London Hotel Tips by ZanieOR

The Covent Gardent Hotel is in a great location on Monmouth St. near Seven Dials, and highly recommended to anyone who can afford it.
It is just a few short blocks from several tube stations, with the closest one being Covent Garden on the Picadilly line.
Within walking distance to SoHo, Picadilly, British Museum, etc.
It is located in an old hospital building, easy to walk by without realizing its even there. There's also an excellent though expensive restaurant.

Unique Qualities: The staff was extremely attentive, rushing to open the door on your way out and in.
It is small but luxurious in subtle ways, with cushy beds and interesting flower arrangements in public areas.
There was nightly turn down, and our first night they left chocolate dipped strawberries in our room.
It was air conditioned, which we really appreciated, since it was warm to hot (up to about 28 C (in the 80s), and after a long day sight seeing it felt very good.
A high point was the double sinked bathroom with a shower with water pressure like a message, and a deep tub in which to soak.
There was a fitness room, an honor bar, and very elegant library and drawing room.

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Address: 10 Monmouth Street, , London, England WC2H 2HB

I thought maybe people would like to see the lobby of the Covent Garden. It was always staffed by very pleasant people.
We left our key in an old fashioned cupboad behind the counter whenever we went out.

It was a real key on attached to a leather bob with our room number on it, unlike modern hotels with room cards. Except for a couple of times when we forgot, we always left the key. ... The desk was staffed 24 hours a day.

There was a laptop computer on a small table across from the counter with internet access ... I tried to get online once, but had some kind of trouble and I was too busy or tire the rest of the time.

The floral arrangements were very unusual, I thought. I forgot to take a photo of the first one in the lobby, and I wish I had as I remember it being very striking (as this one is) and now can't visualize it.


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Theme: Hotel
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Address: 10 Monmouth Street