Hotel Best Western Burns - London
18 / 26 Barkston Gardens - SW5 0EN London
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£ 84 (Tax included)- Cleanliness of rooms
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30 Aug 2004 read hotel reviewsHOTEL OVERVIEW
hotel outside
Housed in a Victorian, historical structure is the Best Western Burns Hotel, ideally situated in a beautiful and peaceful Victorian garden square in Kensington, London.
Conveniently located for London tourist attractions such as Kensington Palace, The Royal Albert Hall and the museums of South Kensington, this 3-star central London hotel is also only a stones throw form Earls Court tube station, meaning getting around the sites will be easy!
Staff provide a high standard of service and hospitality and you will experience the comfort and facilities you would expect from a modern hotel. Some of the facilities available include wireless Internet access, a bar with garden courtyard, and a restaurant serving breakfast and light meals throughout the day.
LOCATION
City Area:Kensington - Earls Court
Position of the zone in the city
General map
It is hard to run out of things to see and do in London. Visit the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben and Parliament House... the list goes on and on! If it is theatre you're interested in, take your pick from the latest shows in the West End.
London is also home to many interesting museums, the Tate Modern, the Natural History Museum, and The British Museums are just three you can choose from. For great shopping visit the famous Oxford Street or stop into Harrods of London.
Getting around this exciting city is not difficult either. London has a comprehensive public transport system that can get you to any point of the city.
DISTANCES
From Earls Court: 0.3 miles/500 metres.
From Natural History Museum: 0.9 miles/1.4 km.
From Hyde Park: 1.3 miles/2.1 km.
From The Royal Albert Hall: 1.3 miles/2.1 km.
From Buckingham Palace: 2.8 miles/4.5 km.
GUEST ROOMS
twin bed room
All the guest rooms at the Best Western Burns Hotel are elegantly decorated in keeping with the Victorian exterior. Rooms are available as single, double/twin, or family rooms for three.
Some of the handy amenities you will find in-room include a hair dryer, satellite TV, tea & coffee making facilities, writing desk, wireless Internet access, and telephone. Iron with ironing boards can be provided by reception on request.
If you are too tired to get out of bed for breakfast, or too lazy to head out for dinner, room service is available 24-hours a day!
- Cot available upon request
- Direct dial phone
- Electronic safe
- Facilities for disabled people
- Free coffee and tea making facilities
- Hairdryer in room
- Heating
- Iron and ironing board available on request
- Non-smoking rooms available upon request
- Radio
- Satellite TV
- Wireless Internet connection
- Writing desk
BREAKFAST
Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. on weekdays, and between 7.30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on weekends. Guest can choose between a continental buffet breakfast or a hot English breakfast.
HOTEL FACILITIES
- Access for disabled
- Credit card accepted
- Groups welcome
- Laundry service
- Lift/elevator
- Room service - 24 hour
- Wireless Internet connection in the entire property
- City maps
- Concierge
- Front desk - 24 hour
- Front desk - fax service
- Multilingual staff
- Newspapers
- Tourist information
- Bar
- Restaurant
HOTEL REVIEWS
Family with older children
Switzerland, Jul 2008
Location very convenient for people arriving from Victoria Station and visiting London by using the underground. Holidays with the family.
Family with older children
Italy, Jul 2008
Posizione strategica dalla quale si raggiugnono tutte le migliori attrattive in massimo mezz'ora. Ci sono rimasta male quando sono arrivata e ci hanno ospitato in una stanza nel seminterrato, dicendo che era una delle due a tre letti (avevo chiesto i piani alti!). Ma poi mi sono accorta che a Londra quasi tutti le case hanno stanze anche lì, e a dire il vero non era umida anche se pioveva tutti i giorni. Non c'era l'aria condizionata in stanza. Non abbiamo mai fatto la colazione, perciò non posso valutarla. Nel complesso, quando tornerò a Londra, scenderò ancora al Best Western Burns. Mi sono trovata bene.
Single traveller
United Kingdom, Jul 2008
I have stayed at many Great Western hotels and have another booked for the end of July. I always find them of a very high standard,at very reasonable price, and will continue to use them.
Family with older children
Switzerland, May 2008
We had 2 rooms, 106 and 103. 106 (my daughter and myself) was to the back of the building, very quite but very small. There was mold growing on the bathroom ceiling, the carpet was at least 200 years old, the furniture was so old that even if it was clean, it looked really bad. The room is in desperate need of refurbishing..urgently. The floor cracked when one walked the 2 steps it took to get to the bathroom. 103, my mother's and my sister's room was not a room but a closet. There was barely enough room to stand. Honestly, I have never seen a smaller room than this. I don't agree with those who say it's London standards. I've been to London many times, and I have never seen such a small room. The bathroom was a joke. My mother hit her knee (she still has a big blue to prove it) because it was up to an acrobat to get in and out of it. Both my mother and sister are very thin...what about normal size people? The shower door was brown around the bottom edge. When they arrived that first day, the room was very hot. No air-conditioning (the weather in London that whole week was incredibly nice and warm); I can't imagine what it is in the summer. The balcony door could not be kept opened at night (hotel rules) and besides, it didn't open, it was jammed. They showed us another room, basement floor. It was bigger but so creepy. When things are so run down, it doesn't matter how much you clean, it looks terrible. All this would have been OK if we were paying like £40, but almost £100!! per night, per room, no breakfast. We only stayed the first night and moved to a very nice 4 star hotel (chain of hotels) which had a special 3 day week-end rate, an executive room for 4 (spacious and comfy) for the price of 1 room in the other hotel, proving that you can indeed find a good room at a decent price. The only positive point was the staff. They were courteous and polite. The hotel didn't meet Best Western standards.
Mature couple
Italy, May 2008
excellent location,big spacious room.
Family with young children
Italy, May 2008
The hotel is very good but during my stay somebody's been me stolen in the room one t-shirt and a body cream.
Family with older children
Italy, May 2008
Hotel is located in a nice and quite area, very close to Earl's Court underground station, you can easily find nice traditional pub's, markets, italian restaurants just walking a bit. It's a very good starting base for moving forth-and-backwards to the airport and to the city center. Hotel is nice, a bit old-dated, some rooms are quite small. We occupied three twin-bed rooms, one had strange beds distribution, no window in the bathroom and was a bit difficul for two persons moving inside the room due to small space available.
Single traveller
Swaziland, Mar 2008
Excellent option. Great location, very clean, room was of an ok size for London standards. In short, excellent value for money.
Family with older children
Denmark, Feb 2008
Great location, very close to tube, local highstreet full of cafees and little shops. Nice quiet hotel, basic. A bit pricey like all London hotels. Will definitelly go back again.
Family with older children
Spain, Dec 2007
This was our first visit to London over the Christmas holidays and we were very pleased with this hotel. It is a good value for the money and I would definetly stay here on my next visit to London. The location is excellent if you like a quiet neighborhood and plenty of restaurants nearby. The staff was helpful and friendly. Our room was nicely decorated, good size with a big bathroom and beautiful bay window overlooking a garden. Good internet access and overall a very quiet hotel.
Single traveller
Italy, Aug 2007
Hotel is a real good compromise between budget prices and really good services: the single room was small but nicely furnished. The bathroom is enough big and, most of all, very clean as hardly happens in London, also in much more expensive hotels. Employees are all considerate and willing to help you. No problem with the booking, my room was there waiting for me. Also you can contact them by email before you arrive and they will confirm your booking. Position is excellent as well: far from the city center chaos but in a quiet and elegant district. Plenty of whatever kind of reastaurants all around. If you are in doubt whether to go or not go to this hotel, you won't be disappointed.
Family with older children
USA, Jul 2007
The hotel was close to the Earl's Court Tube station and many restaurants and pubs. It was located on a side street with little traffic. No air conditioning anywhere in facility. This means windows have to be left open at night during the summer which allows all the street noise to disturb the guests. Free breakfast has excellent variety, but the wait staff does not follow their own signage. There was a sign that said to wait to be seated, but other guests walked right by us and were seated by the hostess immediately. I am pretty sure I was not invisible. The front desk staff (especially Bruna) was very competent and accommodating. Our luggage was lost by Alitalia and the desk staff constantly updated us as to whether or not the baggage had arrived. The rooms for four were huge inside. We had three people and were asked if we could change rooms the last night so they could accommodate a family of four. We agreed and we put in a room that was tiny. Luckily it was only one night. Overall I would recommend the hotel and feel that the value for the dollar was above average.
Single traveller
Mexico, Jul 2007
it was nice, the ubicacion is good near from de underground earls court, you can go to some bars near fron the hotel i recomend it
Single traveller
Austria, Feb 2007
A nice and convenient hotel, close to the Earls Court Station (Picadilly Line, Circle Line). The rooms are rather small (as often in London), and the furniture is a little dated, but everything is clean and well maintained. Good breakfast, nice and helpful employees. Enjoyed my stay.
Single traveller
Norway, Oct 2006
Smalles room I've ever had. OK for the price of GBP69, but not more.
Mature couple
Canada, Aug 2006
Decent value for money spent. Would go back.
Family Group
United Kingdom, Feb 2006
The hotel is excellent value for money, in a really good area and is very close to earls court tube station giving excellent links to the rest of London.
Single leisure traveller
United Kingdom, Aug 2004
They always responsed well to our requests
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Germany, Aug 2004
In fact the price quoted included breakfast although this was not at all clear from your website, and a specific enquiry about this was never answered. The only way around this problem, which could make a difference of 2o% to the price quoted, is to use your website to identify possible hotels and then book with the hotels directly, circumventing Venere
Group of friends
Ireland, Aug 2004
An enjoyable stay. I would recommend this hotel.
Single leisure traveller
USA, Apr 2004
Great location on quiet street, near Earls Court underground. Room was clean, small but as expected for London, comfortable. Would recommend.
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Denmark, Jan 2004
The Hotel was much smaller than expected, the photographs flatter the size.
Group
United Kingdom, Jan 2004
Generally disappointed. Parkind was impossible and staff weren't particularly helpful (we didn't know the area at all & they spoke to us as if we were ignorant and shouldn't possibly expect to park conveniently). The pictures of the rooms on the Internet were nothing like what we got. The room was cramped and the bed was uncomfortable. On a positive note, the breakfast was lovely! I wouldn't visit again though.
Single corporate traveller
Hong Kong SAR, PRC, Oct 2003
good service with warm & friendly attitude, especially at restaurant. Hope there will be special offer for returning customer.
Single leisure traveller
Israel, Oct 2003
Very good value for money. Very close to tube station, quiet with lovely view of the garden. Small but nice and clean room. Ventilation, especially in the bathroom could be improved. Very welcoming and helpful staff. Enjoyed my stay.
Single leisure traveller
New Zealand, Jul 2003
Old hotel, everything creaks! Impossible to move quietly around one's room, of which mine was approximately 3 paces by 6 paces. Very small, but a very small price. Simply a place to sleep.
Family Group
Germany, Jul 2003
It was an exelent Hotel for this price. I don t whant to pay the regulary price for it but at this special offer it an exelent relationship between pice and quality.
Single corporate traveller
United Kingdom, May 2003
Overal the service provided was excellent. The location on a relatively quiet green, tree-filled square off the main Earls Court road, was a very pleasant oasis for such a busy city. It was also extremely convenient base to get to all the major tourist sights in London, with Earls Court underground just 5 minutes walk away, and with many of the major stores and banks represented on Earls Court Road. There were also lots of restaurants down various of the side streets. Although a single business traveller I booked a double room on the first floor, which had bay windows overlooking the leafy square. For a single person this was very spacious and may have given me a disproportiately favourable view of the hotel overall. Out of curiosity I did ask to look at a single room and it was substantally smaller. Breakfast was satisfactory, and the surroundings of the breakfast room large and pleasing, although the seperate coffee / bar area, being substantially smaller, could easily become overcrowded. Overall a very positive impression, but that is also a function of the price. Through Venere this was discounted to £69 for a double, £59 for a single. When I got to the hotel I found out that the normal price would have been £169 for a double, and if I had been paying that price my review, especially in respect of the value for money section, would not be so favourable. Also for that price you would have thought that they would have fixed a couple of damaged areas in the room, which included cracks in the some of the shower facia and a peddle bin whose lid was broken.
Single leisure traveller
United Kingdom, Oct 2002
A hotel in a quiet location Very enjoyable breakfast in pleasant dining room.
HOW TO REACH THE HOTEL
By car
From the M4: follow the road onto the A4, signposted for Central London. Turn right at the sign for Earls Court (A3220) from Cromwell Road. Follow the road past Earls Court underground station (on the right) and take the second left into Barkston Gardens. The Best Western Burns Hotel is on the left.
By underground
Leave the Earls Court underground station via the Earls Court Road exit (not the Warwick Road exit). Cross the road at the pedestrian crossing and turn right. Take the second road on the left which is Barkston Gardens and continue walking for approximately 50 yards (46 metres). The Best Western Burns Hotel is on the left.
By train
From Waterloo International Station: take the Bakerloo underground line to Embankment, switch to the District line and get off at the Earl's Court Station.
By airplane
From Heathrow airport: take the Piccadilly underground line to Earls Court Station.
From Gatwick airport: take the Gatwick Express to Victoria Station. Then take the District underground line and get off at the Earls Court Station.
From Stansted airport: take the Stansted Express to Liverpool Street Station. Then take the Circle underground line to Gloucester Road Station.
TRANSPORT SERVICES
Some limited metered parking is available around the square where the hotel is located.
Alternatively, secure parking is available at the NCP carpark Marriott Hotel on Cromwell Road.
HOTEL
hotel outside
ROOMS
twin bed room
HOTEL FACILITIES
bar
The hotel bar and outside garden courtyard is open for the hotel guests 24-hours a day.
GUEST PICTURES
il bagno molto spazioso
HOTEL POLICIES
METHODS OF PAYMENT
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CHECK-IN & CHECK-OUT
Check-in: rooms are available at any time after 2 p.m.
Check-out: it is necessary to leave your room not later than 11 a.m.
INCLUDED/NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE
Wireless Internet access is not included in the price and costs £3.00 per hour.
Breakfast is not included in the price and costs £6.95 for the continental buffet and £9.95 for the full English breakfast option.
CANCELLATION POLICY
After 12 midday, 1 night's terms will be charged
You may cancel your reservation without penalty up until 1 day before your arrival date, by accessing the Your Reservations page. You cannot cancel your reservation if you selected and booked a non refundable or prepaid rate.






