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Shakespeare Hotel

3.0 star property

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Exterior
Garden
Reception
Daily continental breakfast (GBP 6.75 per person)
Quadruple Room | Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews

7.2 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Business services

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22-28 Norfolk Square, Paddington, London, England, W2 1RS
  • Hyde Park
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Marble Arch
    ‪12 min walk‬
  • Oxford Street
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • London (LHR-Heathrow)
    ‪31 min drive‬

Room options

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Superior Double Room | Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Superior Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Double Room | Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Single Room, Shared Bathroom | Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Single Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Economy Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Room

  • Sleeps 5
  • 5 Single Beds OR 3 Single Beds and 1 Single Bunk Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Superior Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Towels

Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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Quadruple Room | Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Quadruple Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Single Beds OR 2 Single Beds and 1 Single Bunk Bed

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Triple Room | Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Triple Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Single Beds OR 1 Single Bed and 1 Double Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Room

  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Double Bed and 3 Single Beds

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Superior Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Quadruple Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Single Sofa Bed and 1 Single Bunk Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Economy Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Superior Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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About this property

Shakespeare Hotel

Victorian hotel in London with a 24-hour front desk
This smoke-free hotel features coffee/tea in a common area, a meeting room and a 24-hour front desk. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include an arcade/games room, express check-out and tour/ticket assistance.
Shakespeare Hotel offers 50 accommodations. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. This London hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Fridges and coffee/tea makers are provided. Housekeeping is offered on a daily basis and an iron/ironing board can be requested.
The breakfast at Shakespeare Hotel gets high marks from our customers. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Hyde Park. Features include free WiFi in public areas, plus meeting rooms and an arcade/games room.
  • Free WiFi
  • Continental breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Amenities include a front desk safe, meeting rooms and multilingual staff
  • Guests have great things to say about the helpful staff and the location
  • Within a 10-minute walk of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens
As a guest of Shakespeare Hotel, you'll find a vending machine, an arcade/games room, and multilingual staff. Public spaces have free WiFi and wired Internet. Shakespeare Hotel also features tour/ticket assistance, coffee/tea in common area, and room service (during limited hours).

This 3-star London hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a continental breakfast daily from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Food and drink

  • Daily continental breakfast available 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee: GBP 6.75 for adults and GBP 6.75 for children
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • Billiards/pool table
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting room

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • 5 steps to reach entrance
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • 4 buildings
  • 5 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Smoke-free property
  • Victorian architecture

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable/satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: 10:00 AM
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Late check-out fee: GBP 30
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Deposit: GBP 5 per stay

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for continental breakfast: from approximately GBP 6.75 for adults and from GBP 6.75 for children
  • Late check-out fee: GBP 30

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts major credit cards; cash is not accepted
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

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Shakespeare Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 232 out of 1009 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 353 out of 1009 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 244 out of 1009 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 113 out of 1009 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 67 out of 1009 reviews

7.8/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Efe L.

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not so great…

Room was quite small. Not even complimentary bottle of water in the refrigerator.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Nicholas

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Andrzej

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The receptionist Mahdi did fantastic job guiding trough labyrinth of uneasy London aspects. Thank you Mahdi and see you next time. AP
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Return Visit.

Another quick visit to London and The Shakespeare. It's ideal for its convenient location, which is close to Paddington Rail & Tube, with nearby choice of food and drink establishments. The room is small but perfectly suitable for a solo one-night stay, with a good shower and comfortable bed, along with helpful staff.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Franco, Warwick

Great location
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rosemary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very convenient for transport. Very clean. Friendly staff
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Liam

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort

Avoid if you want a half decent nights sleep!

Wouldn’t advise to stay here if you value a decent nights sleep. Stayed due to a running event however achieved minimal sleep over two evenings. Between a wooden bed frame that creaks loudly every time you twitch a muscle, or noise from surrounding rooms and corridors through paper thin walls & ceilings, trying to get a half decent nights sleep is more than difficult. Both of these things are frustrating but are outshone by the sheer noise volume of the staircases when anyone was travelling up or down a flight of stairs. As expected with all hotel rooms, the cleanliness was up to a decent standard, service on check in was good and staff were accommodating for bag drops due to plans that required getting back out into the city before I could check in. At 6”5 I appreciate I’m not the shortest person in the world and have booked a solo single room for a quick stay but the space in the toilet/shower area was limited, with the sink and pipes underneath preventing a comfortable sitting position on the toilet, not an issue for everyone but certainly annoying for taller folk.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Jade

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great little find.

Good location just around the corner from Paddington station. It’s not the ritz but great for a one night stay after a night out. Yes you do hear the underground sometimes but it’s fine.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Geoff

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great value, great location

Surprisingly spacious room for the price in central London. Good bars and restaurants in the area but a little spoiled by the rubbish bags and homeless people in the vicinity. Nonetheless I would definitely book again as this isn't the hotels fault.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Suzanne

Travelled with family
Unfortunately we didn't have the opportunity to stay at this hotel as there was a maintenance issue with our room on arrival. We were taken to the hotel next door. This was apparently has a 3 star rating which I feel is debatable. The double bed was the smaller double I've ever slept in, uncomfortable pillows and extremely thin walls.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Kjell, Oslo

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Maureen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was good but also quite cold as the heat only came on at 5 in the evening.Other than that it was fine.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

damian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was a good location
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Loren

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Alicia

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is NOT worth the money. We paid extra for a double room and could barely fit our bags in the room with the bed, as well as had to squeeze between the walls to get to the bedside at all. We also paid extra for the continental breakfast which was barely a breakfast. We had a crack in the window in our bedroom, and when we told staff about it, they said there was nothing there so we had to just deal with it.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Maria Rita

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely hotel

We had a lovely time. We went to London to see The cirque du soleil.The hotel is very central and very clean, ideal if you want to stay central with eatery around and a underground a few steps away.We definitely come back. Lovely staff as well.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Botond

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Álvaro

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Underground trains disturb sleep

My small ground floor room was clean and reasonably fresh. But I cannot recommend the hotel, for the rumbling noise and vibrations of regular late night and early morning underground trains is far too disturbing. I booked here for a decent night's sleep which I didn't get.... Aarhh!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Gerald

Travelled with family

Ok hotel for a night

Was ok for one night.. just be for warned there is no elevator and the stairs are steep, uneven and if you go to the top floor the stair case becomes very narrow.. ok for going up with backpack but very difficult with suitcases. Beds were clean and for the most part comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Timothy

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Only spent a night, but it was a comfy stay. I'll have no issue returning. Good value for money given the prices in London.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

4/10 Poor

Demiana

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I liked that they allowed me to extend my check out time but there was no elevator or escalator
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025