34-36 Sussex Gardens
Hyde Park, London W2 1UL

The Pavilion is a groovy 30 room hotel in central London targeted at a discerning, artistically minded clientele. Rooms are themed to project a funky and glamorous image. "Honky Tonky Afro" is a tribute to the 1970's while "Casablanca Nights" is a deco inspired Moorish fantasy.

Located near Oxford Str and Hyde park, Harpers & Queen magazine described the Pavilion as "London's chicest little Hotel". According to the Evening Standard newspaper it is "London's hottest crash pad for style slaves in W2."

The hotel is just a few minutes walk from Padington Station and is accessible direct from Heathrow Airport via the new fast train service and from Waterloo Station (home of Eurostar).

Rooms are crammed with quirky eccentricities and benefit from having all the necessities of modern day living such as en suite facilities, direct dial telephones and satellite television.

The Pavilion is popular amongst the fashion, media and music world. A diverse collection of bands, pop stars and actors have visited the hotel.

Press Quotes -

• (From  The Sunday London Times - 10 Jan. '99)    Every big city has its tourist ghetto.  In London it is Sussex Gardens, a half-mile drag between Hyde Park & Edgware Road on which almost every building is some sort of hotel.  Many are respectable, family-run establishments, a few are crash pads or overpriced shoeboxes: but one - The Pavilion Hotel - is special. Behind an anonymous Victorian facade, the Pavilion boasts some of the capital's most outlandish, kitsch and breathtakingly over-the-top interiors.  It was opened six years ago by a brother and sister team, Danny & Noshi Karne.  He is a former fashion model, she a dental student with a penchant for interior design.    Despite keeping their rates low, the Karnes attract a bohemian crowd of up-an-coming pop stars, international fashion models, photographers and television presenters.  "We now get all sorts of models and musicians, and the rooms are regularly used by magazines for fashion shoots."  About 40% of guests are from overseas, mostly New York, Japan, & Holland.   The staff are friendly, timekeeping is relaxed, breakfast is delivered to your room "anytime you like", and Karne knows several friendly music promoters who will often put guests' names on the door at some of the capital's better club nights.

• London's chicest little hotel - Harper & Queen

• I've stayed at some of the most luxurious Hotels in the world, but whenever I'm in London, I always stay at the Pavilion; it's the coolest! - Erin O'Connor (Brit Supermodel)

• London's hottest crash pad for style slaves in W2. - Evening Standard

• One of west London's most salubrious Hotel's - Melody Maker

• The capital's latest hot spot is the recently revamped Pavilion Hotel, whose 30 rooms have been designed on individual themes.  Chanel Model Karen Elson loves Casablanca Nights room, a Moorish fantasy. - Cosmopolitan

• Wow! My room looks like Mick Jagger's dressing room - Antonio Fargas (aka Huggy Bear - star of Starsky & Hutch) on the Honky Tonk suite - London's only 70's themed Hotel room.

• The Pavilion boasts some of the capital's most outlandish, kitsch and breathtakingly over the top interiors. - The Sunday Times

• Thank you for making my first visit to Europe a wonderful experience!   The Hotel is truly unique.  A true gem! - Fashion File, Toronto

• It's a disco queen's delight.  You've sold me - I'm definitely going to stay here tonight! - Greater London Radio on the Honky Tonk Suite

• Tired of the traditional and not in the mood for the modern, why not try the Pavilion, a chic little Hotel catering to Europe's fashion crowd. - Homes and Gardens

• Check out your inhibitions as you check in and enjoy - Options

• Indulge your glamorous side without paying correspondingly swanky prices. - The Independent

• Duran Duran in the reception, Huggy Bear on the stairs, and magician David Blaine levitating in the Hotel car park.  Just your average day at the Pavilion Hotel. - MTV

• Each room is themed to embrace a spectrum of genres, feelings and fantastical situations. - The Observer

• favored by the model/musician crowd. - Travel & Leisure

• The Pavilion Hotel has exceptionally plush & distinctly exotic suites. - Q Magazine

• The client list reads like a who's who of the fashion world. - ES Magazine

• The successful rockstars home away from home. - The Rough Guide

• On a street on anonymous budget, hotels near Hyde Park, the Pavilion is a world apart.  Among its 30 threatrically themed rooms are Honky-Tonk Afro, a lime-green homage to the disco seventies; Highland Fling, a tongue-in-cheek pasticher of   a Scottish baronial bedroom; and the fantastical Moorish-Art Deco Casablanca Nights.  Be warned: The crowd of musicians and fashionistas can get as loud as the color scheme. - Travel & Leisure, March 2003

• Client Comments: "This hotel was a big hit with my young twenties brother and sister"

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                                                   Tariff  2008                                                                                            

                                Single Room- Twin bed                                     65.00£      
                          Double/ Twin for Single Occupancy                   90.00£  
                          Double / Twin                                                  110.00£           
                          Triple Room - 3 twin beds                                130.00£     
                          Family Room - Double bed & 2 twin beds        140.00£

                                Rates include VAT & Continental Breakfast.

For more information or to schedule your stay please contact:
Small & Elegant Hotels, International
9425 Whispering Sands
West Olive, MI 49460 - USA
TEL: (616) 844-6000 / FAX: (616) 844-6042
E-Mail: res@smallandeleganthotels.com

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