Quality Maîtrise Hotel -
London
53-59 Kilburn High Road,
Maida Vale,
London, NW6 5SB
+44 (0)20 7625 8532
www.qualitymaitrise.com
Review: Ceri Roberts
It’s not easy to find a stylish hotel in central London without breaking the bank. If you’re planning a weekend of shopping, you’re going to a gig at Wembley or the O2, or a West End show, then you need somewhere with good transport links – and a comfortable bed, fabulous bathroom and well-stocked mini bar will make your stay much more enjoyable.
The Quality Maîtrise is a recently refurbished, four-star hotel located two minutes away from Kilburn Park tube station. It’s just a six-minute tube journey to Paddington, 12 minutes to Oxford Circus and Notting Hill, 10 minutes from Wembley Stadium and 15 minutes from Westfield shopping centre – so it’s makes a great base, whatever your plans.
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Each of the 50 rooms has free wi-fi, a flatscreen LCD TV, iPod docking station, air conditioning and a mini bar. The rooms are beautifully lit and tastefully decorated – each floor has its own colour and furniture scheme. But it’s the bathrooms that are really something special. Step into the enormous shower cubicle and turn on the designer rain shower and you won’t want to get out again. Ever. The bathroom is well stocked with Elsyl toiletries and fluffy white towels – and it’s this that really sets the Quality Maîtrise apart from other budget hotels.
Rafkins restaurant, located at the front of the hotel, serves British and Asian Fusion food. If you don’t have time for dinner, then you can order from the extensive room menu instead. You can enjoy breakfast in your room, too – choose from a continental breakfast (£6.95), traditional cooked breakfast (£8.95) or a selection of omelettes (£5.95), porridge (£3.95), or a Nordic Benedict (£5.95) of toasted muffin, smoked salmon, poached egg and Hollandaise sauce.
Rooms start from £85 per room per night, but if you feel like treating yourself you can book into a luxury ‘room at the top’. Starting at £99 per night, these loft style rooms on the top floor are light and bright, and you can enjoy a complementary continental breakfast and free access to the Bannatyne’s Health Club, which is located just across from the hotel.
Whether you’re travelling for business or please, the Quality Maîtrise Hotel offers London luxury at an affordable price.
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