Review: The Park Tower Knightsbridge, London

WHen you say "of course" you take the breakfast over points…..why? My bf is Plat and always wants the points. I do crude math and feel breakfast is worth way more, but he disagrees. (I usually win if the stay is more than one night). Also, I find it rare that Plats get full breakfast, they ALWAYS limit us to fruit, cereal, and pastry.

The restaurant gave you a bill to sign as a polite way to offer a tip. I sincerely hope that you left a tip.

@ Ivan Y -- I did, as much as it's not really customary there...

@ cahbff -- It all depends where you're staying. I find that most US properties are less generous, while properties outside the US are considerably more generous. I value Starpoints at ~2.2 cents each, so to me 500 Starpoints are worth ~$11. Keep in mind also the amenity is on a per stay basis, while breakfast is daily. So for a four night stay for two people, we were basically giving up 500 Starpoints for eight breakfasts. At a bit over $1 each, that seemed like a good enough deal.

Keep fighting the good fight. 😉

I live walking distance from the hotel.

This made me LOL: "Knightsbridge could best be summed up as Little Riyadh"

LOL, the elevator concept is as stupid as it gets. At first it seems interesting idea, but what if you miss (or change your mind) to which floor you are going, once you are already in the elevator. Not the brightest idea....

Question on Prestige "4th night free"

I have a three night London trip coming up and was wondering if its worth booking four nights on the prestige to get the extra SPG points. Would I be able to reserve an "extra" night before my arrival so I could check in early in the morning when my flight from NYC arrives? Or would reserving an extra night on the end work if I'm using Keyless entry?

Just wondering if there's any risk to Citi reimbursing me.

Thanks,

Thomas- the elevator design is actually a very efficient system, because it allows the computer to group together people going to floors close together, for more "express" type trips. It's really beneficial in very busy, large hotels, like the Marriott Marquis in Times Square in New York, where I have used it.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6799860

Lucky- with your relatively recent stay using Airbnb in London, any more interest in using it again? I was reading your review of what seems like a perfectly nice, but honestly soulless feeling space, and thought something like this:

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/5251138?checkin=02%2F10%2F2016&checkout=02%2F14%2F2016&guests=2&s=oOINyt0Q

which is only a few blocks away and $1000 for 4 nights, would be a much better choice if I were in your shoes. Obviously your circumstances are probably much different than most of your readers, especially because of your relative flexibility with where you are on any day. So Airbnb, which is generally less flexible than hotels, might not work in your exact situation, but for my tastes, I'd rather have that apartment than a room at this hotel. When I was in London in May I used 2 free nights from the Hilton Reserve card to stay at the Conrad St. James, which was fantastic. But a hotel like this one does nothing for me.

Ben,

surprised you haven't hit the Churchill while in London lately. It's great and has a wonderful London vibe absent at the Liverpool.

I've stayed here a few times and really like the hotel and the location.

On the issue of elevators, put me down in the not a fan column. Our problem was only one was working. A big enough crowd formed where not everyone made it on. So, we would end up stopping on a bunch of floors because the preprogrammed elevator doesn't know the guy trying to get to the 10th floor is still sitting in the lobby.

It's funny how you keep trying to convince yourself you had a good deal here. There are much better, cheaper hotels in London - you've massively overspent

Thank you so much for this review. My partner and I are planning on a London trip next fall, and I had stayed here in 2004 when it was a Sheraton and was wondering how it has fared all these years later. So glad to see you gave it a great review. I loved it then, especially the location for the Tube station, you just can't beat that! And it looks so much nicer than it did nearly 12 years later from when I was there last. I think we found our London home next September!

Is janky your new "I heard it on RHOA, and girl, I sound hip using it" word?

I guess you need an spg ambassador to fight all the fights for you. I stayed at the same hotel at the same time as you and my SNA was denied, even though I booked months in advance and even emailed the general manager. SPG SNA is a joke. Jumping to Hyatt

Janky has been in use for the last...

In other news, any comments on the breakfast "line" as opposed to the empty breakfast room(s)?

Also in other news, so exciting when we can find ourselves surrounded by a myriad of cultures. Hope you had some great conversations.

Little Doha, more like...

The main entrance to the hotel isn't on a back alley though Ben, it's the northern side of Lowndes Square which has more than its fair share of billionaires living on it.

@Lucky, did you receive starpoints from citi prestige booking? Can you also apply Suite Night Award to Citi reservation?

TIA!

Nice that you had butler service, The etiquette the butler will follow is, the butler will introduce themselves and as they requested please call them if you require anything, you did not do so therefore they did not come, one other thing if you do call they will walk into the room with out knocking, after all you did call them. It did make me jump when that happened to me at the Lanesborough