Hotel in Chinatown, London
Londons Chinatown sits between Leicester Square and Soho in the heart of central London – it’s quite hard to miss, being filled with pagodas, lanterns, street martial artists, a multitude of Oriental supermarkets, delis and restaurants, and street signs in Mandarin.
Centred around Gerrard Street, this Chinatowns actually fairly new – historically, most sailors from the Far East settled around the Limehouse district which had a fully thriving Chinese community as far back as 1880.
When bombed in WWII, many businesses moved lock, stock to this corner of Soho, and with soldiers returning from Far Eastern climes with a taste for Chinese food, the restaurant business really began to take off.
Modern Chinatown is a sensory experience, at its best during Chinese New Year celebrations with firecrackers and dragons illuminating the lavishly decorated streets.
There’s a dizzying choice of eateries serving everything from budget buffets to dim sum all-afternoon banquets: look for the locals is the best tip, though the Golden Dragon (28 Gerrard Street, 020 7734 2763), Luxuriance Peking Cuisine (40 Gerrard Street, 020 7734 0262) and bargainous Wong Kei (41-43 Gerrard Street, 020 7437 3071) come recommended.
There’s also a number of Japanese restaurants and Cantonese snack bars vying for your attention. It’s not just a culinary overload: the huge supermarkets offer unbeatably authentic Chinese ingredients for budding chefs, and there’s a number of stores for Manga DVDs, oriental gifts, clothing and video games.
In the midst of all this is Waxy O’Connor’s (14-16 Rupert Street, 020 7287 0255, www.waxyoconnors.co.uk), a buzzing, multi-levelled Irish bar beloved of travellers with a quieter Little Sister over the road. Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club originated in Gerrard street in the basement of number 39. Samuel Johnson and Joshua Reynolds met at the Turks Head Tavern to conceive The Club dining club in 1764. The site is commemorated by a plaque at number 9 Gerrard Street. A basement in Gerrard Street was the location of th e first ever rehearsal of Led Zeppelin in 1968.
Leicester Square and Piccadilly Underground stations are close to Chinatown – enter through the traditional gate connecting Dean Street to Gerrard Street for the full atmospheric experience.
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| HOTEL / APARTMENT | POSTCODE | MILES | STAR | 23 Feb | 24 Feb | 25 Feb | 26 Feb | 27 Feb | 28 Feb | 29 Feb | 01 Mar |
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| BEST WESTERN PREMIER Shaftesbury Piccadilly Hotel | W1D 6EX | 0.04 | 4 | £169.00 | £139.00 | £219.00 | £209.00 | £159.00 | £179.00 | £179.00 | £179.00 |
| Radisson Edwardian Hampshire | WC2H 7LH | 0.23 | 5 | £210.00 | £226.80 | £262.80 | £226.80 | £226.80 | £274.80 | £274.80 | £192.00 |
| Radisson Edwardian Leicester Square | WC2H 7HL | 0.28 | 4 | £222.00 | £222.00 | Full | £202.80 | £202.80 | £226.80 | £226.80 | £202.80 |
| Le Meridien Piccadilly | W1J 0BH | 0.42 | 4 | £322.80 | £262.80 | £262.80 | £262.80 | £310.80 | £310.80 | £322.80 | £322.80 |
| The Royal Trafalgar - A Thistle Hotel | WC2H 7HG | 0.42 | 4 | £178.80 | Full | Full | £178.80 | £214.80 | £238.80 | £190.80 | £178.80 |
| The Bloomsbury Hotel - A member of the Doyle Collection | WC1B 3NN | 0.59 | 4 | £234.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £246.00 | £246.00 | £198.00 |
| St Giles Hotel and Leisure Club | WC1B 3AS | 0.60 | 3 | £129.00 | £89.00 | £129.00 | £84.00 | £84.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £89.00 |
| The Cavendish London - Piccadilly | SW1Y 6JF | 0.62 | 4 | £219.00 | £219.00 | £399.00 | £219.00 | £189.00 | £239.00 | £239.00 | £189.00 |
| Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street | WC1B 3QD | 0.69 | 4 | £186.00 | £162.00 | £210.00 | £162.00 | £202.80 | £202.80 | £238.80 | £238.80 |
| Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth | WC1B 3LB | 0.70 | 4 | £132.00 | £84.00 | £238.80 | £102.00 | £162.00 | £258.00 | £258.00 | £166.80 |
| 3, Ryder Street Chambers - St James's - Piccadilly Serviced Apartments | SW1Y 6PY | 0.73 | 4A | £135.00 | £119.00 | £129.00 | Full | £119.00 | £145.00 | £139.00 | £135.00 |
| Kingsway Hall | WC2B 5BX | 0.73 | 4 | £130.80 | £130.80 | £190.80 | £166.80 | £142.80 | £190.80 | £190.80 | £190.80 |
| Sanderson - A Morgans Hotel | W1T 3NG | 0.74 | NC | Full | £310.80 | £310.80 | £310.80 | £310.80 | Full | Full | Full |
| Strand Palace Hotel | WC2R 0JJ | 0.76 | 3 | £117.00 | £112.00 | £120.00 | £112.00 | £129.00 | £152.00 | £152.00 | £129.00 |
| The Westbury Hotel - Bond Street London | W1S 2YF | 0.76 | 5 | £226.80 | £214.80 | £190.80 | £226.80 | £214.80 | £250.80 | £250.80 | £226.80 |
| myhotel Bloomsbury | WC1B3HD | 0.77 | 4 | £154.80 | £106.80 | £118.80 | £106.80 | £166.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £118.80 |
| Brown's - A Rocco Forte Hotel | W1S 4BP | 0.78 | 5 | £594.00 | £414.00 | £414.00 | £414.00 | £498.00 | £414.00 | £414.00 | £366.00 |
| The Rathbone Hotel | W1T 1LB | 0.82 | 4 | £204.00 | £126.00 | £126.00 | £90.00 | £102.00 | £156.00 | £186.00 | £156.00 |
| Royal Horseguards | SW1A 2EJ | 0.82 | 5 | £276.00 | £276.00 | £336.00 | £240.00 | £276.00 | £300.00 | £300.00 | £276.00 |
| The Kingsley - A Thistle Hotel | WC1A 2SD | 0.84 | 4 | £166.80 | £154.80 | Full | £154.80 | £178.80 | £274.80 | £214.80 | £154.80 |
| Staunton Hotel | WC1E 6HE | 0.93 | 4G | Full | £169.00 | Full | £159.00 | £159.00 | Full | £179.00 | £179.00 |
| The May Fair | W1J 8LT | 0.96 | 5 | £274.80 | £258.00 | £334.80 | £234.00 | £282.00 | £282.00 | £282.00 | £282.00 |
| Grange Blooms Town House Hotel | WC1B 5BP | 0.99 | 3 | £114.00 | Full | Full | £90.00 | £191.00 | Full | £251.00 | £239.00 |
| The Academy, The Bloomsbury Town House | WC1E 6HG | 0.99 | 4 | £126.00 | £126.00 | £150.00 | £90.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £138.00 |
| Saint Georges Hotel | W1B 2QS | 1.00 | 4 | £117.00 | £117.00 | £117.00 | £97.00 | £117.00 | £177.00 | £177.00 | £117.00 |
| Montague on the Gardens - A Red Carnation Hotel | WC1B 5BJ | 1.03 | 4 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £174.00 |
| The Portland Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 1.05 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | £96.00 | £150.00 | Full | £227.00 | £191.00 |
| The Lancaster Hotel | WC1B 5JD | 1.07 | 3 | £72.00 | £84.00 | Full | £60.00 | £90.00 | Full | £90.00 | £72.00 |
| Beauchamp Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 1.07 | 4 | £126.00 | £119.00 | Full | £90.00 | £150.00 | £186.00 | Full | £179.00 |
| Grange Langham Court Hotel | W1W 6BU | 1.08 | 4 | £114.00 | £90.00 | £126.00 | £78.00 | £191.00 | Full | Full | £167.00 |
| Flemings Hotel Mayfair | W1J 7BH | 1.10 | 4 | £182.41 | £170.41 | £170.41 | £170.41 | £170.41 | £224.41 | £212.41 | £182.41 |
| Citadines Prestige Holborn-Covent Garden | WC1V 6LF | 1.11 | 4A | £138.00 | £138.00 | £138.00 | £138.00 | £138.00 | £138.00 | £138.00 | £158.40 |
| Washington Mayfair Hotel | W1J 5HE | 1.12 | 4 | £222.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £222.00 | £222.00 | £222.00 | £222.00 |
| Garth Hotel | WC1E 6HJ | 1.13 | 2 | £75.00 | £89.00 | Full | £59.00 | £69.00 | £79.00 | £79.00 | £75.00 |
| Grange Holborn | WC1B 4AR | 1.14 | 5 | £191.00 | £119.00 | Full | £131.00 | £191.00 | Full | Full | £191.00 |
| Chancery Court Hotel, London | WC1V 7EN | 1.14 | 5 | £276.00 | £216.00 | £216.00 | £216.00 | £276.00 | £420.00 | £276.00 | £276.00 |
| Regency House Hotel | WC1E 6HJ | 1.14 | 2 | £120.00 | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| The Hallam | W1W 6JF | 1.16 | 3G | £60.00 | £75.00 | £75.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Astor Court Hotel | W1W 6JQ | 1.19 | 3 | £115.00 | £105.00 | £115.00 | £79.00 | £99.00 | Full | £99.00 | £99.00 |
| Mercure London Bloomsbury | WC1B 5AF | 1.19 | 4 | £139.00 | £99.00 | £139.00 | £99.00 | £129.00 | £159.00 | £169.00 | £139.00 |
| Chandos House | W1G 9LQ | 1.20 | 4 | £99.00 | Full | Full | £220.00 | £115.50 | £153.00 | £132.00 | Full |
| Hotel Cavendish | WC1E 6HJ | 1.23 | 4 | £95.00 | £85.00 | Full | £85.00 | £85.00 | £105.00 | £125.00 | £85.00 |
| Hotel Russell - London, Bloomsbury | WC1B 5BE | 1.26 | 4 | £154.80 | £118.80 | Full | £118.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £154.80 |
| Radisson Edwardian Berkshire | W1C 1BY | 1.33 | 4 | £246.00 | £222.00 | £222.00 | £126.00 | £198.00 | £246.00 | £246.00 | £246.00 |
| The Sanctuary House Hotel | SW1H 9LA | 1.35 | 3 | £140.00 | £125.00 | Full | £105.00 | £145.00 | Full | £150.00 | £125.00 |
| Millennium Hotel London Mayfair | W1K 2HP | 1.35 | 4 | £294.00 | £192.00 | £318.00 | £192.00 | £270.00 | £246.00 | £246.00 | £234.00 |
| The Athenaeum | W1J 7BJ | 1.37 | 5 | £318.00 | £252.00 | £252.00 | £239.00 | £299.00 | £299.00 | £299.00 | £287.00 |
| Park Lane Mews Hotel | W1J 7BS | 1.42 | 4 | £164.00 | £84.00 | Full | £84.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £114.00 | £124.00 |
| The Marylebone Hotel - A member of the Doyle Collection | W1G 8DN | 1.42 | 4 | £210.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £210.00 | £234.00 | £234.00 | £222.00 |
| Grange Fitzrovia Hotel | W1W 5 N B | 1.43 | 4 | £90.00 | £90.00 | £126.00 | £114.00 | £191.00 | Full | Full | £143.00 |
Chinatown: Tube (underground)
| Station | Zone | Line(s) | Distance |
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| Leicester Square Station | 1 | Piccadilly - Northern | 0.21 miles |
| Piccadilly Circus Station | 1 | Bakerloo - Piccadilly | 0.26 miles |
| Tottenham Court Road Station | 1 | Central - Northern | 0.49 miles |
| Covent Garden Station | 1 | Piccadilly | 0.53 miles |
| Charing Cross Station | 1 | Bakerloo - Northern | 0.60 miles |
Chinatown: Rail (overground)
| Station | Distance |
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| Charing Cross London Station | 0.64 miles |
| London Waterloo International Station | 1.52 miles |
| London Waterloo Station | 1.63 miles |
| London Waterloo East Station | 1.72 miles |
| London Euston Station | 1.88 miles |
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