, Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square and Chinatown, with many restaurants, museums, theaters, shops, etc.

la chambre spacieuse

We booked this hotel as my Husband was taking part in the London marathon and we also wanted to be near a friend's hotel a few streets away. We booked the room via the Secret Escapes website and I suspect this is why we ended up with the room that we did (Rm 302).

The hotel is on a quiet-ish street near Russell Square. We received a warm greeting on checking in and the reception area looked clean and maintained. The staff were friendly and helpful during our stay. The hotel has a lift. We were told on arrival that the hotel had decided to start breakfast on Sunday an hour earlier due to the marathon which I thought was a nice touch. It didn't affect us though as we had made other arrangements for breakfast.

Our room was on the top floor at the far end of a fairly long very narrow corridor. Due to the age of the building there was an odd slope to the floor of the room and the windows are only single glazed. The room had two windows but one looked out onto a roof area. There was noticeable noise from outside in the evening with the windows shut and we could hear noisy people returning to another property across the street. The drinks making tray was in the wardrobe and the kettle power cable was strangely fitted through the shelf so it could not be removed. I'm quite short so this was above my head height. Also if you like decent coffee, bring your own bags as there were just sticks of instant in the room. There was no bottled water provided and no fridge. The sheets, pillowcases and duvet cover appeared clean and in good condition but the bedding beneath them seemed very old and in need of replacement. Pillows were either lumpy or hard and the mattress very soft. Toiletries were provided in the bathroom and the towels were reasonable. The decor was rather tired and in need of refurbishment. The ceiling had an odd grill panel which was quite disconcerting as at night I could see flashing led lights through it. On closer inspection with a torch it appeared to be something to do with the WiFi. There were coffee stains and luggage scuffs in a few places on the wallpaper which could have easily been cleaned off (I tried one with a wet wipe and it came off easily). Unfortunately there was also something near our room that made a constant low pitched whirring and was very annoying. Had we been staying longer than two nights, I would have complained about it.

I had seen various reviews about basement rooms and people having to argue to get room sizes they had paid for. We contacted the hotel directly to ask not to be put in a basement room and they did reply to say they would try to accommodate this. Before arriving I checked the hotel website for details on their rooms. Our booking details through Secret Escapes stated that we were booking a Superior Double. On the Beauchamp website this is the only room type that has a king size bed rather than a queen. The other room type, a Classic Double is a queen size bed and a much smaller room. On the Grange Hotels website there are three other hotels listed. All three name their rooms Classic Double and Executive Double, the Beauchamp is the only one of the four that has different room names. When we arrived at our room we noticed how small it was and the bed appeared to only be a queen, not a king size. I queried this with reception as soon as we arrived in the room and was told that the room was correctly allocated and that the larger room was an Executive Double, except according to their website, this hotel doesn't have Executive Doubles! I suspect this was a case of, well they've got a cheap deal on the room price, we'll put them in the cheapest room. I will be taking that up with Secret Escapes. I also pointed this error out to the hotel at the time. Had we paid the full rate and been staying longer, I would have made more of a fuss about it. Reception said they would get the website corrected, however three months on, it hasn't changed. It is misleading and something to be aware of.

We didn't eat at the hotel so cannot comment on the food. I'm not sure I would book here again unless it was a very good deal on the price as the hotel is quite conveniently located.

Ce n’est pas un 4 étoiles.
Pas de douchette.
Literie correcte.
Restaurant indigne d’un hôtel 4 étoiles

Staff where very friendly, was great it had air conditioning cause was pretty hot while we stayed.