Which room to book at The Standard, London
The Premium King View. It is the same 33 to 37 square metres as the Premium King below it, with the same bath and bay window seating, but it is the only room category below the suites sold on a named outlook, with St Pancras or the wider city in the description; the ninth-floor Studio Suite names St Pancras too, at a suite price. Below it the ladder is about daylight and floor area; above it, terraces.
The room to book
Premium King View
33 to 37 m²St Pancras or the wider city
Same size and bath as the Premium King, sold on the bay window and what is in it. Ask for the station side.
On our shortlists
- Best design hotels in LondonA 1970s council block with a red lift running up the outside
- Best value hotels in LondonDesign hotel facing St Pancras, with the Piccadilly line to Heathrow
- Best central hotels in LondonFacing St Pancras, with the British Library and British Museum on foot
- Best hotels with a view in LondonSt Pancras or the skyline from the View rooms, and Decimo upstairs
- Best hotels for food and drink in LondonDecimo's Mexican live-fire cooking, ten floors up, facing St Pancras
Every room at a glance
| Room | Size | View | Floor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Single with One Twin Bed | 13 m² | ||
| Standard Queen | 16 to 19 m² | ||
| Standard King Interior | 19 to 26 m² | ||
| Deluxe Queen | 20 to 25 m² | ||
| Deluxe King | 25 to 33 m² | ||
| Premium King | 33 to 37 m² | ||
| Premium King ViewOur pickSt Pancras or the wider city | 33 to 37 m² | St Pancras or the wider city | |
| Standard Double with Two Double Beds | 36 m² | ||
| Accessible Standard Double with Two Beds | 36 m² | ||
| Studio SuiteLondon skyline or St Pancras · 9th floor | 32 to 39 m² | London skyline or St Pancras | 9th floor |
| Studio Suite with Terrace8th floor | 44 to 52 m² | 8th floor | |
| Suite Spot | 80 m² | ||
| Deluxe Studio Suite with Wraparound Terrace | 130 to 132 m² |
Every room they sell
Standard Single with One Twin Bed
A twin bed and a window in 13 square metres. Fine alone and out all day, and only then.
13 m²
Standard Queen
The smallest double, but it has a window, which the interior king does not.
16 to 19 m²
Standard King Interior
First on the hotel's list and windowless by design. A bed for a red-eye, not a room to wake up in.
19 to 26 m²
Deluxe Queen
A little more floor than the Standard Queen, daylight and triple glazing. The sensible cheap seat.
20 to 25 m²
Deluxe King
The first category with a king bed, a seating area and a window together.
25 to 33 m²
Premium King
A guaranteed soaking tub, two wardrobes, bay window seating and a London view, though not a named one.
33 to 37 m²
Premium King ViewOur pick
Same size and bath as the Premium King, sold on the bay window and what is in it. Ask for the station side.
33 to 37 m²St Pancras or the wider city
Standard Double with Two Double Beds
Two doubles in 36 square metres for up to four. The family room, with an accessible version.
36 m²
Accessible Standard Double with Two Beds
The same 36 square metres with a seated shower, grab rails and pull cords.
36 m²
Studio Suite
Floor-to-ceiling glass on the ninth floor and the suite perks, starting smaller than a Premium King.
32 to 39 m²London skyline or St Pancras9th floor
Studio Suite with Terrace
The outdoor bathtub in the photographs, on an eighth-floor terrace. Guests raise privacy.
44 to 52 m²8th floor
Suite Spot
An emperor bed, a bar and floor-to-ceiling glass in 80 square metres; the entertaining suite.
80 m²
Deluxe Studio Suite with Wraparound Terrace
68 square metres inside and a 62 to 64 square metre terrace wrapped round it. The top of the building.
130 to 132 m²
Why this one
The bottom of the ladder trades floor for daylight and back again. The Standard Single is 13 square metres with a window; the Standard Queen, 16 to 19, is the cheapest double with one; the Standard King Interior, 19 to 26, is bigger than both and has none, and the hotel says so in its own description. The Deluxe Queen and Deluxe King add space and triple glazing without promising a view. The Premium King at 33 to 37 square metres is the first room with a guaranteed soaking tub, two wardrobes, bay window seating and a guaranteed London view, and the Premium King View is the same room sold on the window, with St Pancras or a city panorama named in the copy. That is why it is the pick: it is the only category where what you are paying for is the thing the hotel is photographed for.
Above it the ladder stops being about windows and becomes about outside space and perks. The Studio Suite starts smaller than a Premium King, 32 to 39 square metres against 33 to 37, but sits on the ninth floor behind floor-to-ceiling glass, with the suite extras: a Peloton on request, a raincoat, turndown, sneaker cleaning and, in the hotel's own words, a personal pick-up from the terminal. The Studio Suite with Terrace adds the outdoor bath on the eighth floor, the Suite Spot adds a bar and 80 square metres, and the wraparound terrace suite adds a terrace almost as big as the suite. This page carries no rates, so the ladder is ordered by size, rooms first and then suites.
- Ask for
- Ask for the St Pancras side when you book a Premium King View. The hotel's own description offers either the station or sweeping city panoramas, and it does not say which floors or which elevation the category occupies, so the category alone does not settle it. Say the clock tower is the reason for the stay. If quiet matters more than the view, ask for a room away from the tenth-floor lifts and lower in the building.
- Avoid
- The Standard King Interior if you want to know what time it is without a phone; it has no windows, and the hotel says so. The Standard Single unless you are alone and out all day. And the Studio Suite if space is what you are paying for, because it starts smaller than a Premium King, 32 to 39 square metres against 33 to 37; you are buying the ninth floor and the perks, not the floor area.
Suites against rooms
Two suites are worth singling out for what they add. The Studio Suite with Terrace, 44 to 52 square metres on the eighth floor, is the one with the outdoor bathtub on a terrace; guests raise privacy on those terraces, so it is a bath for people who do not mind being seen in it. The Deluxe Studio Suite with Wraparound Terrace is 68 square metres inside with a 62 to 64 square metre terrace, so nearly half of what you pay for is outdoors.
Questions people ask
Good questions about The Standard, London
Which room should I book at The Standard, London?
The Premium King View. It is the same 33 to 37 square metres as the Premium King below it, with the same bath and bay window seating, but it is the only room category below the suites sold on a named outlook, with St Pancras or the wider city in the description; the ninth-floor Studio Suite names St Pancras too, at a suite price. Below it the ladder is about daylight and floor area; above it, terraces.
Which rooms should I avoid at The Standard, London?
The Standard King Interior if you want to know what time it is without a phone; it has no windows, and the hotel says so. The Standard Single unless you are alone and out all day. And the Studio Suite if space is what you are paying for, because it starts smaller than a Premium King, 32 to 39 square metres against 33 to 37; you are buying the ninth floor and the perks, not the floor area.
Our verdict
The Standard earns its place on the building, the lift and the tenth floor, and on a King's Cross address you can walk off a train into. Pay up to the Premium King View and accept that the quiet parts of a hotel are not what this one is for.
Last checked: September 2026 · Image credits: Expedia Group Creator Toolbox