Warm and hospitable host. Convenient and quiet location

Expensive. No extras: breakfast cost A LOT on top of expensive room rate. No Shampoo; no-one made up our bed; no reading lights; no light over mirror in bathroom; bed ageing;


not worth the money!!!!

From the moment I entered The Guest House at Weardowney. I was warmly greeted and shuffled in from the freezing cold. Gail Downey was so especially thoughtfull and...i was quite charmed/ This is a little oasis which I hadn t expected to find near Marylebone. So much better than staying at yet another hotel as i have got so used to the unpersonal nature of Hotel life.

The bedroom s were charmingly decorated and incredibly homely. I even went to look at the knitware collection...which is stunning...and couldn t help but buy this incredible dress and some pretty knitted berets for my children.

When i snuggled into bed...i can t remember sleeping so well in London. I felt more that I was staying in a house in the country..not in a house 2 mins walk from marylebone high st. where i managed to do more of my xmas shopping...marylebone high street has the sweetest little boutiques...definitely pop along there.

And the cooked breakfast in the morning really did make me feel that i was staying in the country. yummy!

i never write reviews as i m not very good at it...but i felt that i had to. I shall definitely be going back and just hope this review doesn t make too many people stay there so that i ll still be able to get a booking.

Sheree Mcmurray

I was first recommended Weardowney through some friends from Barcelona who had stayed there on their honeymoon last year. As I travel to London on a regular basis for work, I was looking for somewhere I would feel good returning too. Ive stayed in many small hotels, from the Travel Lodge, to family run b and b's and guesthouses. A friend of mine was surfing yesterday and found a recent review on Tripadvisor that he told me about. Weardowney most certainly doesn't strike me as a dump!! It is quite the opposite!
In all honesty I would give Weardowney 5 stars on all fronts.

From the warm welcome upon my first arrival, to the attention shown me to my requests (i was on some medication that needed to be kept at a certain temperature, and was on a special diet which mean't they altered their menu for me) nothing was too much trouble. The victorian building was originally a pub and the old bar area is Weardowneys boutique and knitting school. There's much more to this place than the average guesthouse and the benefit of a shared kitchen is a joy as I can pop down whenever I choose and help myself, or be catered for. In July on one of my stays, I got a room next to the roof terrace and really felt I'd got my own place as I sat and worked away whilst enjoying my lunch in the sunshine.

I must say I'm quite amazed at the review that my friend brought to my attention, and feel qualified to disagree.
Having stayed in 3 of the bedrooms (out of the 6 rooms) I've not experienced any 'leaky plumbing' nor 'rough towels' or 'paper-thin walls'. To criticize a dining room for being 'windowless' seems a little absurd!
Moreover, to state that their is no place to 'gather' is completely untrue.
The boutique and school area is welcoming, and coffee and tea are available all day. I often use it in the evenings to relax in for an hour or two after my day, and have had many pleasureable chats with other guests and visitors. I can't think of anything to complain about at the House of Weardowney, at all, actually -except perhaps that too many guests seem to feel the same about it and I worry that one day I may not be able to book in!

Perhaps there are no bargains in London. This certainly is not one. Although the price was right, it was still over $130 per night. And although other reviews spoke of this as a place where 'models, photographers and fashionistas gather,' whoever wrote those must be delusional. For one thing, there's no place whatsoever to gather at House of Weardowney. Only a little shop (of their fashion line) on the main floor, with no place to sit. Everything speaks of neglect - from the dirty carpeting to the stained walls, leaky plumbing, used soap, rough towels, mattresses with springs that meet your back, no place to hang clothes, paper-thin walls which transmit noises from other rooms (especially annoying when your neighbors return at 3:00 AM)- this is not a place to find comfort. Breakfast is served in a windowless basement at one small table. Although the proprietors and Indonesian housekeeper are lovely, nobody is maintaining this place well, if at all. I would never stay here again and would never recommend it to anyone else either - unless you want youth-hostel-type accommodations, which is perhaps how House of Weardowney should advertise itself.