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Vintage townhouse hotel in bohemian Notting Hill

Notting Hill is the perfect setting for London’s original boutique townhouse hotel. Colourfully retro, the shabby-chic Portobello epitomises the area's raffish boho-chic.

Come Here For...

Retro with a racy edge in W11.
Lived-in luxe.
Spotting rock-royalty guests.

Hit the Spot
A tranquil townhouse terrace in Notting Hill.

Amenities
The communal breakfast-cum-lounge area looks out over a rambling English garden.

Good to know
Shades of shabby chic are part of the appeal.

Essential info

                            Check in14.00
                          

                            Checkout12.00
                          

                            Minimum StayNo
                          

                            ClosedClosed over Christmas
                          

                            ParkingNo guest parking, but there is pay and display and meter parking close by.
                          

                            AirportLondon Heathrow – 45 minutes.
                          

                            TrainMainline: Paddington station – a mile and a half. Underground: Notting Hill Gate (central line) – ten minutes walk.
                          

                            ChildrenWelcome
                          

                            LocationStanley Gardens, Notting Hill, City of London, London, W11 2NG, United Kingdom
                          

Bedtime

Bedrooms
23 rooms and suites

Special features
All rooms have wi-fi internet, antiques and eclectic Portobello Market finds. DVD/CD players can be loaned from reception.

Pilow Talk
Rooms are individually themed. Standout quarters include Room 16, with its huge round bed and Edwardian bathing machine, Room 13 with its antique four-poster bed and Room 6, with its half-tester bed and gold-painted clawfoot bath.

Eat & Drink

Dining in
There's no in-house restaurant, but The Portobello has a room service supper menu. You certainly won't go hungry with options like steak and kidney pie braised in organic ale, sausages with olive mash, Caesar salad or a BLT.

Breakfast
Continental breakfast is served until noon. Menu options include smoked salmon and scrambled eggs with a bottle of bubbly.

Room service
Available 24 hours.

Activities

See & Do
Saturday morning at Portobello Road market is one of the must-dos: you'll find every kind of antique stall and dozens of little emporia selling memorabilia, paintings, objets d'art and vintage clothing. You're also close to Holland Park, Kensington Palace and its gardens and the greenery of Hyde Park, not to mention most of the West End.

Spa
The health club at Lampton Place is five minutes away.

Where to find us

Stanley Gardens,
Notting Hill,
City of London,
London,
W11 2NG,
United Kingdom

Travel Information

Parking

No guest parking, but there is pay and display and meter parking close by.

Airport

London Heathrow – 45 minutes.

Train

Mainline: Paddington station – a mile and a half. Underground: Notting Hill Gate (central line) – ten minutes walk.

See our guestbook.

We were upgraded to a charming third floor room overlooking the gardens at the rear. Having breakfast in the lounge next morning was really relaxing – you barely felt you were in the midst of London with the windows open and sunshine streaming in from the gardens. Only a few minutes from Portobello market, which we loved.

Testimonial left by David from Woodbridge on 16 April, 2014

Fantastic place to stay, I honestly didn't want to leave!

Testimonial left by Ruthie H from London W1 on 23 March, 2012

Our review

As reviewed by Tasha Munro

NOTTING HILL IS THE PERFECT SETTING for London’s original boutique townhouse hotel. Still a favoured haunt of the creative set, The Portobello epitomises the area's raffish boho-chic.

Overlooking a pretty garden square, The Portobello flaunts its eccentricities. This white, neo-classical townhouse flanked by sculpted box trees has an interesting roll-call of past guests (Kate Moss and then boyfriend Johnny Depp once reportedly filled a bath with champagne here) and some exotically themed bedrooms. The mood is very much retro-with-style.

From basement boudoirs with private courtyards to intimate attic eyries, rooms at The Portobello are a play on rich and moody colours, arty antiques, colourful Edwardiana, decadent clawfoot baths and diverting objets trouvés. Expect the unconventional in this townhouse London hideaway.

Colourful Edwardiana
Feature rooms are designed for love-ins and late-night trysts. Take one of the themed rooms: go Moroccan, go Victorian, go Japanese, or simply go to bed here. We opted for Room 16, with its gold and white decor and Boogie Nights-style round bed. This room also has an ingenious butler's pantry stocked with champers and an original Edwardian bathing machine. Our balcony looked over the pretty gardens, letting us wake to the sound of birdsong with our breakfast in bed next day.

Other sought-after rooms include Room 6, with its opulent gold clawfoot bath, and the Japanese style Room 1, with its spa bath and private patio. One of the attic rooms has smoked glass mirrors over the bed, while Room 38 has a contemporary feel with a suede headboard and sleek fittings.

Downstairs, guests can make themselves at home in the colonial-style lounge, with its tall parlour ferns, Indian coffee tables and squashy sofas. Call in for a drink in the evening or have a sociable breakfast with fellow guests.

You’re in one of London's trendiest neighbourhoods here: minutes from Portobello Road and its famous antique market, and the deliciously boutique-y shops of Westbourne Grove. Several neighbourhood restaurants are within easy reach for some seductive candlelit dining.

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Vintage townhouse hotel in bohemian Notting Hill

Essential info

Check in

Checkout

Minimum Stay

Closed

Parking

Airport

Train

Children

Location

Bedtime

Eat & Drink

Activities

Where to find us

Travel Information

Parking

Airport

Train

See our guestbook.

Our review