What's the best overalll midrange London hotel?
 

I've been searching online and want to find the overall best hotel in London in terms of location (proximity to reasonably-priced restaurants & tube stop), comfort (good mattress) and SPACIOUSNESS (not a closet size room) and mid-range price (around $200 for 2 people tops/room).

I stayed at the Hilton London Metropole a few years ago and the first room they gave me was pathetic. I complained and they put me in an executive level room which was more like an American size room, however the mattresses were not as plush as American mattresses. Breakfast was very good there.

I have looked up reviews on many hotels and come up with very mixed results for even someplace like the Ritz.

From reading this board, Renaissance Chancery Court London seems to be a good choice.

I would like to get at least 2 recommendations so that I can have alternative choice if one is booked at time of trip.

Thanks.

$200 is roughly 106 pounds. Frankly I wouldn't expect much for that in London unless you turn to bidding on Priceline or somehow finding a really good deal. That is NOT what I'd call mid-range. It's what I'd call low budget these days.

By the way, Renaissance Chancery Court is a nice enough hotel, but the last I knew it was around 160 pounds ($300) for their most basic (small) rooms.

PS: Don't forget the usual 17.5 percent tax sometimes left off when they quote you low rates.

thistlehotels.com is usually good value .The one at Charing Cross is at the tube station making it very convenient.
Go for a de luxe room to get more space.

Ok, let's bump up the price to $300/night. I haven't been to London since 2003.

I stayed at Thistle Kensington Gardens in May 2003. Believe it or not, I got a rate of 30-60 pounds over the course of the week I was there by emailing the hotel directly. But this hotel was worth the price. You get what you pay for. It's budget hotel.

I would like a property that has all the things I'm looking. I'm willing to pay the price to get it.

Thistle Charing Cross is indeed a nice midrange hotel. But "deluxe" there is the term for their smallest rooms. I think carylspall means to book an executive room for more space. But even the little deluxe rooms with a double bed are already out of the price range. The executive ones are considerably higher.
I do think, though, that this is an often won hotel on Priceline which could be in your budget.

Ooops, our last posts crossed, JamilaZ. In that case I would pursue Thistle Charing Cross. I'd also look at Radisson, particularly the Edwardian Hotels, including the Mountbatten. They have some very small rooms, so you need to make sure of the size, but it has everything else you mention -- and has quite a lot of style for the money -- usually.

The lowest rate I have ever seen at the Chancery Court was a discounted government-military rate of 169 Pounds...I think you are looking at more like 250 POUNDS per night for that location depending upon dates (there are Marriott properties which are cheaper, however.

I recommend you look at the Thistle Charing Cross and also look at reserving it through a site such as Londontown

Go to biddingfortravel.com and see what folks have been getting recently, and how they did it. You can probably nail down a 4* (and maybe even a 5*) in any of several zones for your $200.

Don't worry about proximity to a Tube station. Unless you have to go clear across town, bus travel is much more convenient and there are hundreds of bus lines compared to a handful of undergrounds. In the worst case, you might have to take a bus to a tube station.

Here's your basic map of London showing bus and Tube lines as well as points of interest (free at Tube stations):

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/buses/pdfdocs/centlond.pdf

Although I'm sure it's not their norm, there was a rate at Chancery Court this summer that was £99/night. It was available on the hotel website.