Stayed here for 3 nights - primarily because of it's location to Royal Albert Hall (we had an incredible evening at Prom Praise on 2nd April). Have been to London a number of times but this was brilliant - gave us a different view of London entirely - Kensington to be exact. The spring bulbs and blossoms were a sight to behold.....

The hotel is classic, oldish but seemed in pretty good condition. We found nothing to complain about - our room was ready even though we arrived early in the morning, long before normal 2 pm check in time. It was a big room, facing the main street - but it was not noisy at all. The bed was a King size bed, and grand styling. Bathroom great and everything always clean. This was more than a home-from-home. We had the breakfast on 2 mornings - this was great and no complaints - other than we had to pay extra for this (not included in the price). We managed to book this on a 'special' paying GBP115 per night (for a double). The normal price was about GBP149 - which would have been too much. Staff very pleasant. The proximity to Kensington High street brilliant, walking distance, and also to Queen's Gate end of Kensington Gardens, Kensington Palace (the Enchanted Princesses exhibition great), Hyde Park, St Pauls Onslow Square, Holy Trinity Brompton, Imperial Science museum and Natural History museum, etc.

I got an apartment suite which was quite huge, 2 bedrooms, fully equiped kitchen, living room. Standard quality, nothing special, bathroom small and quite old. Style overall old-fashioined. My sleeping room was on the front, which was aweful loud in the night. Did not sleep well.

I booked this as I was taking my mum to the Albert hall, we had a twin room which was very big and the bathroom was huge. The best thing about this hotel is it's location to the royal Albert hall and museums. It only a 5 mins walk to the hall and 10 mins to the natural history museum. The hotel itself is dated and nothing special. We had the breakfast and it was fine, lots of choice and you could order extra items not on the buffet for free. To be honest if you are looking for location over luxury then this is the hotel for you, and it suited us fine.

Just thought I would write to tell others what a great hotel this is for meeting with family and friends. In December we met with 3 other families all whom have children and we choose the John Howard Hotel because of the flexibility of rooms types it had. We were all given rooms in a little annex in the back that gave the impression we had the hotel to ourselves and the added benefit of not annoying the other guests whilst the children excitedly went from one room to the other!! We were there to celebrate our cousins birthday and a drinks reception was held downstairs in the cosy restaurant which served the most delicious canopies. The acutally party was in a wonderful Italian place just 5 minutes walking from the hotel. The hotel also had no problems arranging a babysitter for us infact anything we requested was always delivered with a smile. Breakfast the next morning was plentiful and varied, all the children found something they liked. The location is also excellent for Hyde Park which we explored the next morning to find a beautiful Christmas Fair. All in all a great time was had by all and I would highly recommend this hotel