Mr & Mrs Smith

Number Sixteen

London, United Kingdom

The bright, feminine rooms at this well-groomed Kensington hideaway are as refreshing and tasty as a cup of Earl Grey on a spring morning. Number Sixteen’s wonderful location – seconds from South Ken Tube station and the Old Brompton Road – makes this London boutique hotel a great base for shopping weekends or culture trips, or for tacking a little pleasure onto your business affairs.

Need to know

• Rooms 42 (including Queen; Superior; Luxury and Deluxe Doubles).
• Rates Double rooms from $341.30 (£225), excluding tax at 20 per cent.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (£225) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates exclude breakfast.
• Facilities Courtyard garden, conservatory; library, honesty bar, concierge, valet parking, WiFi throughout (£20/24 hours), laundry. In rooms: minibar, flatscreen TV, DVD/CD player, Tivoli radio, Frette bedlinen, Miller Harris toiletries.
• Check-out 11am, but flexible, subject to availability. Check-outs later than 12 or 1pm incur the full room rate. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
• Children Welcome, although this is a very grown-up playpen. Extra beds (£40 a night) and cots (free) can be added to most rooms; there’s no children’s menu, but the kitchen is very accommodating.
• Also Smoking rooms are available, although there is no smoking anywhere else inside the property.
• Hotel closed Never.

Food and drink at Number Sixteen

• Hotel restaurant There isn’t a dedicated restaurant, but there is an extensive all-day room service menu that can be ordered in the lounge, library, conservatory or garden (or in your room, of course). Choose between luxe takes on British classics from fry-ups to afternoon tea and international favourites including spag bol, hoi sin duck wraps and burgers.
• Dress code Cashmere and collars for him; London’s ladies who lunch for her.
• Top table Overstuffed couch in the drawing room, so you can admire the quirky driftwood candelabra – some of the furnishings in here are more like installation pieces. In summer, choose one of the courtyard tables by the softly splashing stone fountain.
• Last orders None – the full menu is available 24 hours a day, and a help-yourself honesty bar takes care of drinks in the small hours.
• Room service An extensive menu is available 24/7, anywhere you fancy from bedroom to drawing room – mi casa, tu casa.
• Hotel bar A large cupboard hides an extensive honesty bar of beers, wines , spirits, soft drinks and coffee – just help yourselves. There are well-stocked minibars in every room, too – with Miller Harris scented candles and Dormen snacks for cosy nights in.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Number Sixteen 16 Sumner Place, South Kensington, London, SW7 3EG