The Standard Hotel, London

10 Argyle Street, Camden, London, WC1H 8EG, United Kingdom (show on map)

Expert reviews

New York Times review:

“A monumental renovation, right across Euston Road, is now home to Europe’s first Standard Hotel. It took years and many millions to turn this Brutalist former municipal structure into the luxury hotel that opened last summer.”

Featured in New York Times’ 36 Hours in King’s Cross, London.

CN Traveler review:

“Standards are renowned for their always-on-the-verge-of-a-party vibe, and by locating the London outpost in a unique building in a rapidly regenerating part of the city, they’ve established, yet again, their signature edgy tone. The building was once part of Camden Town Hall—so both the interiors and the conversations used to be much more subdued.”

Featured on CN Traveler’s Hot List in 2020.

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of The Standard Hotel, London. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.5 out of 5.0

Ranked 27th in London

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What guests liked

All you need to know

The Standard Hotel is located in the middle of King Cross, above Euston Road and on the same street as the famous St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel. Nearby there is the famous British Library, Welcome Collection museum, few bars, and a 10-minute walk to Central Saint Martin. The neighborhood is fairly crowded and brimming with traffic generally.

The hotel has a distinctive exterior with the glass extension and it is easily recognizable from afar. The entire style is based on the 70s with radiant tiles, plants, and eccentric lighting. There are facilities like lifts and adapted rooms for the disabled.

The Standard Hotel has about 266 rooms, all these rooms are very aesthetic and Instagram worthy. The entire set up reflects the 70s vibe in away. These rooms have natural light, comfy seating, air-conditioning, free WiFi, fully-stocked mini-fridge, and also a minibar. The bathroom style ranges just like the rooms, a few have tubs however every one of them has showers.

The hotel offers no spa since it claims to be more party than pamper. But you are facilitated with 24hours security, gym, laundry service, and 24hrs room service. It is an ideal venue to host gigs and throw some extraordinary parties.

The staff is friendly and cooperative but the hotel is not merely for children friendly, because of its atmosphere and care-free environment.

Location

Recent guest reviews

4.0
Alan

5 September 2024

Very good

The friendly staff and the quirky decor it's definitely where Austin Powers would have stayed!. The rooms were really quite big and the beds comfortable.

The slow service in the double standard and small portion sizes in the same.

5.0
Zhu

31 August 2024

Exceptional

The Standard Hotel is gorgeously designed, from the floor to the ceiling to the curtains, everything is beautiful. Even the little coffee details are adorable. The hospitality staff are amazingly accommodating. I will definitely come back.

5.0
Katy

27 August 2024

Exceptional service in a busy location. 4 time staying and we will return again

Service is always good here. They always go above and beyond subtly. Little questions to check in to see if everything is just right for you

I would prefer a simpler room service breakfast menu. The food is always good but sometimes I would just like poached eggs without the faff. (i could also ask)

5.0
Saskia

27 August 2024

My favourite hotel. I would go to London especially to stay in The Standard and pretend it's my home

The hotel is SO amazing. The location is the best of the city, as it's next to St Pancras station you can walk straight into the hotel when you get off the train. And you can get anywhere fast and back from here. The interior is beautifully designy but also cosy. All bars and restaurants are amazing. I love the breakfast in bed option, to be ordered the night ahead. My room had a bathtub overlooking St Pancras station and that was funny and amazing. I wish I had the colourful woolen blanket at home! The pour-over coffee set with Ozone coffee beans are great for coffee lovers.

The breakfast was not great this time, I ordered and açai bowl but it was completely melted. I'm sure this was a glitch because usually the breakfasts are amazing.

4.0
Hephzibah

24 August 2024

nice attention to detail and great staff

this hotel has everything you need in the right place.. its clean and friendly and the restaurants have good food. the service is nice. the staff went out of their way to accommodate me when i arrived late and hungry as the retaurants were closing.. it's super convenient for the eurostar and some regional services such as margate for an early train. a really pleasant way to arrive and leave London.

the vibe can get clubby but the rooms are quiet.

5.0
Emma

23 August 2024

Exceptional

Location excellent. Staff super friendly and efficient. We stayed in a King Deluxe which was very spacious and extremely comfortable. Would definitely recommend and will definitely visit again.

5.0
Hilary

18 August 2024

Exceptional

Great location, we were travelling between London and Paris so convenient to trains etc. rooms were great Ate in restaurant, food and staff great

Got lost in the hallways! Haha

5.0
Lee

15 August 2024

Exceptional

Great room, spacious and clean. Amazing food at the double standard restaurant

4.0
Andrew

15 August 2024

Weekend break

Very Good Breakfast. Friendly check-in. Spotless room. Great roof-top bar

The music in the restaurant was far too loud to hold a conversation with friends. When we asked for it to be lowered, our request was ignored. So we left and went to a local pub for the remainder of the evening.

5.0
Phoebe

11 August 2024

Exceptional

The staff couldn't have been more accommodating and went above and beyond to help make our stay perfect! The weekend away was a treat for my best friend and the room and views exceeded our expectations. Don't hesitate to stay here! Lovely rooms, comfy beds, wonderful food and an incredible setting

Nothing!

5.0
Hugh

10 August 2024

Super friendly staff, great location, fabulous food

Isla restaurant - good for carnivores and veggies

Nothing

5.0
Tea

9 August 2024

Exceptional

Staff was amazing! Benito (worked at the breakfast & bar) was so nice and positive. Always love seeing amazing service!

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4.5
Kurt

8 August 2024

Great hotel, super comfortable beds, perfect location

Great location, extremely comfortable bed and very cool design. Rooms were thoughtfully designed and then hotel it’s self is very welcoming. Staff was very helpful.

Showers are a cool design but the floor boards (faux decking) were moving while showering and almost fell a few times due to the boards moving and buckling when they weren’t aligned. My friend and i both experienced this.

5.0
Daniel

8 August 2024

The staff were awesome especially Benito.

Absolutely stunning place.

5.0
Fran

7 August 2024

Exceptional

We enjoyed the peace and quiet, we liked it , a short stay, would go back

5.0
James

28 July 2024

Exceptional

The location the air con

Nothing

4.0
James

24 July 2024

Location and Quality were amazing.

Location& Quality of the hotel is fantastic. Food great and excellent bars. Bed was one of the comfiest in a hotel I have ever slept in.

Room amenities & mini bar all to be paid for. Would expect more at this cost/ class. E.g. free water. Priority at bars/ restaurants for guests would be a nice touch.

4.5
Stuart

23 July 2024

Awesome room

Loved the funky design of the hotel. The room was spacious and beautifully designed.

5.0
Stephanie

23 July 2024

Clean, nice staff, nice showers and comfortable

In a good position and cool rooms

Nothing

4.0
Shira

22 July 2024

Very good

The design of the entire hotel is amazing. Very helpful and kind staff. The rooms were spotless and the bed was so comfortable. Best location to tour London. Great views of Saint pancreas station.

Rooms are quite small for the price, there was no real space to store our luggage. The restaurants are kind of overrated in my opinion, beautiful design but very pricey and the food was not great.

4.5
Joanna

19 July 2024

Fabulous

Great attention to detail in the rooms. Very well connected location and easy to navigate to and from. Room service food was also great.

They knock on the door twice a day, once for cleaning and once for minibar. Seems redundant, would be better to combine.

5.0
Kadiliya

18 July 2024

Great location

The location was great. Our room was upgraded due to the booked room not having a window. We did pay a little extra for a room with windows, but it's totally worth it.

4.0
Solafa

16 July 2024

Amazing location, amazing view n beds

I really enjoyed the front desk staff there was they were very attentive and helpful. The room was very spacious and a perfect with amenities in the room in addition to one of the best beds and pillows I’ve ever slept on at a hotel in London

The fact that almost every night, if not every night there was an event at the restaurant double standards and or the rooftop was either booked or close for a private event On Saturday I did want to attend the live DJ at the Mexican restaurant decima, but then I was told that it was closed for a private event, even though it doesn’t say that there was a private event and I already invited my friends to hang out there so that was quite disappointing

4.5
Laurence

11 July 2024

Fabulous

Hotels in London are more and more expensive. It does not always match my company allowance.

4.5
Darren

6 July 2024

Fabulous

Perfect in every way. Location, room, bed size, comfort. All great.

Hotel facilities

Food & Drink

  • - Restaurant
  • - Bar
  • - Breakfast in the room
  • - Snack bar
  • - Special diet menus (on request)
  • - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
  • - Fruits (additional charge)
  • - Coffee house on site

General

  • - Room service
  • - Non-smoking rooms
  • - Facilities for disabled guests
  • - Family rooms
  • - Lift
  • - Safety deposit box
  • - Soundproof rooms
  • - Heating
  • - Allergy-free room
  • - Non-smoking throughout
  • - Air conditioning
  • - Designated smoking area
  • - Shuttle service (additional charge)

Business facilities

  • - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)

Reception services

  • - 24-hour front desk
  • - Express check-in/check-out
  • - Luggage storage
  • - Concierge service
  • - Private check-in/check-out
  • - Invoice provided

Activities

  • - Fitness centre
  • - Nightclub/DJ
  • - Fitness
  • - Walking tours (additional charge)
  • - Bike tours (additional charge)
  • - Happy hour (additional charge)
  • - Tour or class about local culture (additional charge)
  • - Live music/performance
  • - Live sport events (broadcast)
  • - Bicycle rental (additional charge)

Outdoors

  • - Garden
  • - Terrace
  • - Sun terrace
  • - Outdoor furniture

Cleaning services

  • - Laundry (additional charge)
  • - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
  • - Daily housekeeping

Parking

  • - Parking garage

Accessibility

  • - Wheelchair accessible
  • - Emergency cord in bathroom

Miscellaneous

  • - 24-hour security
  • - Key access
  • - Key card access
  • - Security alarm
  • - Smoke alarms
  • - CCTV in common areas
  • - CCTV outside property
  • - Fire extinguishers
  • - Breakfast takeaway containers
  • - Delivered food is securely covered
  • - Access to health care professionals
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