Great Northern Hotel Kings Cross, St. Pancras, London

A fine place to pitch in London Long time readers to may know that I have stayed at the St. Pancras Renaissance hotel several of times over the years and had become increasingly disillusioned with the lack of upgrades and poor customer service, so I decided to give the Great Northern Hotel a go on my most recent visit to London - and I’m happy to report that I was not disappointed. As a Titanium elite member my room was upgraded from the smallest room in the hotel, (couchette), to the largest (Victorian) room available within hours of me placing the booking. This is a superb way to treat elite members and even when I had to adjust the dates and cancel and rebook the room the exact same automative upgrade happened: my room was upgraded to the largest room in the hotel within hours. The hotel is as close to Kings Cross station that you can imagine. Inside the furnishings are simply beautiful with a real small time boutiquey hotel feel. The corridors are wide with a mix of carpet and wooden floors. The place feels airy and cool thanks to some decent air-conditioning (rare for a property in London). I was traveling with children and needed a rollaway bed which for which I was charged £50. This is not an unreasonable charge but the room was made considerably smaller by this addition. The furnishings of the room are beautifully appointed. Everything appears to be in immaculate condition including the bathroom. I was also delighted to see that there was some incredible soundproofing thanks to double glazed windows. Nary a police siren nor a car horn could be heard through the windows which is remarkable considering this is one of the most busiest parts of the capital. Breakfast was held each morning in the Rails Restaurant. As Titanium guest I was allowed to choose anything from the menu and traveling with two children there were no restrictions on what I could order. I chose four dishes (one per person) along with pastries and toast, together with at least five drinks each morning and received no bill whatsoever at the culmination of each meal. This alone is worth at least £75 per day and is a huge perk. The hotel staff are also particularly obliging and able to provide bottled water on request and proper Nespresso pods for the coffee machine each day. Having been a little apprehensive about staying here after several stays at the neighbouring property, I have now revised my assessment of where to stay when needing to get the train to Kings Cross or the tube to Heathrow. I will continue to frequent the Great Northern hotel so long as there are decent rates both cash and redemption available. Overall, this was a nice surprise and one to remember.

Great location What a wonderful hotel, fantastic location and so quiet in the room. Reception staff are amazing Chennelle was wonderful, we left our case there early and when the room was ready she called me to let me know it was ready early and even had out suitcase placed in our room. Fantastic food and a joy to stay there.

Very good hotel right at the metro station The hotel is very centrally located, just off the Kings Cross metro station and surrounded by many nice restaurants and shops. The breakfast in the restaurant is excellent, the rooms are nice and comfortable, the staff is very friendly and competent.