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The Thanet Hotel

3.0 star property

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Front of property
Shower, towels, soap
Exterior
Standard Twin Room
Interior

Reviews

5.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Free Wi-Fi
  • 24/7 front desk

Explore the area

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8 Bedford Place, London, England, WC1B 5JA
  • Place, The British Museum
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Russell Square
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, University College London
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Airport, London (LHR-Heathrow)
    ‪70 min drive‬

Room options

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Standard Single Room

Standard Single Room

  • 7 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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Standard Double Room

Standard Double Room

  • 15 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Twin Room

Standard Twin Room

  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

Standard Quadruple Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Single Beds and 1 Double Bed

Standard Triple Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Single Bed and 1 Double Bed

Basic Single Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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Exterior
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  • 24/7 front desk
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The price is NZ$102
includes taxes & fees
11 Feb - 12 Feb
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About the area

London

With a stay at The Thanet Hotel in London (London City Centre), you'll be within a 5-minute walk of The British Museum and Russell Square. .This hotel is 0.6 mi (1 km) from Royal Opera House and 0.7 mi (1.2 km) from Covent Garden Market.

What's nearby

  • The British Museum - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Theatreland - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Russell Square - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • University College London - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Tottenham Court Road - 7 min walk - 0.6 km

Getting around

  • Holborn Underground Station - 6 min walk
  • Tottenham Court Road Station - 9 min walk
  • London City Airport (LCY) - 36 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪'The Level' Restaurant - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Caffè Nero - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Antalya Restaurant - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Montague on the Gardens - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Hello Love - ‬3 min walk

About this property

The Thanet Hotel

Hotel in London, 4-minute walk to The British Museum
The Thanet Hotel offers 20 accommodations with portable fans. Televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 50+ Mbps). Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.

Make yourself at home in one of the 20 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms with showers are provided. Conveniences include desks and portable fans, and housekeeping is provided on request.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 50+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Housekeeping on request

Accessibility

  • No lift

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 21-inch TV with satellite channels

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Laptop workspace
  • Portable fan

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

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 credit cards, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

The Thanet Hotel Hotel
The Thanet Hotel London
The Thanet Hotel Hotel London

The Thanet Hotel Reviews

Reviews

5.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 23 out of 167 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 29 out of 167 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 39 out of 167 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 32 out of 167 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 44 out of 167 reviews

5.2/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

4.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Rosanne

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Zoe

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Humphrey

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
good value and location
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Elliott

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kevin

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Evan

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Heather

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I used the hotel as it was close to Great Ormond Street hospital. It was a large room with double and 3 single beds. It was disgustingly the was stains all over the carpet walls n ceiling. I refused to use the shower coz the mould that was in it. You could see the stains on the duvet through the duvet cover so I slept in my clothes. Lucky enough my husband decided to stay otherwise I would have left and slept in the hospital waiting area where it was more comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jeffrey

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Do not go there. Dirty, not got water, zero help from staff. I booked for 5 days and left after 2, even if it was not refundable. Really a bad place to stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Rafael

Liked: Room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Charlotte

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room not clean, including bathroom. Hair in shower, no plug in sink, clearly not cleaned. Hair on bed, mattress springs prominent , had to cushion with towel under sheet. Table had thick film of dust. TV did not work, broken spring on bedroom door which I assume should be a fire door. No teaspoon for tea. Pillows extremely lumpy.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

YUCHANG

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
very good location. behind the building is Main Street. I believe that is bloomsbury wy where there are lots of shops, restaurants. Russell square garden is just cross the street. Walking distance to British museum, Soho square, Oxford St, and two tube stations nearby. It takes 30 mins from airport to Tottenham court station by Elizabeth line. I don't think Thanet can be ranked 3 star hotel. However, after 3 days stayed over there, the little room with London give me the good memory.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

hazel

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Delivered exactly what i needed. Decent, no frills double room, bathroom, walking distance to London Palladium. Thank you, Thanet.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Owen

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Anita

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Peter

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
First place I’ve ever stayed where there is a kettle, but no tea or coffee to make and where there is a tv that doesn’t work and WiFi that decides when it will or where there is evidently a leak because the carpet is sodden and yet the owner chooses not to do anything about it. Astonishing!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Richard

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not sure what to say

The front of house staff were efficient and friendly. I have zero complaints. The issue is the mould and damage in the rooms. Cut my foot on a broken tile in the toilet and didn’t dare shower incase the mould spores touched me. Cheapest in the area for a reason but not sure how am health and safety haven’t closed them down.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Satisfactory only

Good to be given a family room when travelling solo. However room was tired - threadbare carpet, mouldy shower curtain and no kettle despite their being cups and coffee available to use.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Guerson

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not worth the price

Overall the lobby staff were friendly. No complaints with them what so ever. Very nice people. My room on the other hand had the smallest shower ever. With a shower head that sprayed everywhere but your body. The bed was slanted as sinking in the flood, not very comfy. No AC, but the fan on high speed was so low. Overall for the price, comfort was bad, cleanliness was poor, and shower/bathroom was very poor.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Alex

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Ben

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Alex

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very basic and ensure not to get stuck in the annex.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Syeda

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities

Great but needs improvements

For a last minute booking for 1 adult and 1. Child we got the basement which was huge! Although a budget hotel the rooms do need updating and fans during summer would be great! TV remote was broken. Beds were a bit springy but the heavy blankets and pillows allowed for a good nights sleep. Would visit again for sure
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

David

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property was filthy with no blinds
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Aurelien

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025