The table1 / 3
Town Hall Hotel
A listed Bethnal Green town hall with Rafael Cagali's two-star Da Terra on the ground floor and apartment-sized rooms above it.
Destination diningStrong sense of placeDesign-ledCharacterful
€From about £173 a night
Best value hotels in London
3 of the ten hotels in our London edit qualify. They are in our order of preference for this, not a ranking of the hotels overall.
What we looked for: The most hotel for the money, where a smarter choice beats a famous one.
The table
The smart money2 / 3
The Pilgrm
Three minutes from Paddington, in Victorian townhouses, with the front desk replaced by a café and the savings put into the rooms.
Central & walkableBeach & pool optionalWellness minimalDesign-led
€From about £184 a night
The design one3 / 3
The Standard, London
A 1970s Camden council block turned design hotel, with a red lift up the outside to a tenth floor facing St Pancras.
Design-ledCentral & walkableBeach & pool optionalSee and be seen
€€From about £250 a night
Questions people ask
Good questions about London
Which is the best hotel in London?
Town Hall Hotel. A listed Bethnal Green town hall with Rafael Cagali's two-star Da Terra on the ground floor and apartment-sized rooms above it.
How did you choose these hotels?
Independently, through extensive research, trusted sources and increasingly first-hand visits. Hotels cannot pay to be included, and every one of the ten has to exist for a different reason.