Can anyone recommend a decent Bed and Breakfast in central London?

Question

By decent I basically mean clean

Answer 1

Most hotels in central London offer breakfast. You are more likely to find a boutique hotel (often from a converted mansion ) than an American style B&B.

  Capital Hotel is a beautiful boutique hotel, but not cheap (Double from £270 ). Chesterfield Mayfair is a little larger.

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  On the slight-chance that "decent" means "right in the center of London" and "serving breakfast", and "incredibly cheap" I submit the Royal Adelphi Hotel which has double rooms with private bath for £98 and English Breakfast for £9 (for two). It is more important for me to be able to walk to clubs, restaurants, theater, wine bars and sights than to have lace doilies.

Answer 2

Bed and Breakfasts are the best way to go in London when it comes to central and inexpensive lodging. London B&B's aren't as charming and homey as the ones in the country, but they're much less expensive than large hotels and offer private ensuite rooms that are quite clean.

I've stayed in the Vegas hotel http://www.vegashotel.co.uk/ near Victoria Station. This room was bizarre since you entered through the loo to get to the bed, however, at least it was ensuite, cheap, clean, included breakfast and had a television. That area around and behind Victoria has dozens of similar B&Bs, and the same is true of areas surrounding most of the city's main central train stations, King's cross area has loads, it's not quite as close to the city center but it is close to excellent transportation. Staying near Victoria is a good idea because of all the great transportation connections and it's a safe area. http://www.4hotels.co.uk is a good place to start B&B shopping. It also lets you browse by region of London. The bigger sites like www.hotels.com, www.expedia.com, etc. usually have some B&B listings for London as well.

I'd also recommend the Hotel St. Simeon B&B in Kensington http://www.stsimeon.com/. This B&B had spacious rooms, gorgeous lobby, great breakfasts and was in a really nice area of the city, right off Gloucester Road tube station.

Rates for these types of B&Bs usually start at around 40 pounds ($80) for a double room. Cheers!