A Notting Hill neighbourhood hotel that feels like staying in a particularly well-furnished flat in W11 — the kind of place where the books on the shelves have been read, the art on the walls was chosen by someone with taste, and the coffee in the ground-floor cafe (run by Workshop Coffee) is better than what most hotels attempt. Named after Rhaune Laslett, who founded the Notting Hill Carnival, the hotel occupies five Victorian townhouses and 51 rooms, each decorated with the restrained elegance that Notting Hill considers its birthright. Pembridge Gardens is a quiet crescent off Notting Hill Gate, close enough to Portobello Road to walk but far enough to sleep.
Location
Notting Hill, London
Insider Intel
A Deluxe room for more space. Coffee from the Workshop Coffee concession on the ground floor. Use the hotel as a base for Portobello Market (Saturday), the antiques shops, and the Notting Hill village atmosphere.
Saturday for Portobello Market. Summer for the neighbourhood at its best — the garden squares, the pastel-painted houses, the general atmosphere of W11 in sunshine.
8 Pembridge Gardens, Notting Hill. Notting Hill Gate tube. 51 rooms across five Victorian townhouses. Rooms from £200. Workshop Coffee on the ground floor. Portobello Road is a 5-minute walk. Named after Rhaune Laslett, Notting Hill Carnival founder. No pool, small gym. Cash and cards.