Millennium Hotel

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I use to work here on front desk as well as being a guest on 3 separate visits. The rooms are very plush but so so so small. location is fantastic, it’s in Knightsbridge so you’re at the best spot really. The front faces harvey nichs. the back Harrods but my favourite Peter Jones is just a 3min walk away. It’s the PJ s that royalty often shop at so if people watching is your thing this is the place.
A lot of Embassys put up guests here and the staff are use to good tipers. I love strolling along here and doing a spot of shopping in all the lovely stores.
Concierge are soooo in the know about whats going on and they have so much patience, nothing is a bother. They are great with show tickets.

Yes this Millennium has the awesomest beds!!! Its been quite awhile, was with the working boyfie, twas a comfy stay; geared towards business travellers as the room spacing– typical to london dwellings is rather narrow. Decent bar/​lounge area; loved the wood finishing and again, firm plush bed, fit for… three! lol
The view was quite intriguing inspite of the TYPICAL London Fog… ehgghhgh
Boyfriend later whined about toll calls, clearly one of my girlfriends was trying to reach her beau stateside ;/​
Prime property as everyone mentioned, right in the thick of it all. Recall a Gucci store being right next door, Harrods in walking distance and Knightsbridge station down the block. Rather adventurous trip.

I agree with Sarah… super comfortable beds!!! When we made the booking, Work BFF has a friend that works for the same company and got us a Friends and Family discount. There was no place to register the second person in the room when we booked online. Work BFF called to add my name to the booking because we were checking in a different times. I find it hilarious when Work BFF is on the phone and gets frustrated… it doesn’t go well for the other person on the phone. The short of the story is that the lady on the other end decided to focus on the Friends and Family discount and told Work BFF that she needed the form prior to arriving at the hotel. I believe I heard Work BFF say, «You are NOT answering my question. Forget the form because I’ll get you the form, but you still haven’t answered my question.» Needless to say Work BFF ended up calling the next day and talking to someone else who added me to the booking straightaway, no questions asked.
Easy walk from the Knightsbridge Tube Station, right next to Gucci! Alvaro helped me check in and was really lovely. He ended helping Work BFF’s sister and friend, who were staying in another room, break in when their card wouldn’t work. He also suggested some nice places to eat. You do need to have your key card to operate the elevators and when my card wouldn’t work, the lady from the restaurant saw me and helped me figure it out. I know rooms in Europe are small, but I guess I thought it would be just a little bigger… enough for two people to have weekend suitcases open without having to repack everything every time you want to walk around the room. The bathroom was also a bit small and the sliding door is a nice space saver, but so loud when you need a midnight wee.
The electrical outlets are all under the desk and only about half of them work. The switches were on and the plug was all the way in and it still wouldn’t work. We were in a room that had an adjoining door. The guy had a phlegm problem, thanks to the very thin door. There were also screaming children on our floor and because our room was right across from the elevators, we got to listen to them as they waited for the lifts. I brought my laptop along, hoping to get a bit of work done… turns out there is no free Wifi! There is Wifi in the Lobby… but again, no seating area in the lobby. Saturday night we asked for a cab to be called and the concierge called us a car. As I explained to Work BFF, there is a difference between cab/​taxi and car… he isn’t just using a different word for the same thing, he means a fancy shmancy car with a chauffeur that is going to cost us an arm and a leg. While it was expensive (£18 from the hotel to Aqua Kyoto), he gave us a card and said to call him when we were ready to go back to the hotel. I think we all laughed a bit and stuck the card away, but at the end of the night when it was raining cats and dogs and there were no taxis to be found on Regents Street… that card came in handy.
On Sunday when we were ready to rest and have a snack at around 4 p.m., we stopped at Starbucks for coffee, tea, and cakes and took them back to the hotel. Because barely two people will fit in a hotel room, we decided we would sit in the bar area, since there was no place in the lobby to sit. We sat down, only for the guy at the bar to come out and tell us we could not sit there with the food/​drink we brought in. So we headed upstairs to our rooms. Work BFF and I went to our room to drop off our shopping and freshen up before heading to our concert (NKOTBSB… I know you are jealous!) when we noticed the ‘Service’ sign on our door. At 4:30 p.m. they were just starting to clean our room. The lady did not speak English, so we couldn’t ask her if she could just come back in 15 minutes when we would be leaving again, so she carried on as we were trying to get ready.
Check out was ok… Work BFF was under the impression that her card had already been charged, but they asked for my card when I checked in and had charged mine instead. We were able to store our luggage so we could have lunch without trying to tow it behind us although the guy at the concierge desk was a bit condescending. There were some staff members that were really nice and others that were really snobby. You know how (and maybe this is just me) you get that feeling of awe of the place you just stayed and want to recommend it to everyone and brag about it… I didn’t get that feeling with this place and for the amount that we paid (even with the Friends and Family discount), well it feels like we paid too much.

I stayed here a few months ago and lord does this hotel have the MOST. COMFORTABLE. BEDS. EVERRRRRRRR. Our room was pretty small, but we weren’t complaining — it was a nice room and bath. This hotel is located smack in the middle of Knightsbridge — shopping heaven. Louis Vuitton is directly across the street along with other luxury stores, and Harrod’s is only a block or two away. There is a Wagamama up the block too, plus the Tube. It was harder to find a grocery store, laundromat, or internet café, so if you value having those things readily accessible this might not be the hotel for you.
The only bad thing was that there was a fire one of the nights we were there, at around 11 p.m. maybe. They evacuated the whole place, so we arrived back to a bunch of people standing on the street. We were allowed back inside after awhile (everyone hung out in the bar and they gave us free water) and then finally allowed to go upstairs to our rooms which had no power. Luckily it was late so I just went to sleep. It appeared that they comped my minibar charges, but other people I was with complained that they did not receive anything to make up for being forced out of their rooms for hours in the middle of the night.
Overall I would stay there again, if only to sleep in the bed!

The 4-​star hotel Millenium is located in the heart of luxury-​shopping-​district Knightsbridge. In close proximity to Harrods and Harvey Nichols. Assuming that all fashionistas know these names.
Gucci, Chanel, Louis Vuitton-​lovers will find their ultimate happiness on Sloane Street.
The hotel is easily reached by tube, the Knightsbridge tube station is less than 200m away.
The hotel itself is very British. By this I mean the combination of high price & small rooms.
But the rooms are nicely furnished and not old-​fashioned. The view from the 11^th floor (where I was lucky enough to have my room) is awesome. You can see the Harrods, Knightsbridge Hotel and the outskirts of Hyde Park).
Pity if two of the three lifts are out of service then you wait very long until you finally get to your the room.
The breakfast buffet on the first floor is gigantic in size. Continental breakfast is available for 20 GBP, the greater breakfast for GBP 30. The selection of food is very good, lots of fresh fruit, cereals, bread, …. Anything your heart desires. The big breakfast offers in addition to this warm food.
The Tangerine café /​bar on the ground floor is a nice hotel bar, offering a few modern European dishes.

Pas mal !
Pas mal … voir suberbe. Très luxueux, les chambres sont très luxueuses, très confortables, de même pour le restaurant où on se régale. A né pas rater.

Un peu surfait
Le Millenium de Gloucester né mérite que partiellement ses ****, les chambres sont certes fort confortables mais assez impersonnelles, et le service est assez mou, sans le côté efficace et souriant que l’on est en droit d’attendre à ce niveau de gamme. La situation est bonne, et si l’on trouve l’hôtel pas trop cher, cela peut aller, mais ce n’est pas un premier choix dans le genre… Note: ⁶⁄₁₀.