The Standard Hotel, London
Expert reviews
“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.
“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.
What guests liked
- Friendly staff
- Comfortable beds
- Excellent Wifi
- Great location
- Interior design
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
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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
15 August 2024
Exceptional
Great room, spacious and clean. Amazing food at the double standard restaurant
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.
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!
10 August 2024
Super friendly staff, great location, fabulous food
Isla restaurant - good for carnivores and veggies
Nothing
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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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.
8 August 2024
The staff were awesome especially Benito.
Absolutely stunning place.
7 August 2024
Exceptional
We enjoyed the peace and quiet, we liked it , a short stay, would go back
28 July 2024
Exceptional
The location the air con
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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.
23 July 2024
Awesome room
Loved the funky design of the hotel. The room was spacious and beautifully designed.
23 July 2024
Clean, nice staff, nice showers and comfortable
In a good position and cool rooms
Nothing
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.
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.
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.
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
11 July 2024
Fabulous
Hotels in London are more and more expensive. It does not always match my company allowance.
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
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.