Thank you for choosing Smart Hotels and Hostels! Our mission is to provide comfortable, stylish, convenient and affordable accommodation in central London at a price that's highly competitive.
Our locations are designed with the backpacker in mind. From our 24-hour reception to security lockers in the rooms, we have everything you need to enjoy your stay and feel comfortable.
All of our hostels feature:
• Free Breakfast!
• Free Wireless Internet!
• Free Linens!
• Security Lockers in the Rooms (£1.50 per day key rental required)
• No Curfews!
• 24 hours Reception.
• Currency Exchange available at Reception.
• On-site self-service laundry.
• Free hot water 24-hours a day!
• Comfortable common rooms with color televisions and satellite television!
£10 refundable deposit will be collected upon arrival.
There is an extra 5% charge on all credit or debit card transactions.
The Hyde Park View is a partially converted three-star hotel, featuring full en-suite bathrooms in every room. We are the only hostel in London to offer you this spectacular advantage! Our classic, listed building is set on a quiet residential street in the heart of London’s bohemian Bayswater, one of London’s most beautiful districts.
If you plan to visit the attractions of London, save yourself time and money by purchasing your attraction tickets right at reception! With up to 10% off of gate prices on attractions like Madame Tussaud’s, Tower of London, London Eye and the London Zoo, you will enjoy them even more as almost all of them are…
Our locations are always directly in Central London. We have found the perfect hostels for you to reach any destination in London with ease, as each one is located near an underground station and a bus stop! This will give you 24-hour access to the capital city!
Set just a stone’s throw from Hyde Park / Kensington Gardens, you can relax in the beauty of meticulously cultured gardens and large, open fields or go shopping on the local high street, Queensway, where you will find everything from Ice and Roller Skating to an historic shopping center!
Notting Hill and its famous Portobello Market is just a fifteen-minute walk; Oxford Street, High Street Kensington, Marble Arch, Speakers’ Corner and a dozen other famous landmarks are just a twenty to thirty minute walk; downtown London and Westminster, with the famous ‘Big Ben’ and Westminster Abbey, the London Eye are all just one quick train ride away.
Everything you want is within your reach here in Bayswater, and the Hyde Park View is your ticket to a fun, entertaining stay! Our entertainment directors spend all day thinking of ways for you to enjoy yourselves – from movie and game nights to theme bar parties, we are there to make sure you enjoy your stay!
From Heathrow Airport:
(Underground) Take the Piccadilly Line (Dark Blue) to Earls Court Station, change to the northbound District Line (Green) via Edgware Road to Bayswater. When you come out of Bayswater Station, cross the road (Queensway road) and turn right. Walk for a 2 minute till you hit the Bayswater road, turn left and Walk for 5 min and turn left into Leinster Gardens Road (just before the Lancaster Thistle Hotel). Keek waking and you will see The Craven Hotel (Craven Gardens Hotel) on your right. Take the turn just after the hotel and you will see Hyde Park View Hostel.
From Gatwick Airport Take the Gatwick Express train to Victoria Station. Change to the underground system and take the westbound Circle Line (yellow) to Bayswater Station. When you come out of Bayswater Station, cross the road (Queensway road) and turn right. Walk for a 2 minute till you hit the Bayswater road, turn left and Walk for 5 min and turn left into Leinster Gardens Road (just before the Lancaster Thistle Hotel). Keek waking and you will see The Craven Hotel (Craven Gardens Hotel) on your right. Take the turn just after the hotel and you will see Hyde Park View Hostel.
Nearest Underground Stations Queensway (central Line)
Bayswater (circle/district line)
Lancaster Gate (central Line)
Nearest British Rail Stations London Paddington
London Victoria
Reviews
Anonymous
Positives:
Lots of plugs in the common areas, and reliable wifi. Nice common area. Great bathrooms…
Negatives:
There's no kitchen at all- even a kettle and a microwave in the common area…
71%
felix schwarz
Positives:
-very cheap (in my case about 8€ per night)
-bar have a license - alcohol…
Negatives:
-only simple breakfast (toast with butter or jam, non sugar cornflakes, tea or instand coffee)…
77%
Anonymous
Positives:
Good location, very close to three tube stations. Free breakfast and wifi (pretty slow) that…
Negatives:
It feels somehow incredibly seedy-I really didn't feel very happy about leaving my things in…
63%
Anonymous
Positives:
clean, could buy transport tickets at the desk.
Negatives:
3 story bunks, room incredibly small, total fire hazard, six person rooms big enough for…
57%
António Lapa
Positives:
Realation between the offer and the price
Negatives:
The lack of leaving spaces
66%
Anonymous
Positives:
the rooms were very small, but to stay in central london, just 2 stops from…
Negatives:
the rooms could have been bigger, but for the price we payed, it was just…
89%
Mihai Popescu
Positives:
Location
Negatives:
Some of the stuff were dumm.
74%
Anonymous
Positives:
Its in a good Location. There is good free wifi.
Negatives:
Usual London bordell with no attenttion payed to the design of the rooms and not…
60%