“Wonderful experience”
I would definitely recommend this hotel to all able-bodied people. Not sure about wheelchair accessibility. Steps up from the street to enter, although there may be a ramp for access somewhere on the property.
We (myself and 3 grown kids-family vacation) stayed for 6 days/nights. We had 2 rooms, each with two single beds. The service at the desk was helpful and informative. The cleaning service was good. The Continental breakfast is one of the best we've had anywhere. The only drawback was the size of the rooms, but they seem to all be small no matter which hotel you stay in. The second last night of our stay, the bathroom sink actually broke into 2 pieces (weird!) in the room I was sharing with one of my kids, and the front desk called the next morning and asked if we wanted to change rooms. We declined, but it was nice that they offered. (With only 1 more night to go, we didn't want to haul everything we brought to another room/floor. We just used our other room's sink for the night.)
The hotel is directly around the corner from the Tube, and only a couple blocks away from a bus station. The British Library is just down trhe street and the British Museum is a few blocks south on the same street. Excellent location and good service. We would definitley recomend this hotel to friends and would return to stay ourselves.
Area recommendations
The first time I was in London (2008) I stayed in the Mayfair neighborhood. This was a business trip and I didn't pay for the room. The neighborhood is right in the center of the city. Very convenient if you can afford it.
This last time when I took my family (3 grown children) we stayed in the Euston Square neighborhood, sort of northwest of the city center. Still convenient due to a tube station right there, but not as much in the middle of things. Much more affordable than the Mayfair neighborhood though.
I'm not sure that there's a bad place to stay in London. With the public transportation system they have there, it's easy to get anywhere you want to go. With an Oyster card, you just scan it and hop on the tube or a bus, even some trains, and away you go! There are a couple fun pubs and a good Italian restaurant within walking distance of Euton Square Hotel as well.
When to go
We went in mid-October, just after the tourist season but before the weather turned cold. We had sun and highs in the low to mid 60's the whole time.
Went a few years ago in November for work. Chilly but not freezing.
October weather was great!
Getting around
Oyster card is a must! You can purchase them on line and they'll be mailed to you. Just need to do that far enough in advance that you get them before you leave.
We also purchased a London Pass. This enabled us to forgo the long lines for tickets, but be careful how you plan your activities. We ended up losing a bit of money because we didn't know the London Eye was rented out for private use the evening we had planned to board it. All our other sight seeing venues that cost money were scheduled around a 3 day pass, but we couldn't fit everything in in the 3 days we thought we could. For example, the Tower of London we had scheduled for a couple hours, but ended up being there for 5 hours, so that pushed everything else out of schedule, so we didn't use the pass as efficiently as we thought we would.
Other
What I liked especially were the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, the Hampton Court Palace, and the V&A museum. The British Museum was interesting too, as well as the Tower of London. Lots of very neat things to visit and do!
