Last Updated on October 21, 2023
West London Boutique Hotel Staycation
When I was a teenager in the 1970s the Shepherds Bush Road meant one thing – the Hammersmith Palais. It was a fantastic old dance hall that doubled up as a venue both for the old-school Mecca dance bands, and as a rock’n roll venue immortalised in the title of The Clash’s song ‘(White Man) at Hammersmith Palais’. These days this whole area of West London is a bit more genteel, though Brook Green was always one of the posher parts. I’ve come to review the Brook Green Hotel, part of the Young’s Brewery group of hotels.
In the basement is the speakeasy-style Smith’s Cocktail Bar while the ground floor features the pub and restaurant with ‘craft beer, fantastic cask ales and the best in seasonal British food’ and the upstairs has 17 stylish boutique bedrooms.
On arrival and after a straightforward check-in process we investigated our cosy double bedroom. Decked out in soft grey-blue hues it had everything you need; a flatscreen TV, kettle, coffee maker and mini-bar. The bed was firm and comfy with plenty of pillows and the white-tiled bathroom had a fab shower and a good selection of toiletries from Green & Spring.
We started with a couple of drinks. A Beavertown Neck Oil IPA was a great balance of hoppiness and lychee fruit notes and a Tanqueray and Fever Tree tonic G&T was a great example of the classic cocktail.
Mackerel Paté was fresh and creamy and served with moreish toasted sourdough bread.
I loved the cauliflower soup. It had a velvety texture and was subtly flavoured with a hint of truffle oil giving it that luxe feel.
The wine list had some interesting bottles at a decent price point. Our bottle of Mâcon Villages Georges Duboeuf was creamy and mineraly.
The menu at the Brook Green Hotel was a good mix of pub and Modern European classics. Perfectly cooked sea trout sat on a soft bed of braised fennel and courgettes with a salsa verde adding a vegetal note.
A robust 28 day aged Angus beef sirloin was tender and full-flavoured and was accompanied by watercress, garlic mayo and chips.
But the highlight was the brown sugar Pavlova with Chantilly cream and a raspberry coulis. It was an alpine fantasy of meringue, cream and fruit artfully served by our charming waitress Amy.
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Youngs currently have an offer running for this summer which includes double occupancy, bed & breakfast with a two-course dinner and a welcome drink per person from just £129.
Use the code SUMMER18 to take advantage of this special offer – valid from 1/8/18 – 9/9/18.
Brook Green Hotel
170 Shepherd’s Bush Road
Hammersmith
London W6 7PB
0207 603 2516
Looks like a nice place to stay, never really thought of staying in Hammersmith area, but have book marked the Brook Green Hotel for future reference
This looks like a beautiful, traditional English hotel. The food looks very tasty. It seems like a great choice for my next trip to London!
A great hotel, it is really lovely and I will go there for the next time
I’m sure you’ll love it, its a great location.
This hotel is really lovely! Keeping this in mind when I get to visit London, and the food! Awesome photos! I want them all now!
The hotel looks lovely and the food even more so! The desserts were certainly not an afterthought, they sound amazing. And beer and cocktails? Sign me up! A lovely spot for a staycation, thanks for sharing!
I love the idea of staying in a quaint spot for a staycation. A speakeasy bar will give you a chance to relax and food too. I love having a gin and tonic in England. I discovered Fever Tree tonic and have never looked back. Trout and fennel would be a perfect dinner for me. Hubby would want the chocolate brownie. A great little getaway!
What a lovely little hotel – the Brook Green Hotel looks exactly like I envision a British pub/hotel. I love that there is a pub AND a speakeasy style cocktail bar in the basement – my kind of place! Dinner and breakfast both looked delicious. You especially sold me on the pavlova. Glad you enjoyed your staycation!
Absolutely , it has all the ingredients of London English pub/hotel, plus its well located and the food is fab.
The whole place looks so quaint. It’s good that there are only 17 rooms in the whole place – any more and it might stop feeling so comfy and homely. And that food looks incredible, especially the eggs benedict.
This property is everything I would want in an English boutique hotel, the speakeasy style pub is a bonus. And those desserts look fabulous!
That’s great that you got to enjoy a staycation. It’s cool the hotel has a speakeasy style bar, we just learned more about those recently at a prohibition museum in the US so they’re lots of fun! Sounds like you enjoyed your stay and wow, the food must have been amazing! Would love to try that brown sugar Pavlova someday. Glad you enjoyed the hotel.
Brook Green Hotel looks lovely. I feel like London’s Calling. I would say that Jupiter is my favorite of the planets, musically speaking that is. The Cauliflower soup sounds delicious. We are on a keto diet so that might be just the meal we would enjoy.
What a lovely hotel! I really like all the flowers they have in front, it makes it look so welcoming and stylish. I’m a huge fan of speakeasy style bars so I would be found there every night! Sounds like such a great place to stay in West London and next time I’m there I will definitely consider staying here! Not gonna lie that avocado toast with poached eggs looks incredible and right up my alley!