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Shakespeare Hotel

3.0 star property

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Exterior
Garden
Quadruple Room
Daily continental breakfast (GBP 6.75 per person)
Reception

Reviews

7.2 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Business services

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22-28 Norfolk Square, Paddington, London, England, W2 1RS
  • Hyde Park
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Marble Arch
    ‪12 min walk‬
  • Oxford Street
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • London (LHR-Heathrow)
    ‪31 min drive‬

Room options

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Superior Double Room

Superior Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Double Room

Standard Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Single Room, Shared Bathroom

Single Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Economy Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Room

  • Sleeps 5
  • 5 Twin Beds OR 3 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Superior Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Quadruple Room

Quadruple Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Beds OR 2 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Triple Room

Triple Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Beds OR 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

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About the area

London

A stay at Shakespeare Hotel places you in the heart of London, within a 10-minute walk of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. .This hotel is 0.9 mi (1.5 km) from Marble Arch and 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Oxford Street.

What's nearby

  • Hyde Park - 6 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Marble Arch - 12 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Oxford Street - 4 min drive - 2.0 km
  • Kensington High Street - 5 min drive - 2.4 km
  • Buckingham Palace - 6 min drive - 3.1 km

Getting around

  • London Paddington Station - 2 min walk
  • Paddington Underground Station - 2 min walk
  • Heathrow Airport (LHR) - 49 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Angus Steakhouse - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Sawyers Arms - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Bonne Bouche Catering - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Paramount Lebanese Kitchen - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Mihbaj - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Shakespeare Hotel

Victorian hotel in London with a 24-hour front desk
Shakespeare Hotel offers 50 accommodations. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. This London hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Refrigerators and coffee/tea makers are provided. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
Make yourself at home in one of the 50 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include phones and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access, an arcade/game room, and a television in a common area. Additional features at this Victorian hotel include tour/ticket assistance, a banquet hall, and a vending machine.
Take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Continental breakfasts are available daily from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, express check-out, and a 24-hour front desk.
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Food and drink

  • Daily continental breakfast available 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee: GBP 6.75 for adults and GBP 6.75 for children
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • Billiards/pool table
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting room

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • 5 steps to reach entrance
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • 4 buildings
  • 5 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Smoke-free property
  • Victorian architecture

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable/satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 AM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Late check-out fee: GBP 30
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: GBP 5 per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately GBP 6.75 for adults and GBP 6.75 for children
  • Late check-out fee: GBP 30

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts major credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

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Shakespeare Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 232 out of 1007 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 349 out of 1007 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 243 out of 1007 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 114 out of 1007 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 69 out of 1007 reviews

7.8/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Cyrus, fort collins

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a good value and a great proximity to Paddington. It is advisable to request an upper level room also because of of proximity to station.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location in a quiet street
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

aditya

Travelled with family
No lift in the property so quite tough to take the luggage on 3rd floor room
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Marie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
A little tatty but perfectly adequate for a weekend break. A bit of noise in the ground floor room but I still slept well on the comfortable bed
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Efe L.

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not so great…

Room was quite small. Not even complimentary bottle of water in the refrigerator.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Nicholas

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Andrzej

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The receptionist Mahdi did fantastic job guiding trough labyrinth of uneasy London aspects. Thank you Mahdi and see you next time. AP
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Return Visit.

Another quick visit to London and The Shakespeare. It's ideal for its convenient location, which is close to Paddington Rail & Tube, with nearby choice of food and drink establishments. The room is small but perfectly suitable for a solo one-night stay, with a good shower and comfortable bed, along with helpful staff.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Franco, Warwick

Great location
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rosemary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very convenient for transport. Very clean. Friendly staff
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Liam

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort

Avoid if you want a half decent nights sleep!

Wouldn’t advise to stay here if you value a decent nights sleep. Stayed due to a running event however achieved minimal sleep over two evenings. Between a wooden bed frame that creaks loudly every time you twitch a muscle, or noise from surrounding rooms and corridors through paper thin walls & ceilings, trying to get a half decent nights sleep is more than difficult. Both of these things are frustrating but are outshone by the sheer noise volume of the staircases when anyone was travelling up or down a flight of stairs. As expected with all hotel rooms, the cleanliness was up to a decent standard, service on check in was good and staff were accommodating for bag drops due to plans that required getting back out into the city before I could check in. At 6”5 I appreciate I’m not the shortest person in the world and have booked a solo single room for a quick stay but the space in the toilet/shower area was limited, with the sink and pipes underneath preventing a comfortable sitting position on the toilet, not an issue for everyone but certainly annoying for taller folk.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Jade

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great little find.

Good location just around the corner from Paddington station. It’s not the ritz but great for a one night stay after a night out. Yes you do hear the underground sometimes but it’s fine.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Geoff

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great value, great location

Surprisingly spacious room for the price in central London. Good bars and restaurants in the area but a little spoiled by the rubbish bags and homeless people in the vicinity. Nonetheless I would definitely book again as this isn't the hotels fault.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Suzanne

Travelled with family
Unfortunately we didn't have the opportunity to stay at this hotel as there was a maintenance issue with our room on arrival. We were taken to the hotel next door. This was apparently has a 3 star rating which I feel is debatable. The double bed was the smaller double I've ever slept in, uncomfortable pillows and extremely thin walls.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Kjell, Oslo

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Maureen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was good but also quite cold as the heat only came on at 5 in the evening.Other than that it was fine.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

damian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was a good location
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Loren

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Alicia

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is NOT worth the money. We paid extra for a double room and could barely fit our bags in the room with the bed, as well as had to squeeze between the walls to get to the bedside at all. We also paid extra for the continental breakfast which was barely a breakfast. We had a crack in the window in our bedroom, and when we told staff about it, they said there was nothing there so we had to just deal with it.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Maria Rita

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely hotel

We had a lovely time. We went to London to see The cirque du soleil.The hotel is very central and very clean, ideal if you want to stay central with eatery around and a underground a few steps away.We definitely come back. Lovely staff as well.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Botond

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Álvaro

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Underground trains disturb sleep

My small ground floor room was clean and reasonably fresh. But I cannot recommend the hotel, for the rumbling noise and vibrations of regular late night and early morning underground trains is far too disturbing. I booked here for a decent night's sleep which I didn't get.... Aarhh!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025