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Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington

Scarsdale Place London, W8 5SR United Kingdom

Central modern hotel in shopping district

By Kensington shops
This London hotel with a striking, modern exterior is 2 blocks from Kensington High Street shops and 1 km (half a mile) from Harrods, Royal Albert Hall, and the Victoria & Albert Museum. Show more
Restaurants and Café
This hotel offers a fitness centre, two restaurants, both modern European and Oriental, a bar, and a coffee shop offering plasma televisions and high-speed Internet access.
Air conditioning
Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington's 833 air-conditioned rooms offer contemporary styling, and crisp white linens. Club Rooms on the upper floors have city views and access to a private lounge. Hide

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3.8out of 5

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77%

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Room type  
Superior Room
1 double bed or 2 twin beds. 18 square metres. Contemporary decor. TV with movie and satellite channels. Broadband internet (surcharge). Tea and coffee making facilities. Iron and ironing board. Air-conditioning.
Club Room - Room Only
1 queen bed or 2 twin beds. 19 square metres. City views. Located on the 11th and 12th floors. Complimentary Internet access. Two direct-dial phones. Tea and coffee making facilities. Iron and ironing board. Bathrobe. Air-conditioning. Use of the Copthorne Club Lounge, which features complimentary tea/coffee and soft drinks throughout the day.
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Hotel Policies & Fees

The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.

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  • A resort fee is included in the total price displayed There are no room charges for children 1 years old and younger who occupy the same room as their parents or guardians, using existing bedding.
Policies
  • Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
  • Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are 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.
  • Pets not allowed
  • Check-in time starts at 3 PM
  • Check-out time is Noon
  • Minimum check-in age is 18
Fees
  • The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
    • Early check-in fee: GBP 35.00
    • Late check-out fee: GBP 50.00
    • Fee for high-speed Internet (wired) in business center: GBP 15.00 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
    • Fee for wireless Internet in all public areas: GBP 15.00 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
    • Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): GBP 15.00 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
    • Hot and cold buffet breakfast fee: GBP 12.00 per person (approximate amount)
    • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 30.00 per night
  • The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

Accessibility Options

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  • Accessible path of travel
  • Accessible bathroom
  • Roll-in shower
  • Handicapped parking
  • In-room accessibility
  • Accessibility equipment for the deaf

Property Amenities

The Copthorne Tara Hotel has theatre reservation and concierge desks, currency exchange, and a business centre equipped with high-speed Internet access. Wireless Internet access is available in public areas. Function rooms accommodate up to 300 people. The hotel's fitness room, (surcharge), contains cross-trainers and treadmills.

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Fitness facilities
  • Air-conditioned public areas
  • Audio-visual equipment
  • Babysitting or child care
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Wireless (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
  • Banquet facilities
  • Bar/lounge
  • Beauty services
  • Business center
  • Multiple large conference rooms
  • Currency exchange
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Event catering
  • Express check-out
  • Gift shops or newsstand
  • Shopping on site
  • Elevator/lift
  • ATM/banking
  • Laundry facilities
  • Room service
  • Tours/ticket assistance
  • One meeting/conference room
  • Parking limited (surcharge)
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Total number of rooms - 833
  • Parking (surcharge)
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Restaurant(s) in hotel
  • Room service (24 hours)
  • Safe-deposit box at front desk
  • Secretarial services
  • Security guard
  • Shoe shine
Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington, London,  United Kingdom, Property Amenities Lobby

Rooms

Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington, a short walk from Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, offers 833 rooms decorated with contemporary styling. Rooms include TVs with satellite and movie channels, and high-speed Internet ports. Other features include refrigerators, coffeemakers and direct-dial phones. Club Room guests receive complimentary benefits such as Continental breakfasts, use of the on-site fitness room, Internet access, weekday newspaper delivery, and coffee service. All guestrooms are nonsmoking units.

Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington, London,  United Kingdom, Rooms Guest Room

Room Amenities

  • Pay movies
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding available
  • Climate control
  • Air conditioning
  • Phone
  • Voice mail
  • Refrigerator
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Wake-up calls
  • Private bathroom
  • Hair dryer
  • Extra towels/bedding
  • Desk
  • Cribs (infant beds) available
  • Satellite television service
  • Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
  • Non-smoking only
  • In-room safe

Dining

The Brasserie - Modern European and classic British menu selections. Comprehensive selection of wines and refreshments. Casual. Open daily.

Bugis Street - Informal and intimate restaurant setting offering a wide choice of authentic Singaporean, Malaysian, and Cantonese cuisine. Located on the ground floor, open daily from noon until 10.30 PM.

Cafexpress - Café with high-speed Internet stations. Plasma screens showcase news and sporting events. Coffee and tea, smoothies, and sandwiches served. Open from 7 AM daily.

Copthorne Club Lounge - Available to guests who book Club rooms. Panoramic views over London. Complimentary light breakfast served daily; tea and coffee available throughout the day. Complimentary broadband Internet access. Plasma TV. Complimentary evening drinks served during early evening hours. Open daily.

Please check the Rooms and Rates page to see which rates include breakfast.

Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington, London,  United Kingdom, Dining Restaurant

Verified Reviews: All guest reviews are verified as submitted by our customers and reflect their stay at Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington

3.8
out of 5
avg. guest rating
Hotel service:
3.9
Hotel condition:
3.5
Room cleanliness:
3.9
Room comfort:
3.7
Location:
4.3
Neighbourhood:
4.3
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A Traveller from DARWIN, AUSTRALIA
4.0
out of 5
Does not recommend this hotel
Posted 11 Dec 2011

“Exceeded expextations on basis of review comments”

clean, conveniently located. Was much better than expected considering what we had read in previous reviews.

Area recommendations
Kensington was great for shopping and the variety of food shops.
A Traveller from NC
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 10 Dec 2011

“Comfortable with a helpful staff”

My Wife and I stayed here for a Thanksgiving trip. The room was nice without many frills. The bed was clean and comfortable. The bathroom was clean and bright. The staff was very helpful. My wife had left her wallet on the plane when we arrived in London. The concierge helped us contact the airline and we got the wallet back without incident.

Wilford A from Norway
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 4 Dec 2011

“Excellent Choice”

I'd be more than happy to recommend this hotel: The location, facilities, service and price.

A Traveller from Usa
4.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 25 Nov 2011

“Good value for money”

Good hotel off the main street of very upscale neighborhood. I've stayed here lots of times. No safe desposit box in room. You have go to concierge for safe desposit box. But first you need to leave deposit at front desk. A pain. Hotel also use third parties for a lot things like wi-fi service and computers in the lobby. So you have to call third party tech support if you have problems.

Marcos P from Paraguay
4.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 14 Nov 2011

“Good hotel”

We were a group of five and stayed at the Copthorne for 2 days and were very satisfied. Though the furniture and some hotel deco needed renovation we found the place was very appropriate and very good cost benefit relation. The rooms are large for London standards, and though a little far away from principal atractions a subway station is nearby (two blocks) from which you can travel anywhere inexpensively. The breakfast is great and well worth the money. Great bar and excellent concierge. We wanted to extend our stay for one day but the hotel was all booked. Had to change to a nearby Hilton which proved more expensive and provided no were near the facilities and comfort of the Copthorne. I you seek to save on hotels and don't care about a little travelling to different London attractions, do stay at this hotel you won't be dessapointed. Nice restaurants nearby.

Getting there
When arriving at Heathrow take the express to Paddington and from we took a cab since we didn't want to deal on the subway with all our luggage. Fare proved inexpensive in relation to the benefits and managed to get in one cab all five of us and luggage. Subway fare for all 5 versus cab fare made only small difference.
A Traveller from Alabama
1.0
out of 5
Does not recommend this hotel
Posted 2 Nov 2011

“What happened to the Copthorne”

We have stayed here three times before and were always extremely satisfied. This visit was a complete disaster. We were in three rooms over a 48 hour period and the plumbing did not work in two of them. The staff were very polite and listened to our complaints but we were left with the feeling that they didn't really care that it was such a miserable experience for us.

A Traveller from Englewood, CO
4.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted 26 Oct 2011

“Second Stay at the Copthorne Tara Hotel”

I first stayed at this hotel in October 2007 and chose it unseen because of it's convenient location in South Kensington, a nice part of London I knew as a student in the late 1950's. My comments for the second stay remain basically the same as for the first: It is a suitable hotel as a place to sleep, but breakfast at McDonald's five minutes walk away in Kensington High street, across from the Underground station, is still better value for money. This time we did try the hotel's two new (?) restaurants for dinner, one with conventional western food and the other Thai/Malayasian/Singapore, and found them good. The concierge staff were very helpful and the money exchange office in the lobby gave a better rate than available at Heathrow airport.

A Traveller from Rochester NY
2.0
out of 5
Does not recommend this hotel
Posted 10 Oct 2011

“Subpar comfort/cleanliness, needs updating, good location”

Great location. Rooms are not super clean, they don't change the sheets daily, dont give you clean cups, no minibar, no topsheet and they use a topsheet instead of a fitted sheet. Bathmats for inside shower are old and discolored. Can't open windows for fresh air in room. No wireless. No safe in room. Was here on business and my client dropped me off and literally said whoa is this hotel okay for you to be staying at?

Area recommendations
Kensington and Hyde park.
A Traveller from Istanbul, Turkey
2.0
out of 5
Does not recommend this hotel
Posted 30 Sep 2011

“Copthorne Tara”

The hotel needs complete renovations, including room doors, bathrooms and carpets.

Alex M from Brisbane, Australia
1.0
out of 5
Does not recommend this hotel
Posted 24 Sep 2011

“Would never go back”

This hotel leaves a lot to be desired. The rooms are dated the shower was terrible. We we're not assisted with our luggage when we arrived or when we checked out. Overall the staff are nice but they really don't care. I do not recommend this hotel, it is certainely not 4 star quality, it's more like a 2. Don't waste your money!

Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington

Scarsdale Place London, W8 5SR United Kingdom

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Nearby Points of Interest

  • Linley Sambourne House - 0.4 km / 0.2 mi
  • Kensington Palace - 0.7 km / 0.5 mi
  • Earl's Court Exhibition Centre - 1 km / 0.6 mi
  • Royal Albert Hall - 1 km / 0.6 mi
  • Imperial College London - 1 km / 0.6 mi
  • Albert Memorial - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
  • London Natural History Museum - 1.2 km / 0.7 mi
  • Olympia Conference and Exhibition Centre - 1.3 km / 0.8 mi
  • London Science Museum - 1.3 km / 0.8 mi
  • Kensington Gardens - 1.3 km / 0.8 mi
  • Victoria and Albert Museum - 1.5 km / 0.9 mi
  • Brompton Oratory - 1.6 km / 1 mi
  • Hyde Park - 1.7 km / 1.1 mi
  • Whitely Shopping Center - 1.8 km / 1.1 mi
  • Harrod's - 2 km / 1.2 mi

Location Highlights

  • Convention center nearby
  • In city center

The closest major airports to Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington are:

London (LHR-Heathrow) - 18.1 km / 11.3 mi

London (LGW-Gatwick) - 38.2 km / 23.7 mi

The preferred airport for Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington is London (LHR-Heathrow).

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Nearest Major Airport:

  • London, England, UK (LHR-Heathrow)

Area:

Kensington - Earl's Court, London, England, United Kingdom: Upscale, residential Kensington is best known for its palace and gardens, and for its major museums in South Kensington —the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, and the V&A. Earl’s Court has a wide selection of budget and mid-range hotels, clustered around Earl’s Court exhibition centre. Its Underground station offers good links (District and Piccadilly lines) with trains running to central London and south-west to Wimbledon.

Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington

Scarsdale Place London, W8 5SR United Kingdom

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