We booked our stay at the Kings Hotel because of the price and location then we read all of the terrible reviews, so we didn't have very high expectations. Our experience was satisfactory. The room was tiny, but clean enough. The breakfast was good and the staff was particularly helpful and nice. My husband found a nearby hotel that cost as much for one night as we paid for four at the Kings Hotel. Sooooooooooooo, if you just want a place to sleep in an excellent location near Hyde park and two underground lines, the Kings will be fine.

I checked in here with my sister for an overnight stay. I had taken my sister to London as a 21st Birthday present and wanted things to be nice. We arrived and after having booked a twin room back in January we were told that all the twin rooms were gone and only a double was available - we weren't impressed but were told there was nothing that could be done as all the twin rooms were taken. We shrugged our shoulders and decided to go with it for the night. We went up to our room, which was up about 5 flights of stairs - how anyone with large suitcases manages i can't imagine (we were very glad to only have backpacks!) We then discovered that after paying for an en suit our bathroom was down the hallway! Back downstairs we went for some more complaining - again to be told that there was nothing that could be done. It turns out that the room we were in was too small to fit a bathroom in so a private bathroom for our room was built seporately down the hall - not so good if you need the toilet in the middle of the night! Again after our best attempt at complaining and the offer of the only other room available (which was a single!) we again decided to go with it for the night. Back up in the room we discovered there was not only no lock on the bedroom window but that the paint was peeling away around the sides and there was a huge crack down through the glass. Our kettle was broken, the lid would not stay down which left boiling it slightly dangerous. When we tried to put the provided fan on at night we discovered just how dodgy the plug sockets were - the fan kept loosing it's power and had to be resolved by moving the plug in the socket - needless to say we were a bit worried. Our private bathroom down the hall smelt of drains, had cracked tiles and no plug in the sink, and my sister had a dodgy looking brown stain on her provided towel. After washing may hair in the morning I used the provided hairdryer to discover that the bare wires were coming out of the socket and the hairdryer itself had a crack in it - i had no choice but to use it though (very quickly may i add!) The breakfast room was very small but breakfast did consist of cereal which you could help yourself too along with tea, coffee and orange juice and brought to your table was a plate containing two slices of toast and one croissant each - which wasn't bad compared to some of the terrible breakfasts i've had in London hotels in the past. Unfortunately as this was my only experience of the hotel I can't comment on what other rooms etc may have been like, though as we were leaving another person was complaining about customer service to the manager. I would say if you were to stay there avoid room 50 at all costs! I have my letter of complaint on the way to them!

La scorsa settimana sono rimasto all'Hotel Kings per quattro notti con un trattamento di mezza pensione. Ero in gita con la mia classe, e, appena entrati nell'albergo, abbiamo subito capito che non sarebbe stato un gran pernottamento. La nostra camera era al terzo piano (senza ascensore) e le scale erano veramente scomode perchè molto strette e ripide. Dopo essere arrivati in camera con i bagagli portati a mano fino al terzo piano, ci siamo ritrovati dentro a un ambiente strettissimo; eravamo quattro ragazzi e vi erano solo due letti singoli: uno era matrimoniale, ma piccolo. La finestra era rotta e aveva un davanzale bassissimo, tanto che vi era pericolo di cadere anche restando solo affacciati. Il bagno era minuscolo e in particolare il lavandino microscopico: non ci si riusciva neanche a lavare le mani senza bagnare molto il pavimento; solo la doccia era accettabile. La mattina, dopo una dormita nei letti scomodi e sporchi, siamo scesi a fare colazione; per fortuna, non era male, anzi, probabilmente l'unica cosa decente dell'albergo. L'hotel è abbastanza economico ma offre un pessimo servizio.

I was in a last minute hurry to find a hotel in London for a quick trip. Was looking for economy, location, and convenience. So, I jumped on Hotels.com and did a search of the Kensington area of London and Kings hotel showed up with several others -- but Kings appeared better based on pictures, amenities, and price, so I booked it for 2 nights. The first night I arrived, I was told by the desk staff that there was a water leak that couldn't be fixed, so they took the liberty of moving me across the street to the Park Lodge Hotel -- no big deal to me, as I was just tired. Until I got checked in at the Park Lodge -- crummy room and see other review..... The next day the Kings Hotel got the water problem fixed and I packed up again and moved over to the Kings. On the booking website, it said they took credit cards, but the desk staff demanded cash payment only for the room..... Hmmm...... So, without many other options and a full shcedule, I paid in cash and checked in. Next problem was there was not an elevator/lift in this hotel and I was on the third floor with 2 heavy bags. I am not lazy and usually take the stairs, but on this day I really needed a lift. So, I hefted my bags up over 4 flights of narrow stairs in an old victorian hotel - into a narrower hall, then up a little spiral staircase to a narrow door I could barely fit through -- and I am thin. This was my room -- literally about 7 feet by 8 feet in dimension with a bathroom about 3 feet by 3 feet includnig shower! Problem here was that the hotel was advertised as having an elevator -- it did not! Also smelled very smoky and there was an ashtray in the room. The room had been vacuumed and the linens were fresh, but that's about all. My advice -- stay away from this one! There is a very nice hotel right around the corner from this one called the Corus Hyde Park that is lovely, quaint, charming, and well priced.

This hotel was AWFUL! When we got there it was overbooked, so they sent us across the street to stay there from Friday to Sunday. The room we stayed in there was small, I had booked a room with an extra bed, meaning loads of extra space-which iI didn't get here I could barely move, but alright, it was clean and quiet. But the door to the bathroom wasn't a proper door....Sunday we had to walk over to King's with our bags. They gave us a room with a nice view of...nothing. THe room was on the ground floor and directly to the right was the window to the reception. They could see the entire room pretty much because the curtains woudln't close. The window was very difficult to close. But the room was an extra large room, which was a welcome change. However the shower needed to be fixed- only really hot water came out and burned both me and my boyfriend. I hated the place. The bedside light didn't work, and the carpet was DISGUSTING. Do yourself a favour and DON'T come here!!!