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Great Northern Hotel, London

Pancras Rd, Kings Cross, London N1C 4TB, United Kingdom (show on map)

Expert reviews

New York Times review:

“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.”

Telegraph review:

“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.”

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of Great Northern 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

4.4 out of 5.0

Ranked 30th in London

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What guests liked

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

5.0
Jonathan

28 September 2025

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

Brilliant decor and loved the pantry!

N/A

4.5
Ann

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

5.0
Susan

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

4.0
Petrick

25 September 2025

Very good

close to train station

very small room

4.5
Kristian

23 September 2025

Excellent hotel in an excellent location

All went well -- helpful staff, nice room, good breakfast

4.0
Ianforareason

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.

4.5
Alison

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!

5.0
Anne

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

5.0
Gareth

5 September 2025

Perfect location. Would stay again

Perfect location. Staff very good

Nothing

5.0
Shelly

3 September 2025

Exceptional

Great location for travelling onto to Paris.

Nothing.

5.0
Melissa

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.

N/A

5.0
Tony

31 August 2025

Exceptional

The whole experience was smooth and effortless, we wanted for nothing - other than to stay a little longer!

Nothing!

3.5
Judith

28 August 2025

Pleasant

Location. The pantry. A bit of panache.

Cost!

5.0
Jamie

24 August 2025

Accommodating, pleasant and clean.

Clean, great location, accommodating staff.

Rooms on the smaller side but was everything you need.

5.0
Anne

24 August 2025

Exceptional

Perfect location for our arrival by train, interesting historic building with spacious, comfortable room and very helpful staff.

3.5
Alan

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.

4.0
Stuart

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

3.5
Linda

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.

4.0
Fiona

18 August 2025

I'd stay again

An attractive hotel in a very central location.

Water temp not very hot

4.0
Elissa

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.

5.0
Camino

10 August 2025

Exceptional

Perfect location with access to several rail lines Clean and quiet Everything in the room worked

4.0
Juliet

5 August 2025

Very good

Proximity to Eurostar

Tiny beds

4.0
Janet

28 July 2025

Great location for our trip

Location

Rooms very small

5.0
Rodney

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

4.0
Kuszynski

22 July 2025

Very good

Standard of tea in pantry has deteriorated. The previous supplier, Teapigs, has superior blends.

4.5
Brendan

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!!!

5.0
Lars

20 July 2025

Excellent and very convenient

Everything went well and the hotel is conveniently situated above Kings Cross station

Nothing

5.0
Abbi

13 July 2025

Exceptional

Location was amazing and staff were super friendly

5.0
Robert

12 July 2025

Exceptional

Very clean comfortable, great location

5.0
Ben

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.

4.5
Murali

29 June 2025

Fabulous

Location convenience

Room rates, room size

4.0
Neil

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.

5.0
Hilary

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

4.0
Bettina

13 June 2025

Very good

Excellent location,reception took care of my luggage before room was ready as I checked in too early

4.0
Rogerio

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.

5.0
Sheena

11 June 2025

Exceptional

Close proximity to st pancras

5.25 for a coffee......I paid 322 for room only. Too expensive

5.0
Judith

7 June 2025

A good place to stay before catching Eurostar or Flying Scotsman

Lovely building.

5.0
Blanche

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.

5.0
Emilie

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

5.0
Nina

16 May 2025

Fabulous

Fabulous location, fabulous cocktails on the outside terrace. Very comfortable room.

Shower was hit and miss temperature wise.

4.5
Nancy

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.

5.0
Susan

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

4.0
Andrew

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.

4.0
Ross

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

5.0
O'hara

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

N/A

5.0
Dmho

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.

5.0
Walter

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.

3.5
Frederick

26 April 2025

Convenient for a single night. Good breakfast for £20 pp.

Location, location, location!

Small room, despite an upgrade.

4.0
Shona

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.

5.0
Douglas

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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