Hotels The Best Hotels in South Kensington
Museum-quarter London at its most genteel: Victorian townhouses, log fires and a tube stop that puts you two streets from the V&A.
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South Kensington
Where to eat and drink in South Kensington, West London. Chosen on merit by Lamplit London.
South Kensington is London's cultured heart: the great museums of Exhibition Road, the Royal Albert Hall and a grid of white stucco terraces that draw the world to its doorstep. Between the culture and the embassies sits a quietly excellent eating and drinking scene, from grand hotel dining rooms to the neighbourhood tables the locals keep to themselves.
Our South Kensington guides cover the best of it, from the museum-quarter restaurants and bars to the smart places to stay. Chosen on merit, for a cultured day out or an unhurried evening near the park.
Hotels 
Bars The Best Bars in South Kensington
Museum-quarter drinking done properly: rock-and-roll hotel bars, a clubby townhouse cocktail room and the cult dens behind South Kensington's grand white stucco.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in South Kensington
Museum-quarter dining done well: where to eat around South Kensington, from grand to neighbourhood.
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