The Landmark is having a special in a few weeks, stay 3 nights - fourth free. Is hotel too far from the center of town, do I need to use a cab or the tube to constantly get around. Also, read the restaurants were expensive, many places to eat within walking distance? Safe to walk at night, besides the usual be careful and alert to surroundings.
Open to other suggestions to spend $250.00 per night
Thanks

I can’t help with your questions, because I haven’t stayed at the Landmark, but I’ll top this by asking if you really meant to suggest that the price under this deal would be $250 per night. Even taking into account the fact that one night would be free, $250 per night seems wildly below the Landmark’s usual rates -- £250 per night would be more what I would expect.

If it really is $250 per night, I may have to change my hotel reservation for my upcoming trip to London.

Check out hteir web page, average $250.00 per night for 4 nights. So I guess it must be a good deal

I too noticed the Landmark's really good rates for an upcoming pre-Easter week trip. So I went searching for on-line reviews (other than here). One of the very frustrating things about researching hotels in this way is that it seems like almost every hotel has as many people that didn't like it, thought it was a poor value, that the service was horrendous, etc. as love it. And of course you don't know any of these people and you can't ask them questions. AAAAHHHH!

Anyway, do fodorites have an opinion about the Landmark?

Many people have a mental map of central London in which the northern boundary is the Euston Road (always BTW, in English "the Euston Road&quot and the southern boundary is the Thames. But there are some excellently connected places immediately north and south of this boundary. The Landmark is on the northern side of the Euston Road (well: it changes its name at that point, but that's just to confuse you), a few seconds from Marylebone tube and a few minutes from Baker St tube, which is one of the two or three best connected tube stations of all.

There are a few alrightish restaurants immediately nearby. But the Phoenix Palace in Glentworth Street is a secret a huge chunk of London's Chinese community keep to themselves: quite outstanding food, served by waitresses so pleasant they're in danger of getting their Hong Kong SAR passports confiscated and hardly a gweilo to be seen.

The nearby Sea Shell once never failed to serve me good food from its takeaway section. But in its restaurant it served me the worst fish I've ever tried to eat: battered fish that hadn't been scaled. Well, these things happen, but the management's reaction was unforgiveable: "No-one eats the skin anyway".

Any fish restaurant peopled by third deputy under commis chefs so ignorant about the food they serve would go bust instantly in a city less tolerant of mediocrity than ours. When such people are given a managerial role, there's a real risk to public safety from outraged customers beating them to a pulp.

Avoid the dump (the Sea Shell, not the Landmark) even if you're starving to death.

On safety: you're fine between the tubes and the hotel and for a couple of hundred yards north. Low-level mugging (they steal your handbag but don't hit you) gets to be a risk late at night north and west from Lissom Grove.

It's a 10 minute walk down Gloucester Place from the Landmark to Selfridges. Or you could walk 3-4mins to Baker St. station and that will provide you with all the tube connections that you may require. That price is an excellent deal.

Just the other week I attended a party in Dorset Square (a minute from The Landmark) and was unable to get a taxi home (4 in the morning) and walked all the back to Mayfair. And I never felt threatened so the safety of this area is about as good as you will get anywhere in Central London.

As for places to eat - 5mins away is Marylebone High St. with hundreds of places to eat. Also, in Baker St. there are several resaturants (5mins away again) of critical acclaim. Notably the Galvin brother's bistro (of the same name; Galvin) which serves fantastically fresh bistro fare.

Normally, I'd always say stay in Mayfair, but there's 15mins walk between the two so you won't need to be getting cabs everywhere.

At that price I'd go for it.

I understand your "concern" especially after reading the reviews on TripAdvisor which were, I thought, pretty good.

Did you read between the lines...one person apparently was dissatisfied because the hotel was "so business-oriented" and another had all sorts of complaints about the room and the bathroom..and I think this is the same person who said they declined the hotel's offer to view the room beforehand.

Do you wonder if any of these people who have so many "room problems" ever march down to the front desk and ask to put into a different room?

For this kind of price how far wrong can you go? OK, really far but if I were you I'd take a chance on it. Finding a consistently good quality hotel (depending on your definition of 'quality') isn't always easy. I've found mine in London (the Covent Garden) but a lot of people disagree with me about that place so what can you do?

Good luck.

Just returned from The Landmark. Can not say enough wonderful things about it. It is excellent

Could I persuade you to elaborate about the Landmark?

How did you find the area? What was the service like?

Asked to respond about The Landmark. Can't say enough good things. Large bedroom with great bathroom, all marble, large towels, very plush.
Never had breakfast or lunch, always out and about. Dinner the first night in The Cellar, very nice and very expensive. The least expensive red wine was 11.50 pounds I feel when you stay at a nice hotel, expect to pay the prices that go along with it. Even had a galss of wine at The Mirror Bar at 11:30 (only opended to hotel guests). Tube is driectly behind with Marks and Spencer Food Hall there also. Restaurants within easy walking distance. The Concierge could not have been more helpful. He delievered to out door train schedules and information about Windsor.
I am going back next week for a quick 2 nights and did the free two night British Air. Will be sorry not to stay at The Landmark. Also, this was eighth visit and have stayed at Grovnorsor House, Park Lane and many other upscale places. I do prefer the Mayfair district, but this was fine.