The Lanesborough Hotel, London
Expert reviews
“On Hyde Park, The Lanesborough is an unashamed concoction of gilding, trompe l’oeil, and marble that has all the interior oomph of a palace hotel—and, with a butler for each room, service to match.”
Featured in CN Traveler’s 2020 Gold List.
“The Lanesborough occupies perhaps the grandest location of any London hotel, standing resplendently at Hyde Park Corner, its imposing façade gazing out over Hyde Park to the north, Knightsbridge to the west, Mayfair and the rest of central London to the east.”
What guests liked
- Central location
- Friendly staff
- Comfortable beds
- Excellent Wifi
All you need to know
The Lanesborough Hotel is a five-star hotel, which is located in the Knightsbridge and has a view of Hyde Park. This hotel features luxurious rooms, which have free Wi-Fi and a tablet. Each room is a mixture of modern luxury and styles that were prevalent in the 19th century. The rooms also feature tea and coffee makers along with wakeup call services that function daily.
Each guest is appointed a personal butler and has access to complimentary Oetker Collection, which includes facilities, such as a fitness center, well-being facilities, and a spa. This hotel also features several outstanding dining facilities, which include the Céleste, which serves contemporary and creative dishes along with breakfast services, afternoon tea services, lunch services, and champagne and wine list, each available bottle complements the different types of dishes.
The Lanesborough Hotel also features the Library Bar, which specializes in serving a wide variety of drinks, such as Cognacs, Wine, Cocktails, and even Spirits. The selection at this bar is truly unrivaled and has earned awards for mixology. Other popular facilities and services include a swimming pool, parking facilities, cleaning services, a wide variety of cleaning services, food safety as well as drinking safety services, beauty services, and more.
Location
Recent guest reviews
19 October 2025
Excellent,but with a major problem!
Excellent upper class property,a real 5 star luxury hotel. Large,elegant room,everything was working and cleabn.We were upgraded,which is always a plus. Very aristocratic and opulent environment,amazing location excactly between Mayfair and Knightsbridge. Very nice Cigar lounge on the lower ground floor.
Although breakfast was offered inside a very beautiful room,the strickt a la carte system without any kind of buffet,always makes it look “poor” and limited.A combination of a la carte and some buffet always works better for the customer. We had a major disturbance during our stay,which in effect ruined everything else.We were “hearing” the room next to us,which means we could hear the neighbors TV and them talking,till 02:00 in the morning.The noise was coming through the air duct right over our bed.We could not sleep till 02:00 in the morning when the neighbors went to sleep.The problem was that they did not shout or anything! It was normal talking and room noise,but when you hear the next room at this level of noise in your room….that is a problem! When you pay 1.000£ + per night,you expect privacy and to be able to rest and sleep.Everything else comes after that. This was really unacceptable and this experience will deter us from ever booking again in this very nice hotel,out of fear that this may happen again.
7 July 2025
Bad
The room had a weird pipe noise that kept going off at 1:30 am. I told the front desk the first night and showed them videos of the noise. They didn’t fix anything and it went off the next night too. It was an awful experience
11 May 2025
Delightful 5 star hotel in central London
Super service and wonderful cocktails also a great location also impeccably clean
We didn’t find the bed very comfortable it was extremely hard
7 May 2025
The stay was a treat to celebrate a birthday. Simply a tick in the box exercise but not for me for future visits.
Very spacious and staff friendly. Butler service novel too.
No real atmosphere. Very impersonal. Not every one’s ’cup of tea’ but if you like being waited on then this is the place to go.
15 February 2025
Stunning incredible hospitality.
Incredible service, the warmest welcome and a beautiful room. Truly stunning.
The tech in the room was massively over complex, leaving a light on in the bathroom for the night was too complicated.
4 February 2025
Fabulous
Staff were superb
Most of the spa facilities were shut with no forewarning, seems a shame to pay full price without being told this
30 January 2025
Lovely but disappointed in how I was treated on arrival
Tranquility in the heart of London
Wasn’t as attentive as usual is
22 December 2024
Beautiful hotel with astonishing rooms and delicious breakfast.
Amazing hotel with beautiful decoration and interior design. Breakfast is superb!
- Hidden (service) costs on you bill upon check-out. So make sure to double check your invoice before signing.
15 December 2024
Such a great place for families. The hotel are great with the kids and they absolutely love it there. Also the location
It has a real royal feel to it, the staff are so accommodating and are great with children.
The only thing is the service can be a tad slow at times, and the iPads in the rooms were broken due to a technical fault. The curtains are controlled on the iPad as they’re are electrical so it was a real struggle to pull them shut.
15 December 2024
Exceptional
Nice staff and nice accommodation
13 December 2024
Recommend very highly. We see us again
Absolutely gorgeous! Clean and elegant. Amazing food
2 November 2024
Quality, ,luxury , and professional staff
Perfect
21 October 2024
Another excellent stay at the Lanesborough
I am a return guest and like this hotel, it is very comfortable, quiet and the staff are excellent. The location is ideal.
Nothing, except the rattling lifts are a bit disconcerting.
30 August 2024
Fabulous
Service is untouchable in London no1 by a distance.
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19 August 2024
Very good
Breakfast was very fancy and tasty and enjoyable
13 August 2024
Wonderful time, everytime !
Everything. The staff are amazing and its a wonderful time, everytime.
Nothing
2 August 2024
Best hotel I’ve ever stayed in
Excellent facilities with gym and spa
Nothing
22 July 2024
Calm, intimate yet friendly a hotel that seems like a home.
Beautifully appointed, calm and intimate. A friendly staff who are extremely helpful, particularly Frederica.
Would have preferred a park view but on booking I could not find that
16 June 2024
A thoroughly lovely, welcome, perfectly managed experience.
The warmth and friendliness of the staff - not at all snobby, kind, and sensitive to how one likes to be treated. The perfect facilities and the level of care put in everything. You can notice that everyone takes full ownership of the guest experience. And of course LILI ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Prefer a separate shower, but that may be due to room choice. I cannot think of any actual issue. This is our new go-to in London.
9 June 2024
The best of the best
Exceptional hotel! The best we have stayed at in London. The staff go above and beyond to ensure tour stay is extra special. The hotel is beautiful. The location is perfect and it was a fantastic experience.
10 May 2024
Exceptional - Memory making
All the staff were exemplary without exception. Service levels and attention to detail - little things can make a huge impact.
22 April 2024
Amazing experience! Staff go above and beyond! Best hotel in London
Amazing experience and stay at The Lanesborough. The staff are fantastic and go above and beyond. We needed a specific type of energy gel for the London Marathon. The concierge team found the exact gels and delivered them to us in 20 minutes. The best and most exclusive hotel in London. We will 100% return to stay again.
Nothing
10 April 2024
Exceptional
Superb hotel with outstanding staff- will happily return in the future
1 April 2024
A home away from home
Excellent - the best hotel in London. Extremely personable, the staff are very attentive and make sure to remember you by name.
Nothing
27 March 2024
Perfect stay
Everything !! The whole experience was fantastic ... Will be going back again and again
Nothing ... its very hard to find any fault in the hotel
26 March 2024
Exceptional
Location was fantastic. Staff were extremely friendly and helpful. Food was exceptional. We cannot wait to stay again.
24 February 2024
Always a wonderful experience
Everything is amazing.
Absolutely nothing
18 February 2024
Beautiful valentines weekend
The service and positive manner or the staff
26 January 2024
Best hotel in London
Everything especially the staff
nothing
6 January 2024
Wonderfull new year at a fantastic hotel , with amazing staff
Amazing staff , fantastic Breakfast , and one of the best bars in London
Everything was perfect
30 December 2023
Super Fan!
all
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15 December 2023
The staff are all super. The best ever.
Everything is amazing.
Absolutely nothing.
17 November 2023
Fabulous
Clean
Small rooms
8 October 2023
Exceptional
Location the staff vey professional and helpful everything was exceptional
Nothing
24 September 2023
Perfect
Stayed at the hotel for my daughter’s 18th birthday. The staff were extremely attentive including accommodating our late reservation request for dinner and providing late checkout. Fantastic!
Dinner service was quite slow
14 September 2023
Wonderful
Very clean and comfortable
Rooms are too small
8 September 2023
Exceptional
Everything was amazing.
Nothing everything is great
18 July 2023
Stayed for my wife’s birthday. Everything about this hotel is class, from the moment you are greeted to the moment you l
Location Style Service
4 July 2023
Great experience
Everything, the whole experience was fantastic, staff were great, room lovely.
There was nothing we didn't like
19 June 2023
Fabulous
Staff are friendly and very helpful. Facilities are spotless. The bathroom floors being heated was a lovely and much appreciated surprise. Butlers are efficient! Always an enjoyable stay.
The food
15 June 2023
This is the best hotel in London , staff are amazing it’s just a very special place
This is the best hotel in London , staff are amazing it’s just a very special place
nothing it is perfection
4 June 2023
everything was very good , we were very very happy . the only huge deception was one breakfast and one dinner in the res
almoast everything
Celeste restaurant very poor service mistakes concerning orders
1 June 2023
Fantastic
Everything! The staff are always delightful and attentive. The ambiance is perfect for a hotel. Everything was just exceptional.
Na
29 May 2023
when we left we were already planning our return visit…
so welcoming and the staff made you feel so at home…I can’t wait to return…both myself and my daughter did not want to leave…we certainly will be back and Lilibet their beautiful cat is gorgeous…certainly the star of this friendly hotel…See you all again soon Fiona and April
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23 May 2023
Chic, classy and tranquil address in a top location.
Very chic, understated and elegant property. Great location and friendly staff.
Although very polite, the concierge could not secure a (rather difficult) booking we had requested. Better transparency/ follow up would have been much appreciated.
9 May 2023
a grand London stay
traditional luxury with family first approach
slightly dated and some service in the dining room slow
1 May 2023
Exceptional
The finest service we've ever received, anywhere in the world
Nothing
19 April 2023
Excellent as all my stats have been
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to have breakfast on this occasion. Bar staff were fabulous at all times
6 April 2023
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Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kids' meals (additional charge)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Barber/beauty shop
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Grocery deliveries (additional charge)
- - Pet basket
- - Pet bowls
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Currency exchange
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Lockers
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Spa and wellness centre
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Cycling
- - Hammam
- - Horse riding (additional charge)
- - Indoor pool
- - Indoor pool (all year)
- - Evening entertainment
- - Beauty Services
- - Facial treatments
- - Waxing services
- - Make up services
- - Hair treatments
- - Manicure
- - Pedicure
- - Hair cut
- - Hair colouring
- - Hair styling
- - Body treatments
- - Body scrub
- - Body wrap
- - Spa facilities
- - Steam room
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Spa/wellness packages
- - Back massage
- - Neck massage
- - Foot massage
- - Couples massage
- - Head massage
- - Hand massage
- - Full body massage
- - Massage chair
- - Fitness
- - Yoga classes
- - Fitness classes
- - Personal trainer
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
- - Walking tours (additional charge)
- - Tour or class about local culture
- - Live music/performance (additional charge)
Outdoors
- - Terrace
Entertainment & family services
- - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)
- - Board games/puzzles
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Electric vehicle charging station
- - Accessible parking
Pool and wellness
- - Heated pool
- - Sun loungers or beach chairs
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming pool
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
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
- - Face masks for guests available

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24 December 2025
Room service and house keeping first class. Great room and perfect bathroom.