I am a single mum with my 12 yr old daughter arriving t the hotel staff were so friendly and helpful.
The breakfast was great full cooked or continental you can sit in the rose garden watching squirrels across the road in a small parkland across the road.
The staff had local knoledge of the area, the hotel is walking distance to alot of atractions, the bus stopped outside the hotel, local shops near by and pubs too.
The hotel is far enough away from the hussle and bussle of crouds, just across the road Hyde Park were you can hire a deck chair and watch the world go past.
pack a swimming costume as they have a swimming area in Kensington boating lake very refeshing on a hot day.

While the location is fantastically convenient, (directly across from the Lancaster gate entrance to Hyde Park) the hotel is badly in need of an interior face-lift. We booked the family room, which was located on the fourth floor facing the street. The room was small, shabby, with paint chipped walls, and dirty carpet. The bathroom with its broken tiles and moldy smell was especially unpleasant. The toilet did not flush consistently, hot water lasted for only a few minutes before turning cold, and the towels were stained and had holes. Unlike the rest of the hotel, the room was not air-conditioned, and we had to open the windows at night to cool the room. This resulted in a couple nights of fitful sleep due to the overwhelming street noise. Thank goodness my husband brought along earplugs!

We spent last weekend in London for my Mother in Laws 60th Birthday. Friday night there were 9 adults and 3 kids with 4 more adults joining us on saturday night.

We had booked the family package at a cost of £300 per room for two nights - for up to 2 adults and 2 children in a room. This included b&b in a family room, entry tickets for either London Zoo or the London Eye and a three course dinner plus one champagne cocktail on one night.

The hotels location is very good, across the road from Hyde park, just around the corner from the tube and only 5 min walk from Paddington. It would only be 10-15 mins walk to Marble arch depending on how fast you walk.

The staff at the hotel were ALWAYS very friendly and helpful they really did make an effort and I think the staff are a real credit to the hotel.

The hotel itself is being redecorated in places and not before time that is really the only criticism I have, that furniture and furnishings are looking tired and drab.

If you definatly need a lift because you can't manage many stairs this hotel IS NOT for you. There is one lift for guest, but due to the age of the building it is a tiny lift which really only two average sized people can use at one time with possibly one suitcase at a squeeze.

We had booked a family room unfortunatley that doesn't mean a double bed for parents and single beds for the kids. It means a triple or quad room - why do hotels do this? The bedrooms are of a good size for London hotels with good size bathrooms but again money needs to be spent on them. But saying that they were clean, with soft towels and plenty of toiletries. We had a room at the front of the hotel that was warm so we left the window open all day. Yes, it is noisey but when you get to bedtime you can close the window and put the ceiling fan on which made the room a nice temperature. The rooms would be hot in the height of summer though. Be aware that if you ask for a room at the back of the hotel because you don't want road noise that there is an outside terrace belonging to the bar so it is not always quiet.

The food was of a good standard I felt, whether that was because I wasn't expecting much so it exceeded my expectations I'm not sure. European breakfast was included in the price but not English IS ENGLAND NOT IN EUROPE ANYMORE?????
That said it was only £4 extra and although I didn't have cooked plenty of people did, and enjoyed it although the scrambled eggs were not recommended.

To conclude if you want a resonably priced hotel in a good location with fantastic staff this is definatly worth considering.
Not a choice if you want luxury or a romantic break in London.

My husband, 16yr old son and I have just spent a 3 day break at the London Elizabeth.

The location was superb being literally across the road from Lancaster Gate Tube and also from the entrance to Hyde Park.

For some reason they could not provide the triple room which we had booked but the alternative offered (at no extra cost) turned out to be the Montagu Suite. Although this was in the basement and therefore somewhat dark, this was more than made up for by the loads of space, the lovely double bed with hangings, the fireplace, bookcases etc which all made up an old fashioned but very comfortable room. The addition of a bed for my son barely made an impact to the space, still leaving room for a sofa, easy chair, table, blanket chest etc.
The bathroom was a good size with a bath long enough to completely stretch out in and enough hot water to fill it to the brim.
The only real down side was that it was very hot in the room and too noisy at night to have the window open, but there was a ceiling fan. Its a shame no tea and coffee making facilities were in the room but room service was 24 hour and quick and reasonable (e.g £2 each for a big pot of tea with complimentary cake)
I would certainly stay there again.