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Rough Luxe
At a Glance
- art and design lovers will be dazzled
- free Wi-fi
Pros
- no restaurant or bar
- cheapest rooms are booked up fast
- in a neighborhood locals would describe as "dodgy"
- some rooms share bathrooms
Cons
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Rough Luxe Review
Undoubtedly Bloomsbury's most avante-garde hotel, this 19th-century building has been renovated with an appealing mix of shabby chic and modern comfort. Bits of old battered walls and remnants of the old, torn wallpaper are deliberately left in place next to elegant beds, claw-foot tubs, designer lighting, and original artwork (they've even been known to keep an artist-in-residence). The whole effect is so extraordinary that the hotel regularly features in designer magazines. Certainly the chutzpah is impressive, given that prices are high in relation to services offered.
- Address: 1 Birkenhead St., Bloomsbury, London, W1CH 8BA | Map It
- Phone: 020/7837-5338
- Website: www.roughluxe.co.uk
- Tube: Kings Cross.
- Location: Bloomsbury and Holborn
Contact Information
- 10 rooms.
- Rate includes breakfast.
- Credit cards accepted.
Hotel Details
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