Baker Street Tours and Activities

The RIU London The Westminster is in a very good location for touring London. The hotel is well maintained, and the rooms are clean and comfortable. The breakfast offers a good assortment of fruits, pastries, eggs, cold cuts, and coffee. The housekeeping staff was generally good, but I didn’t quite understand why they didn’t remove the empty beer bottles the following day or replaced the used coffee mugs with fresh ones the following. It wasn’t a major issue, but it did stand out compared to the otherwise strong service. Perhaps I needed to set the items out side the door. Extremely happy with ability to refill water bottles at a water dispenser located in the hallway. This is an excellent idea. All staff interactions were excellent!

Stayed here as have previously stayed in a lot of Riu hotels in other countries and this did not disappoint. Spacious room and very clean. Air conditioning was good. Breakfast was one of the best I have had in a London hotel. Tube station very close. This hotel would be perfect if you were going to watch wicked as it’s so close by. Would definitely recommend staying here.

I booked a specific place due to the sleeping arrangments, knowing how specific my neurodivergent kid is, needing to sleep in her own bed. Not until we were in the air already flying from the US to London, I was sent a message that they changed us to another apartment, tried to say it was an upgrade. The sleeping arrangment was ruined and 2 kids had to sleep on the couch. The towels weren't any bigger than hand towels and they gave us 5 for 5 people the whole week. Water went all over the floor because the shower glass is very difficult to close enough for the 1st 2 panes without the 3rd one all the way touching you. And since no other towels in the whole place, it was ridiculous. Not even kitchen towels, napkins, or paper towel. Also, while there was a washer/dryer, no detergent and no idea how to work it. And there was nowhere to put anything in the bathroom, there were holes and rust marks where they must have had shelves, but they weren't there anymore. We spent most of our time out of the apartment, thankfully, but disappointing.