Reid's List: London Lodgings ★★★
Recommended hotels, B&Bs, and other lodgings in London
- West End (10)
- University (8)
- South of Hyde (8)
- North of Hyde (7)
- City (6)
- Westminster (5)
- East of Hyde (5)
- Southwark (2)
- Outskirts (2)
- Greenwich (2)
A posh five-star luxury hotel overlooking the Thames in the heart of Westminster's government centre
A five-star, countryside-meets–modern design hotel perfectly sited between the west End, British Museum, and Marylebone
A modern, four-star hotel on the Strand between the West End and The City
A cozy and friendly moderate Covent Garden hotel on a pedestrian street
A cheap (for London) chain hotel bang in the center of London's West End
Dorm rooms in Kensington just off Hyde Park at the London School of Economics
University dorm rooms near Covent Garden at the London School of Economics
A five-star, countryside-meets–modern design hotel perfectly sited between the west End, British Museum, and Marylebone
Eight elegant, bookish-themed B&B rooms above a gourmet pub in Clerkenwell
A classic hostel with mixed dorms around the corner from the British Museum
Dorm rooms in Kensington just off Hyde Park at the London School of Economics
Dorm rooms between the British Museum and Covent Garden at the London School of Economics
Camden dorm behind the British Museum at the University of London
Camden dorm rooms near the British Museum at the University of London
Of all London's boutique inns, this Chelsea hotel succeeds the best at leaving behind the aura of impersonal hotel to create instead a cozy private home feel—with discreet hotel comforts—in a building from the 1800s
A Kensington Hotel with remarkably inexpensive apartments and an amazing Penthouse flat
Just off Brompton Road, near the chicest boutiques and the shopping at Harrods, the red brick townhouse Egerton House, opened in 1990, offers Victorian comfort with a modern touch.
The Pelham is an oasis of tranquility in a busy road hub in South Kensington, mere steps from a Tube stop and blocks from the shopping of Brompton Road
Perhaps the nicest B&B in London—though not the most central (in Hammersmith and Fulham)
Dorm rooms between the British Museum and Covent Garden at the Imperial College London
A postcard-worthy Victorian B&B in Notting Hill between Hyde Park and Portobello Road
The Leonard links four 18C Marlyebone townhouses for a British atmosphere with an Imperial touch
Luxury apartments 100 meters from St. Paul's Cathedral
Your own modern London flat overlooking the Tower of London and the Thames River
A modern, four-star hotel on the Strand between the West End and The City
Institutional but perfectly located hostel in an old choir boarding school in The City
A cheap chain hotel in The City, between St. Paul's and the Tower of London
A posh five-star luxury hotel overlooking the Thames in the heart of Westminster's government centre
A modern, four-star hotel on the Strand between the West End and The City
This Old World, clubby Mayfair hotel with a residential ambiance is consistently lauded for its service, food, and ambiance
The Leonard links four 18C Marlyebone townhouses for a British atmosphere with an Imperial touch
This classy Mayfair hotel has been popular with writers since 1937 and hosts one of London's most traditional afternoon teas
Dorm rooms in Fitzrovia at the London School of Economics
Basic, bland motel with a great location—and attached to one of London's most historic pubs where Shakespeare once drank
Perhaps the nicest B&B in London—though not the most central (in Hammersmith and Fulham)
A true old coaching inn, with cozy modern room above an 18th-century Greenwich pub
Modern serviced flats in Greenwich, London
A classic hostel with mixed dorms around the corner from the British Museum
Institutional but perfectly located hostel in an old choir boarding school in The City
Modern serviced flats in Greenwich, London
A cheap chain hotel in The City, between St. Paul's and the Tower of London
Dorm rooms in Kensington just off Hyde Park at the London School of Economics
Dorm rooms between the British Museum and Covent Garden at the London School of Economics
Camden dorm behind the British Museum at the University of London
Dorm rooms in Fitzrovia at the London School of Economics
University dorm rooms near Covent Garden at the London School of Economics
Camden dorm rooms near the British Museum at the University of London
A postcard-worthy Victorian B&B in Notting Hill between Hyde Park and Portobello Road
A Kensington Hotel with remarkably inexpensive apartments and an amazing Penthouse flat
Luxury apartments 100 meters from St. Paul's Cathedral
The Leonard links four 18C Marlyebone townhouses for a British atmosphere with an Imperial touch
A true old coaching inn, with cozy modern room above an 18th-century Greenwich pub
A cozy and friendly moderate Covent Garden hotel on a pedestrian street
Basic, bland motel with a great location—and attached to one of London's most historic pubs where Shakespeare once drank
Tiny, nice dorms rooms (with bath) in Kenginston just off Hyde Park at the Imperial College London
Dorm rooms between the British Museum and Covent Garden at the Imperial College London
A cheap (for London) chain hotel bang in the center of London's West End
Of all London's boutique inns, this Chelsea hotel succeeds the best at leaving behind the aura of impersonal hotel to create instead a cozy private home feel—with discreet hotel comforts—in a building from the 1800s
This Old World, clubby Mayfair hotel with a residential ambiance is consistently lauded for its service, food, and ambiance
Your own modern London flat overlooking the Tower of London and the Thames River
A posh five-star luxury hotel overlooking the Thames in the heart of Westminster's government centre
A five-star, countryside-meets–modern design hotel perfectly sited between the west End, British Museum, and Marylebone
This classy Mayfair hotel has been popular with writers since 1937 and hosts one of London's most traditional afternoon teas
Just off Brompton Road, near the chicest boutiques and the shopping at Harrods, the red brick townhouse Egerton House, opened in 1990, offers Victorian comfort with a modern touch.
The Pelham is an oasis of tranquility in a busy road hub in South Kensington, mere steps from a Tube stop and blocks from the shopping of Brompton Road
Eight elegant, bookish-themed B&B rooms above a gourmet pub in Clerkenwell
Perhaps the nicest B&B in London—though not the most central (in Hammersmith and Fulham)
A modern, four-star hotel on the Strand between the West End and The City
Of all London's boutique inns, this Chelsea hotel succeeds the best at leaving behind the aura of impersonal hotel to create instead a cozy private home feel—with discreet hotel comforts—in a building from the 1800s
A postcard-worthy Victorian B&B in Notting Hill between Hyde Park and Portobello Road
A Kensington Hotel with remarkably inexpensive apartments and an amazing Penthouse flat
Luxury apartments 100 meters from St. Paul's Cathedral
This Old World, clubby Mayfair hotel with a residential ambiance is consistently lauded for its service, food, and ambiance
Your own modern London flat overlooking the Tower of London and the Thames River
A posh five-star luxury hotel overlooking the Thames in the heart of Westminster's government centre
A five-star, countryside-meets–modern design hotel perfectly sited between the west End, British Museum, and Marylebone
The Leonard links four 18C Marlyebone townhouses for a British atmosphere with an Imperial touch
A true old coaching inn, with cozy modern room above an 18th-century Greenwich pub
This classy Mayfair hotel has been popular with writers since 1937 and hosts one of London's most traditional afternoon teas
Just off Brompton Road, near the chicest boutiques and the shopping at Harrods, the red brick townhouse Egerton House, opened in 1990, offers Victorian comfort with a modern touch.
The Pelham is an oasis of tranquility in a busy road hub in South Kensington, mere steps from a Tube stop and blocks from the shopping of Brompton Road
Eight elegant, bookish-themed B&B rooms above a gourmet pub in Clerkenwell
Perhaps the nicest B&B in London—though not the most central (in Hammersmith and Fulham)
A modern, four-star hotel on the Strand between the West End and The City
A classic hostel with mixed dorms around the corner from the British Museum
Institutional but perfectly located hostel in an old choir boarding school in The City
Modern serviced flats in Greenwich, London
A cheap chain hotel in The City, between St. Paul's and the Tower of London
A cozy and friendly moderate Covent Garden hotel on a pedestrian street
Basic, bland motel with a great location—and attached to one of London's most historic pubs where Shakespeare once drank
Tiny, nice dorms rooms (with bath) in Kenginston just off Hyde Park at the Imperial College London
Dorm rooms between the British Museum and Covent Garden at the Imperial College London
A cheap (for London) chain hotel bang in the center of London's West End
Dorm rooms in Kensington just off Hyde Park at the London School of Economics
Dorm rooms between the British Museum and Covent Garden at the London School of Economics
Camden dorm behind the British Museum at the University of London
Dorm rooms in Fitzrovia at the London School of Economics
University dorm rooms near Covent Garden at the London School of Economics
Camden dorm rooms near the British Museum at the University of London
Of all London's boutique inns, this Chelsea hotel succeeds the best at leaving behind the aura of impersonal hotel to create instead a cozy private home feel—with discreet hotel comforts—in a building from the 1800s
This Old World, clubby Mayfair hotel with a residential ambiance is consistently lauded for its service, food, and ambiance
A posh five-star luxury hotel overlooking the Thames in the heart of Westminster's government centre
A five-star, countryside-meets–modern design hotel perfectly sited between the west End, British Museum, and Marylebone
The Leonard links four 18C Marlyebone townhouses for a British atmosphere with an Imperial touch
A true old coaching inn, with cozy modern room above an 18th-century Greenwich pub
This classy Mayfair hotel has been popular with writers since 1937 and hosts one of London's most traditional afternoon teas
Just off Brompton Road, near the chicest boutiques and the shopping at Harrods, the red brick townhouse Egerton House, opened in 1990, offers Victorian comfort with a modern touch.
The Pelham is an oasis of tranquility in a busy road hub in South Kensington, mere steps from a Tube stop and blocks from the shopping of Brompton Road
A modern, four-star hotel on the Strand between the West End and The City
A cheap chain hotel in The City, between St. Paul's and the Tower of London
A cozy and friendly moderate Covent Garden hotel on a pedestrian street
Basic, bland motel with a great location—and attached to one of London's most historic pubs where Shakespeare once drank
A cheap (for London) chain hotel bang in the center of London's West End
Tiny, nice dorms rooms (with bath) in Kenginston just off Hyde Park at the Imperial College London
Dorm rooms between the British Museum and Covent Garden at the Imperial College London
Dorm rooms in Kensington just off Hyde Park at the London School of Economics
Dorm rooms between the British Museum and Covent Garden at the London School of Economics
Camden dorm behind the British Museum at the University of London
Dorm rooms in Fitzrovia at the London School of Economics
University dorm rooms near Covent Garden at the London School of Economics
Camden dorm rooms near the British Museum at the University of London
A postcard-worthy Victorian B&B in Notting Hill between Hyde Park and Portobello Road
Eight elegant, bookish-themed B&B rooms above a gourmet pub in Clerkenwell
Perhaps the nicest B&B in London—though not the most central (in Hammersmith and Fulham)
A Kensington Hotel with remarkably inexpensive apartments and an amazing Penthouse flat
Luxury apartments 100 meters from St. Paul's Cathedral
Your own modern London flat overlooking the Tower of London and the Thames River
Modern serviced flats in Greenwich, London
A Kensington Hotel with remarkably inexpensive apartments and an amazing Penthouse flat
Luxury apartments 100 meters from St. Paul's Cathedral
Your own modern London flat overlooking the Tower of London and the Thames River
Modern serviced flats in Greenwich, London
A classic hostel with mixed dorms around the corner from the British Museum
Institutional but perfectly located hostel in an old choir boarding school in The City
Eight elegant, bookish-themed B&B rooms above a gourmet pub in Clerkenwell
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A classic hostel with mixed dorms around the corner from the British Museum
Institutional but perfectly located hostel in an old choir boarding school in The City
A cheap chain hotel in The City, between St. Paul's and the Tower of London
Basic, bland motel with a great location—and attached to one of London's most historic pubs where Shakespeare once drank
Tiny, nice dorms rooms (with bath) in Kenginston just off Hyde Park at the Imperial College London
Dorm rooms between the British Museum and Covent Garden at the Imperial College London
Dorm rooms in Kensington just off Hyde Park at the London School of Economics
Dorm rooms between the British Museum and Covent Garden at the London School of Economics
Camden dorm behind the British Museum at the University of London
Dorm rooms in Fitzrovia at the London School of Economics
University dorm rooms near Covent Garden at the London School of Economics
Camden dorm rooms near the British Museum at the University of London
Of all London's boutique inns, this Chelsea hotel succeeds the best at leaving behind the aura of impersonal hotel to create instead a cozy private home feel—with discreet hotel comforts—in a building from the 1800s
Luxury apartments 100 meters from St. Paul's Cathedral
This Old World, clubby Mayfair hotel with a residential ambiance is consistently lauded for its service, food, and ambiance
The Leonard links four 18C Marlyebone townhouses for a British atmosphere with an Imperial touch
This classy Mayfair hotel has been popular with writers since 1937 and hosts one of London's most traditional afternoon teas
The Pelham is an oasis of tranquility in a busy road hub in South Kensington, mere steps from a Tube stop and blocks from the shopping of Brompton Road
A cozy and friendly moderate Covent Garden hotel on a pedestrian street
Basic, bland motel with a great location—and attached to one of London's most historic pubs where Shakespeare once drank
Of all London's boutique inns, this Chelsea hotel succeeds the best at leaving behind the aura of impersonal hotel to create instead a cozy private home feel—with discreet hotel comforts—in a building from the 1800s
Luxury apartments 100 meters from St. Paul's Cathedral
This Old World, clubby Mayfair hotel with a residential ambiance is consistently lauded for its service, food, and ambiance
Your own modern London flat overlooking the Tower of London and the Thames River
A posh five-star luxury hotel overlooking the Thames in the heart of Westminster's government centre
A five-star, countryside-meets–modern design hotel perfectly sited between the west End, British Museum, and Marylebone
The Leonard links four 18C Marlyebone townhouses for a British atmosphere with an Imperial touch
This classy Mayfair hotel has been popular with writers since 1937 and hosts one of London's most traditional afternoon teas
Just off Brompton Road, near the chicest boutiques and the shopping at Harrods, the red brick townhouse Egerton House, opened in 1990, offers Victorian comfort with a modern touch.
Of all London's boutique inns, this Chelsea hotel succeeds the best at leaving behind the aura of impersonal hotel to create instead a cozy private home feel—with discreet hotel comforts—in a building from the 1800s
This Old World, clubby Mayfair hotel with a residential ambiance is consistently lauded for its service, food, and ambiance
A five-star, countryside-meets–modern design hotel perfectly sited between the west End, British Museum, and Marylebone
The Pelham is an oasis of tranquility in a busy road hub in South Kensington, mere steps from a Tube stop and blocks from the shopping of Brompton Road
Eight elegant, bookish-themed B&B rooms above a gourmet pub in Clerkenwell
Your own modern London flat overlooking the Tower of London and the Thames River
Modern serviced flats in Greenwich, London
A cheap chain hotel in The City, between St. Paul's and the Tower of London
Basic, bland motel with a great location—and attached to one of London's most historic pubs where Shakespeare once drank
A cheap (for London) chain hotel bang in the center of London's West End
Of all London's boutique inns, this Chelsea hotel succeeds the best at leaving behind the aura of impersonal hotel to create instead a cozy private home feel—with discreet hotel comforts—in a building from the 1800s
This Old World, clubby Mayfair hotel with a residential ambiance is consistently lauded for its service, food, and ambiance
Just off Brompton Road, near the chicest boutiques and the shopping at Harrods, the red brick townhouse Egerton House, opened in 1990, offers Victorian comfort with a modern touch.
Of all London's boutique inns, this Chelsea hotel succeeds the best at leaving behind the aura of impersonal hotel to create instead a cozy private home feel—with discreet hotel comforts—in a building from the 1800s
The Leonard links four 18C Marlyebone townhouses for a British atmosphere with an Imperial touch
Of all London's boutique inns, this Chelsea hotel succeeds the best at leaving behind the aura of impersonal hotel to create instead a cozy private home feel—with discreet hotel comforts—in a building from the 1800s
This classy Mayfair hotel has been popular with writers since 1937 and hosts one of London's most traditional afternoon teas
A cozy and friendly moderate Covent Garden hotel on a pedestrian street
Your own modern London flat overlooking the Tower of London and the Thames River
Modern serviced flats in Greenwich, London
A postcard-worthy Victorian B&B in Notting Hill between Hyde Park and Portobello Road
Perhaps the nicest B&B in London—though not the most central (in Hammersmith and Fulham)
- Booking.com - We have done extensive testing, and Booking.com is hands-down the single best booking engine, with by far the largest number of hotels (and other lodging options) in all price ranges.Partner
- Agoda.com - This booking engine, once just an Asia specialist, has recently rocketed to second-best all around the world.Partner
- HotelsCombined.com - An aggregator looks at the results of all the booking engines and presents the prices it finds at each side-by-side. It's a great concept (and works well for airfares), however in our tests the actual booking engines themselves often offered better deals on more properties.Partner
- Hostelz.com - A booking engine that specailizes in hostels and cheap hotels.Partner
- Hotels.com - Since Hotels.com absorbed its Venere.com sibling, it has been performing much better in Europe than it once did.Partner
- Priceline.com - Priceline not only offers decent deals on standard hotel bookings, but also "Express Deals" in which you only get to know the hotel's star rating and neighborhood before you pay for it—but the savings can be substantial (usually 18%–20%, though occasionally much higher).Partner
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- Trivago.com - Depsite its aggressive advertising camapaigns, in our tests Trivago does not actually perform all that well as an aggregator (and it has gotten worse as time goes on). Still, it can be handy.Partner
- Booking.com - One of the best general booking sites out there, and one of the few that includes B&Bs (filed variously under the categories of "Bed and Breakfasts," "Guesthouses," and "Inns"). By the numbers: 282 B&Bs in London, 151 in Edinburgh, 76 in Bath.Partner
- Bedandbreakfast.com - B&B specialist listing more than 5,500 bed and breakfasts across the U.K., with more than 300 in London alone, 153 in Edinbugh, and 23 in Bath, starting at £19 ($30). User reviews help you make informed decisions.Partner
- Hotels.com - Another generalist lodging booking site with a huge representation of B&Bs: 135 in central London, 130 in Edinburgh, and 37 in Bath.Partner
- Airbnb.com - Famous network of both official and unofficial B&Bs, homestays, room rentals, and apartment and house rentals. So many I can't even post total numbers here, but for an idea: There are more than 300 private room offerings in Central London for under £35 ($54) alone. The idea of someone inflating the old air mattress for you is just a metaphor. Usually, you stay in a guest bedroom, futon, or fold-out couch. Its rates are among the lowest around, averaging £59 ($91), though charging anywhere from £15 to £160 ($24 to $247) per night, with a handful charging more. Airbnb.com is less regulated than most official or online resources, and many of the places to stay are not registered with the local authorities—which helps make them cheaper, but they are not inspected, or subject to official compaints, and certainly do not pay taxes. Buyer beware.
- Bedandbreakfastsguide.com - Online catalog that, depsite its name, lists hotels, self-catering (apartments), and pubs/inns as well. In the striclty B&B category: 118 in London, 206 in Edinburgh, 84 in Bath.
- Wolseylodges.com - A collection of 155 premier B&Bs installed in manor houses, Georgian mansions, Victorian country rectories, and the like across England, Scotland, and Wales (with a smattering in France). Just a handful in any given destination—3 each in London and Edinburgh, 2 in Bath—but all stunning. Even at this level of luxury, prices still range around £95–£140 ($146–$216) for a double (though rates on the site are presented, annoyingly, per person).
- Visitus.co.uk - A mind-boggling array of B&Bs in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland: 210 in central London, 224 in Edinburgh, 86 in Bath. No grouped mapping feature, however, and it is annoyingly database driven, with London sliced into eight geographic sections (for Central London, you'll have to sift through each of London NW, London SE, London SW, and London W; the other four sections are all way outside the center).
- Hostelz.com - Aggregator bringing together from many hostel and cheap hotel booking engines. If you select "Guesthouses" as the Accommodation Type you will find plenty of B&Bs in there.Partner
- Welcomehomes.co.uk - This London B&B agency lists about three dozen budget and value lodgings in London, with per-person rates from £18–£60 per night.
- Uptownres.co.uk - Uptown Reservations is a long-standing agency devoted to, as its name implies, upscale B&Bs in London, about 65 of them, rated at least four stars, and largely in the tonier neighborhoods (Kinghtsbridge, Kensington, South Kensington, Sloan Square, Chelsea, etc.). Frustratingly in the Internet wera, they don't actually give you a selection of B&Bs from which to choose, but rather have you contact them with your requirements. Still, the lodgings are lovely, and charge a flat £125 for a double, which isn't bad.
- Bedandbreakfastnationwide.com - Network of about 550 B&Bs across Brtiain and Ireland, including 43 in London (via a sister agency), 3 in Edinburgh (and another 9 nearby), and 6 in Bath (well, one atually in Bath and five nearby).
- Bedandbreakfast.eu - Massive database of 1.8 million places to stay around the world (more than 1,400 in London alone), but it is more of a classifieds site, with each property submitting and writing its own listing, and many are not, actually, B&Bs in the traditional sense. Still, a good resource for the room hunt.
- Homeaway.com - So many places it doesn't even bother listing rentals past the first 5,000—and that's just in London.Partner
- Vrbo.com -
VRBO stands for "Vacation Rentals By Owner," a worldwide virtual classifieds section devoted to villas, apartments, cottages, houses, and other places to lay your head fromas little as $400 per week in England. There are a stunning 33,761 properties available in England, 4,896 in Scotland, and 5,123 in Wales.
Though designed to allow villa and vacation home owners to rent to the public directly—ostensibly cutting out the extra costs involved in working through a middle-man rental agency—in my experience plenty of small-fry local rental agencies use it as well (not that there's anything wrong with renting through those folks; just wanted to let you know that not every property listed is truly direct from the owner).
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- Rentalo.com - Another sizeable database for one-stop shopping, with more than 2,600 properties across the U.K. They also handle everything from standard hotels to B&Bs, agriturism, and even castles.Partner
- Hotels.com - Good generalist booking engine with plenty of "Apartments" options in the filter screens for each destination.Partner
- Interhomeusa.com - 966 rentals in the U.K., of which 212 in London. Partner
- Villasintl.com - Around 770 rental homes and flats of all sizes across the U.K., mostly in England (561 in London) with about 100 in Scotland.
- Belvilla.com - 386 holiday cottages across the U.K., inlcuding 15 flats and homes in London.Partner
- Airbnb.com - Tens of thousands of listings—but caveat emptor. Anyone can post a listing, so trust only the ones with lots of reviews.
- Booking.com - Booking.com lists more than 350 hostels across the U.K., with nearly 100 in London alone, complete with verified user reviews.Partner
- Hostelz.com - An aggregator shows you the rates its can find at multiple booking engines at once, so you can find the lowest price out there on hostels and other cheap accommodations.Partner
- Hostelworld.com - Booking site with hostels, cheap hotels, apartments, and B&Bs in more than 80 destinations across England, including an impressive 184 in London alone. Partner
- Bookhostels.com - A classic hostel booking engine, offering deals on more than 115 hostels in London alone.Partner
- Independenthostels.co.uk - A guide to about 400 hostels, bunkhouses, and camping barns all across Great Britain, including England, Scotland, and Wales. It is much stronger in the countryside, towns, and smaller cities than in London (which is pretty much ignores, weighing in with less than half a dozen).
- Yha.org.uk - The official hostelling site, linking to all 158 official YHA hostels and bunkhouses in the U.K. This does mean, however, it ignores the many, many excellent private hostels.
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- Gonative.com - 20 serviced flats in London, and partnerships with aparthotels in other UK cities.
You will notice that all hotels (and sights and restaurants) on this site have a ReidsEngland.com star designation from ☆☆☆ to ★★★.
This merely indicates that I feel these hotels offer a little something that makes them special (or extra-special, or extra-extra special, etc.).
These star ratings are entirely based on personal opinion, and have nothing to do with the official British hotel ratings—which have more to do with quantifiable amenities such as minibars, and not the intangibles that make a hotel truly stand out, like a combination of great location, friendly owners, nice style, and low prices.
In general, a pricier hotel has to impress me that it is worth the added expense.
This is why I give ★★★ to some (official) "two-star" hotels that happen to provide amazing value for the money—and similarly have ranked a few (official) "four-star" properties just (★★☆).
Hotel rates vary wildly—even at the same hotel—depending on type of room, number of people in it, and the season.
That's why here at ReidsEngland.com we simply provde a general price range indicating the rough rate you should expect to pay for a standard double room in mid-season.
There are three price ranges, giving you a sense of which lodgings are budget, which are moderate, and which are splurges:
| £ | under £100 |
| ££ | £100–£200 |
| £££ | over £200 |
