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Paddington And Bayswater Hotels
Stay in a Paddington hotel and explore the best of West London. Follow Bayswater Road to clear your head in regal Kensington Palace Gardens and Hyde Park, or amble past townhouse terraces and top-end boutiques in exclusive Notting Hill.
Paddington and Bayswater neighbourhoods
Your Paddington hotel marks the western edge of London’s city centre, where shoppers tail off after busy Marble Arch and Oxford Street. Residents of barely affordable crescents and mews have Hyde Park as their back garden. Paddington is your gateway westbound. Paddington Station trains whizz from colourful Praed Street to Heathrow, while you can make a dash towards Oxford over A40 flyovers. London’s Middle Eastern community meets up on Edgware Road at Arabic-signed shisha cafés. Follow the fleet of red double-deckers past Kensington Palace along leafy Bayswater Road to sought-after gated gardens in trendy Notting Hill.
Shopping in Paddington and Bayswater
Shoppers staying at hotels in Paddington stock up on trends at Zara, Gap and Accessorize in Whiteleys shopping centre on bustling Queensway. Around the corner, Westbourne Grove’s boutiques and art galleries are much more likely to burn a hole in your wallet. Pastel-coloured shop fronts are packed with bric-a-brac, antiques and vintage fashion on Portobello Road’s weekday and Saturday markets.
Eating and drinking in Paddington and Bayswater
Just north of Paddington, exotic Edgware Road restaurants sizzle with Middle Eastern fare from as far as Iran and Egypt. There’s belly dancing for dessert at Lebanese Maroush, a family-run restaurant empire. Queensway’s eclectic menu includes sushi, noodles and balti. Head to Notting Hill to join glitterati for cocktails in try-hard lounge bars like the Elbow Room, or pints in old-style pubs like Walmer Castle. Local celebrities leave their Holland Park residences to whisper in the romantic alcoves at plush Julie’s Restaurant and Bar.
Culture and nightlife in Paddington and Bayswater
Little Venice’s cosy Bridge House pub is home to the world’s longest running comedy show at its upstairs Canal Café Theatre. The film-set area around Notting Hill’s Portobello Road is a unique place to catch a flick. Book a back-row leather couch for two and champagne at the Electric Cinema. The tiny, 70-capacity Gate theatre above the unassuming Prince Albert Pub on Pembridge Road has charmed big Hollywood performers like Rachel Weisz and Jude Law.
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