The Ampersand Hotel
Hotel · South Kensington ·
Themed rooms, Mediterranean restaurant, cocktail bar, wine room
Themed rooms, Mediterranean restaurant, cocktail bar, wine room
"In Kensington, I found The Ampersand’s 111 rooms to be comfortable and museum-inspired—the hotel offers beloved museum-themed afternoon teas, a Games Room with table tennis, children's menus and curated kids’ kits." - The MICHELIN Guide UK Editorial Team
"A meticulously renovated 111-room, five-story Edwardian town house hotel (formerly the Grosvenor Kensington) close to the South Kensington tube station."
"With its own Mediterranean restaurant and just a minute’s walk from South Kensington Underground Station, The Ampersand is a cosmopolitan hotel set in a large Victorian building. The hotel also has a gym and games room. The pillared foyer has a grand staircase lit by an elegant cascading chandelier. The downstairs bar area gives a sophisticated urban feel with its exposed brick arches, and a patisserie menu is available in the hotel’s drawing rooms. Bedrooms at The Ampersand are individually decorated with bold contemporary wallpaper designs and original Victorian features. Each room has a minibar, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, and an en suite bathroom. As well as the hotel’s well-equipped gym, guests will have access to information regarding horse riding, private trainers and running routes. Table tennis is available in The Games Room. Within 2 minutes’ walk of the Natural History Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Harrods and Hyde Park are just 15 minutes away by foot." - My Boutique Hotel (en)
"The Ampersand, a whimsical South Kensington hotel with a name to match, is so unabashedly, eccentrically British that it would risk self-parody if it weren’t so dashingly pulled together. Housed in an 1888 townhouse, the hotel takes the Victorian taste for eclecticism — curiosities and objets d’art abound — and gives it a thoroughly modern look. It’s a fitting style for a neighborhood whose shops run from indie boutiques to Stella McCartney to Harrods, and whose cultural institutions contain everything from the classic collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum to the irreverent pop-culture photography of the Proud Gallery." - Tablet Hotels
"Next to South Kensington station, this luxury boutique hotel offers themed rooms (like music or astronomy), top-floor rooms with incredible city views, and a posh afternoon tea — it delivers the classic British hotel experience." - Matthew Kepnes
