Alexis B.
Yelp
I stayed here for more than 2 weeks on a business trip and really enjoyed my time at the K West. It's a lovely boutique hotel, very modern and comfortable. Great bar area in lobby, with a lounge, excellent spa, and nice modern rooms. The location is good, right by the Shepherd's Bush station, and the Westfield mall (which is the largest mall I've ever seen by the way).
Staff: Friendly, helpful, really nice.
Room: Very nice, modern, comfortable, great shower (excellent water pressure). HUGE bath towels, and 2 nice white robes in the closet. I really liked the fact that I could open my windows in my room, which is not always the case in hotel rooms. Convenient heat/AC control panel located on the wall.
Food: I didn't eat in the restaurants, but I got room service often for breakfast and dinner. Honestly, the food was very impressive. Lots of vegetarian options, and really fresh/quality, and for the most part, reasonably priced. I also loved that I could order breakfast at any time, including night.
Spa: Lovely. The perfect way to unwind, I really enjoyed the saunas, steam room, jacuzzi, and cold room. Modern and really relaxing. I felt that 25 GBP was a very fair price to access these facilities. I went from 7-9 pm, and it wasn't crowded at all. They provide towels, robes, and spa sandals.
What could make the K West better?
-Free wi-fi for guests (wi-fi in the room is kinda pricey, but as I understand, this is typical for London hotels). If you purchase wi-fi, you're given a unique password combo for each endpoint, and have to key it in each time you use it (not very user-friendly). I was able to negotiate a discount on the wi-fi, given my long stay with the hotel.
-Free gym use. The gym is really not that great, and it should be free, especially considering the price point for the hotel.
-Better line-up of TV channels. The line-up was very limited, mostly BBC News channels, lacked variety.
-Better quality shampoo/conditioner/body wash. Really cheap, bad-smelling. Not good, and I would expect better quality toiletries from such a nice hotel.
-Free continental breakfast. The breakfast offered for 8 GBP in the lobby should be free. It's not worth 8 GBP, and I feel that offering it as a free amenity would be a wise choice. They probably throw away a lot of the food each day anyways - just make it free. It would have been nice to just grab some fruit on my way out each morning, but that wasn't an option.
Overall, I really enjoyed my time here, and would absolutely stay again.