Malmaison London Hotel

Excellent location for business travellers (if you have to work in the City that is), not so for the normal tourists, because you're far from everything. Very stilish hotel, nice lobby, small rooms, friendly staff, Charterhouse square is absolutely stunning, not cheap at 200 pounds per night, good restaurant. I confirm other reviews: beds are too firm for a confortable sleep.

This is indeed a very stylish hotel. The lobby is great the rooms good but oh dear, when we retired at the end of the evening the bed was like sleeping on hardboard. Everything else was great about the place (except for the bad tv and radio reception) but the terrible bed meant I would not return. Also, except for the Barbican it's not near anywhere.

Stayed here as a business traveller. Nice room. Nice bathroom. Terrible view (I was on the first floor at the back facing a wall). Friendly and efficient staff - check in and check out were painless.

We stayed in the Malmaison the weekend of the London Marathon- Its set in a Nice and quiet Square just 2 minute walk from the Barbican Tube station. We booked the stay through Superbreaks which was cheaper than the malmaison Direct- which incuded free breakfast!- All the staff we really helpfull when we asked where the best places to eat/drink were and even tried thier best to help us out using the plug and play broadband! The Hotel itself was beautiful- the rooms were a little bit smaller than your normal standard malmaison but i guess... more

Great Malmaison Hotel (as they all seem to be), however if you've stayed at the others in the chain this one is not quite a good in terms of service and also room quality. Rooms are quite a bit smaller than usual (as you would expect in London), but i felt the furnishings weren't quite as top quality as others either - the curtains and wallcoverings etc didnt have the same luxury look/feel to them. The bar is also tiny - if there's more than 2 of you, your better off going into the Smithfields Market area for a drink. Have... more

Fantastic hotel, great rooms, wonderful location for work during the week and nice and quiet at the weekends. Sleek, modern and contemporary. The rooms are not particularly cheap but neither are they ridiculously expensive.

What a great place to stay, almost didn't want to see the rest of London... but I did. Let's just start with the fact that the bathroom is amazing. I now need to remodel mine. Not a huge bathroom, but what a sexy design. Also, they give you the largest hotel-sized soap and lotions that I've ever seen, must be 100 mL (which is probably 5 or 6 times the size of other places). I took mine home!!! The room is a good size with ample closet space, guess they think you'll stay about 2 weeks. I had a king-sized bed, full of pillows... more

I think the only criticism i have of this hotel is that it's really nowhere near anything. Located in a pleasant victorian-style mansion house, the hotel was only recently refurbished a couple of years ago. Staff here are friendly as they welcome you at the reception. And the room, although small, is still of a good quality. The bed was also a little hard - but they say that's good for your back. The bathroom was nice with a huge bath and shower - and the usual toiletries! Breakfast was a little disappointing - its only served until... more

We too sayed in Room 318, at the back of the hotel but with a great view over a quiet courtyard. We got a very good deal through Superbreak for a 3 night stay over the weekend so I assume 318 is a standard room. It was quite roomy enough with a lovely comfortable bed and large bathroom with bath and separate shower. The only slight downside was the breakfast. My husband chose the full english while I went for something lighter. Mine seemed freshly cooked but his looked as if it had been waiting around a while and had got a bit dry.... more

This hotel is slightly different to others in the same chain and probably reflects the city. The others have more soul. It's pricey but if you can manage to wing it on expenses then go for it. If I were paying myself I would feel I would spent a good deal of money on very little.