Over the Valentine’s Weekend, Royal Lancaster kindly offered to host my boyfriend and I for the night.
When it comes to staycations you guys know how much I love
exploring London and trying different hotels out. So when Royal Lancaster kindly
offered to host my boyfriend and I over the Valentine’s weekend, you know I
couldn’t resist.
I’d never stayed in the hotel before and it was one of my
must visit hotels. Everything about the hotel draws me in. I love the fact that
it’s location is so central. The views are incredible and the hotel has
gorgeous white marble all throughout the entrance.
Location
The location for Royal Lancaster is a travellers dream. It’s
right next to a tube station, a ten-minute walk to marble arch and right on the
front doorstep is Hyde Park and the Kensington Gardens.
It’s a little surreal having such a large park in central
London, and from Royal Lancaster you have some of the most incredible views of
the park and the rest of London.
Our room was on the 15th floor and we could see
right across London to the.
Room
We stayed in one of Royal Lancaster's Double Deluxe rooms. The
room came with a huge fluffy double bed, a great bathroom and the most
incredible views over Hyde Park.
I’ve stayed in a lot of hotels all over the world, but I’ve
never felt as comfortable as I did in this particular room. I loved the fact
that at the foot of the bed was a couch. I find that rooms this size usually
have an armchair and a desk chair, but nowhere to unwind and relax other than
the bed.
Food
The hotel has two in-house restaurants, Island Grill a
gastro American menu and Nipa Thai I will try to book into the Thai restaurant another time
as the concierge had highly recommended it to us.
My boyfriend loves hotel breakfasts, I much prefer having
breakfast in the room, in my robe relaxing, but he absolutely loves buffets as
he likes to try a little bit of everything he likes. So this time, I we decided
to go down to the breakfast on the second floor. But next hotel we stay at,
we’re having it in the room! It’s a compromise we’ve come up with to make us
both happy.
Despite my initial wishes, I’m really glad he
convinced me to make the short journey down the lift as it was absolutely
spectacular drinking my latte people watching in Hyde Park. As it was a beautiful
sunny morning there were a lot of people walking around and embracing the sun.
It really felt like I was away somewhere and not in central London.
We decided to go for poached eggs on muffins, I had smoked
salmon and he went for ham. As well as the A La Cart menu there was a range of different fruits and baked
goods which we also thoroughly enjoyed.
The Service.
As always I was impressed with the overall service at the
hotel. Although we were only there for a day, the staff was extremely friendly
and helpful to.
The lovely receptionist came up to show us to our room and
make sure everything was ok. I always find that it makes such a huge difference
as some times hotel hallways can get a little confusing and when you’ve refused
any help downstairs by the bellman, traipsing around a hotel looking for your
room is not ideal.
Overall, we had a wonderful time at Royal Lancaster and
would definitely come back and stay here again.
Thank you to Royal Lancaster for hosting us and this gifted
experience in exchange for coverage.
