Great Northern Hotel, London
Expert reviews
“With an air of history and quick access to the Underground, this stylish hotel provides a great base for exploring London. The theme of rail travel is present in the hotel’s stylish décor: ‘Do not disturb’ signs bear antique illustrations of railway signals, and ‘Couchette’ rooms, with built-in beds, take their design cues from sleeper cars.”
“The slick regeneration of King’s Cross is encapsulated in the beautifully refurbished Great Northern Hotel. Juxtaposed between the clean lines of the station’s contemporary architecture and the grande dame grandeur of the Renaissance Hotel, the Grade II-listed building serves to fuse the two with understated elegance.”
What guests liked
- Boutique style
- Friendly staff
- Excellent Wifi
- Top location
- Comfortable beds
- Kings Cross
All you need to know
This five-star hotel is located on King’s Cross St Pancras International Station right in the heart of the district.
The hotel is a tribute portfolio hotel that offers the best and latest in hospitality amenities and facilities. The hotel offers quality hospitality services, and guests will feel more welcomed by the highly friendly staff present in the hotel.
The hotel is located in an excellent location where it offers guests a closeness to the city’s most famous attractions and landmarks. This also makes it the perfect departure point for guests looking to get all the excitement and adventure the city has to offer.
The hotel is located at a distance of 2 km from the Aldwych Theatre while the busy St Pancras International Station linking to several European cities is located 200 m away from the hotel.
The closest airport to the hotel is the London Heathrow Airport which is about 25 km away from the hotel.
The hotel offers chic and stylish room and accommodation options such as Double Room, Superior Double Room, and King Room with VIP facilities and a Suite.
These rooms are well-fitted with modern amenities and facilities that make the rooms extra comfy. The Great Northern Hotel rooms feature hand-crafted furniture that makes the room even more beautiful.
Amenities such as free Wi-Fi for internet access, 40-inch flat-screen TV with free movies, air-conditioning, a well-stocked minibar, a Hypnos bed and a private bathroom fitted with thoughtful touches such as bathroom slippers, bathrobes, and free toiletries.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
28 September 2025
This hotel gives a great night’s sleep within a great location
Great location. Super clean hotel and extremely comfortable bed
I would like to see tea making facilities and not just coffee
28 September 2025
Nice for a stop to take the train the next day, but seemed way overpriced
Convenient location
Very expensive for the room, but we were only there one night
25 September 2025
Very good
close to train station
very small room
23 September 2025
Excellent hotel in an excellent location
All went well -- helpful staff, nice room, good breakfast
22 September 2025
Practical stay in the vicinity of St. Pancras
The room was reasonably sized. The location is amazing if you are traveling from/to St. Pancras which was one of the main reasons I booked this place. The hotel is extremely clean and has a certain historic appeal to it. The best part of the stay was definitely the breakfast. It's a la carte but the options are plentiful and very tasty.
I am not a fan of the inability to close doors of a bathroom. In this case the doors were sliding and since I was staying with a friend it made using the bathroom a slightly uncomfortable experience.
10 September 2025
Great location. Teeny weeny room!
Location to St Pancras was brilliant. Room lovely
Room was really only a single and not double. Bed against the wall so inside person had to clamber over the other to go to the loo!
9 September 2025
Superb!
Character rooms with furniture in keeping with the age of the hotel. Quality bedding, furniture, linen etc. Little pantry at the end of the hallway for making tea, coffee etc and bonus fruit and cakes for a snack. Excellent location for St Pancras and Kings Cross
Rooms and bed quite small
5 September 2025
Perfect location. Would stay again
Perfect location. Staff very good
Nothing
3 September 2025
Exceptional
Great location for travelling onto to Paris.
Nothing.
1 September 2025
Exceptional
Room was clean, comfortable, with sufficient amenities. I arrived on a hot, humid day (for London) and the air conditioning as a god send. Location was excellent, very easy to get around the city/back to Heathrow with Kings Cross Station and underground right there. Also lots of shops conveniently located nearby, since it was attached to the train station.
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31 August 2025
Exceptional
The whole experience was smooth and effortless, we wanted for nothing - other than to stay a little longer!
Nothing!
28 August 2025
Pleasant
Location. The pantry. A bit of panache.
Cost!
24 August 2025
Accommodating, pleasant and clean.
Clean, great location, accommodating staff.
Rooms on the smaller side but was everything you need.
24 August 2025
Exceptional
Perfect location for our arrival by train, interesting historic building with spacious, comfortable room and very helpful staff.
24 August 2025
About what I expected for the money.
Good location. The general ambiance. Service at breakfast was attentive, although the porridge was cooler than should have been.
Signage was poor. Also poor facility for suitcases.
24 August 2025
Ideal for what we was in London for
Location
No normal tea and coffee facilities. kettle and tea bags would have been nice
23 August 2025
Just chat we needed
The location was great for exploring London. Very central and easy for the train home.
I did not like that I was charged £100 more than my booking without it being explained on checking in that it was for extras and would not be charged should we not use it. Check in was not smooth. The pantry was not well stocked.
18 August 2025
I'd stay again
An attractive hotel in a very central location.
Water temp not very hot
11 August 2025
Comfortable and great location
Convenience and comfort plus the Pantry on each floor
Room not ready despite it being after check in time at 4pm.
10 August 2025
Exceptional
Perfect location with access to several rail lines Clean and quiet Everything in the room worked
5 August 2025
Very good
Proximity to Eurostar
Tiny beds
28 July 2025
Great location for our trip
Location
Rooms very small
23 July 2025
A great location for Eurostar with well appointed rooms, a great breakfast and friendly staff.
Excellent breakfast, well-appointed rooms with very high standard of fittings
Nothing
22 July 2025
Very good
Standard of tea in pantry has deteriorated. The previous supplier, Teapigs, has superior blends.
21 July 2025
A very handy,high class ' room. for the night!!
A lovely hotel,obviously an excellent location for accessing Eurostar and London.Restaurant , bar and room excellent. Food pricey but high quality.
Pricey but it is London! Vegetarian English had a slightly Turkish slant which challenged my taste buds!!!
20 July 2025
Excellent and very convenient
Everything went well and the hotel is conveniently situated above Kings Cross station
Nothing
13 July 2025
Exceptional
Location was amazing and staff were super friendly
12 July 2025
Exceptional
Very clean comfortable, great location
12 July 2025
Exceptional
Location is great with KX now full of shops and restaurants. The building is purpose built for a hotel, not some conversion like across the road at St Pancras. So pleasingly wide corridors and stairs and windows in the room that you can open.
29 June 2025
Fabulous
Location convenience
Room rates, room size
26 June 2025
Great location, super breakfast. Not cheap.
Great location right on the Station. Breakfast was fantastic! Some staff very good too.
Check in was poor, and lots of non residents in the downstairs areas due the proximity to Kings Cross Station. Cases EVERYWHERE! First room was very small considering the price of the Hotel. Some staff, extremely poor.
24 June 2025
Perfect!
We loved the architecture, the very clever restoration and design of the rooms within the original building. It had a wonderful feel about it.
Nothing
13 June 2025
Very good
Excellent location,reception took care of my luggage before room was ready as I checked in too early
12 June 2025
Too expensive for what it worths.
Rooms are spacious, clean and the facilities were ok. The price is higher than the offered facilities. We've just booked it for the proximity of St. Pancras International train station.
There's an evil "eye", an everlit bright spot at the bathroom, which prevents the guests to sleep comfortably. We've called it The Eye of Sauron. There was no visible way to turn it off. Plus: the bathroom doors are made of glass, which means ZERO privacy.
11 June 2025
Exceptional
Close proximity to st pancras
5.25 for a coffee......I paid 322 for room only. Too expensive
7 June 2025
A good place to stay before catching Eurostar or Flying Scotsman
Lovely building.
3 June 2025
Classy and welcoming hotel in a perfect location.
The hotel facilities were fantastic and the location was perfect. Every member of staff we encountered were friendly and welcoming. Will definitely stay there again.
17 May 2025
Rebooked it was so good
we had the cutest wee room, so comfy and the staff were so helpful
nothing! even rebooked
16 May 2025
Fabulous
Fabulous location, fabulous cocktails on the outside terrace. Very comfortable room.
Shower was hit and miss temperature wise.
15 May 2025
Great location, room was small but adequate. Staff was accommodating.
Location and staff were excellent
Rails wasn't as good as we had hoped. Pricey and limited menu. Room bathroom needed more space to put stuff. Towels were changed everyday, wasn't a way to save the environment.
5 May 2025
Courteous and helpful staff. Ideal location for Eurostar
All staff were very helpful and courteous. Nothing was too much trouble. Will be staying again in a few weeks
3 May 2025
Modernised heritage hotel, close to trains and tube
Good location if you’re arriving or departing by train, can’t really get much closer to the train station or underground. Nicely modernised heritage building, tastefully done. Breakfast was served in the lovely Rails restaurant, all cooked on demand and served to your table.
Not quite sure what happened - but at check in we were advised they could only assign us accessible (i.e. for wheelchair users) rooms, and as a result we were split across rooms on different floors. Not the end of the world, just had to be aware of the emergency pull cords around the room and the open/wet bathroom. But this was our last hotel stay in a multi week holiday, and we had splashed out a bit to stay here for our final night in the UK, so a bit disappointing to feel like our booking had slipped through the cracks.
1 May 2025
Fantastic location
Location is fantastic. Staff were very helpful
The room ( couchette) was even smaller than I expected and really too small for a couple. No in room tea and coffee because of size constraints though there was a pantry down the hall. You could only get into the bed from one side ( against the window on the other) The room was advertised as reminiscent of railway travel but I was still surprised by the reality. The location was fantastic but really only suitable for one person
1 May 2025
Perfect location, perfect hotel
The hotel is in a perfect location to transport Hotel is beautiful, clean and rooms are very spacious Staff were very friendly, helpful food in the hotel bar was very good breakfast was excellent coming back to London in July and will be booking this hotel again Thank you for a perfect stay
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27 April 2025
Flexible and understanding managerial style, as it should be
Incredibly flexible and understanding management, I had a mishap a few days before travel and had to cancel my trip, after explaining my situation the hotel staff allowed my daughter to stay with a friend instead of me. Very grateful for how they handled the situation, involving unforseen medical circumstances which can happen to anyone. With special thanks to Peninah, who patiently heard about my entire medical ordeal, and then very efficiently helped me find a fair solution.
26 April 2025
Great location for train and tube travel as well as Hop on and Hop off busses.
Room was on the small size.
There could have been better communication with the front desk and the Restaurant regarding that Breakfast was included with the booking. The situation created confusion but the situation got resolved.
26 April 2025
Convenient for a single night. Good breakfast for £20 pp.
Location, location, location!
Small room, despite an upgrade.
18 April 2025
Very good
Very friendly, courteous and efficient staff. Location.
Bathroom lack of privacy with a door next to the bed which didn't close fully.
10 April 2025
Really enjoyable
Staff were very helpful, both bar and lounge were excellent. The quality of the bed linen and bed made the stay restful
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
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
- - Pet bowls
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Invoice provided
Business facilities
- - Business centre
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Outdoors
- - Outdoor furniture
Miscellaneous
- - Key access
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
Activities
- - Bicycle rental

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28 September 2025
Perfect for our stay in London for an event and our 10 year wedding anniversary.