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> Hotel The Portobello
Hotel The Portobello, London
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» Hotel The Portobello, London
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The Portobello Hotel doesn't feel
like a hotel. It feels more like spending a few days with a rich,
funky aunt who happens to live in London's Notting Hill"
... extract from Hip Hotels.For the past three decades The Portobello
Hotel has been a true original in a world of overwhelmingly bland
hotels. The eccentric outsider, it kick-started the current trend
for small, offbeat hotels where the interior design is cutting-edge,
staff are attentive but discreet, and lobby and rooms alike are
intended to feel as intimate as home. This is a nesting experience
without the drudgery of tidying up.Owners Tim and Cathy Herring
first opened up the pioneering idea in 1970 and with the assistance
of the interior designer Julie Hodgess opened the Portobello Hotel
in 1971. The trio had already started the nearby Julie's Restaurant
and Julie's Bar. The present long established Group Managing Partner
Johnny Ekperigin first joined the team in 1974 at Julie's Restaurant.The
first townhouse hotel in the capital, the smart, un-showy entrance
on a quiet Notting Hill street two blocks from the famous Portobello
market, gives little indication of the eccentric nest which lies
inside. The small, chaotic reception area is dominated by an old
Polyphone music machine featuring a gleaming disc ‘It’s
Hard to Say Good-Bye!’. Patterned carpets covered with old
rugs, crowded with eclectic furniture, lamps, baskets, fresh flowers
and tall palms set the style for the rest of the hotel –
a mixture of Victorian period character spiced up with Asian and
African artefacts.
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Air Conditioning Safety Deposit Elevator
Lounge Area Restaurant Mini Bar
Television Showers
Special Rooms Have A Bath Some Rooms Have Balcony
A Health Club Is Situated 4 Minutes Walk From The
Portobello Hotel. Facilities Here Include A Sauna,
Swimming Pool, Steam Room, Massage, Hairdressing
And Nautilus Gymnasium.
24 Hr Reception Theatre Bookings Room Service
Photo Copying Courier Service Baby Sitting |
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