The Other House South Kensington

The Other House South Kensington

The Other House can best be described as the point where a hotel, a serviced apartment, and a private members' club converge, and is better for not being any one of them entirely. Eleven Victorian townhouses on Harrington Gardens, a short walk from the V&A and the Natural History Museum, converted into 200 club flats bookable from a single night to a full year. Each flat is individually designed in teal blues, deep greens, and burgundy, layered with velvets, tweeds, and botanical prints, with a kitchenette, open-plan sitting and dining areas, and the feeling of a well-considered London base rather than a hotel room. The interiors throughout are riotously alive, trees growing through a glazed atrium, lotus and palm-shaped chandeliers, bespoke wallpaper hiding birds and creatures in every corner, a fully fanned peacock chair in the lobby, and the Owl & Monkey bar dressed in golden palm fronds and leopard print. Downstairs, the Other Space is the private members' club component, with an indoor pool, plunge pool, steam room, sauna, spa, sound baths, shamanic ceremonies, and a cinema room called the Den. The Other Kitchen handles breakfast and brunch. Everything else is managed through the hotel's own app, including check-in and in-room dining. This is the hotel for someone who wants South Kensington as a genuine base, with Hyde Park, Harrods, and the museum district on the doorstep, a flat with a kitchen for the evenings, and a wellness programme that goes considerably further than most London hotels would attempt. Short version: Eleven Victorian townhouses in South Kensington converted into 200 individually designed club flats, with a private members' club, indoor pool, sound baths, a cinema room, and the V&A five minutes on foot, bookable from one night to a full year.