Cheval Phoenix House

It has 33 apartments that come in a choice of open-plan apartments as well as one- and two-bedroom apartments. They are all air-conditioned with comfortable king-size beds, a sofa, a flat-screen television, a living area, a kitchen and an en suite bathroom with toiletries from The White Company.

The kitchen features a dishwasher, a fridge, pots, pans and other utensils and tea and coffee making facilities including a Nespresso coffee machine. Although having a kitchen inside your apartment means that you have the flexibility to make your own meals, not all the kitchens are fully equipped with a proper oven. In other words, you can cook pasta but you can’t make a pizza or bake a cake.

There is also a washing machine in each apartment, which is a great option if you’ve been on the road for a week or longer and need to do your laundry.

The apartments are spacious, varying in size from 33m² (359 sq ft) to 75m² (809 sq ft) and some of the open-plan apartments are split over two levels with walk-in wardrobes and two separate toilets.

Free Wi-Fi wireless internet access is available in all the apartments.

Like many small apartment hotels, the self-contained nature of the apartments means that there are not a lot of communal facilities outside your apartment. At Cheval Phoenix House, the communal areas are restricted to the small reception area and a small fitness centre in the basement.

Even for London, this can be a pricey place to stay, although it is a nice place and the immediate surroundings are lovely.

Although there is not a lot in the way of tourist sights in the immediate area, it is only a two-minute walk from Sloane Square and the Peter Jones department store and the up-market neighbourhoods of Belgravia and Knightsbridge are also nearby and it is only a 10-minute walk to the Knightsbridge shopping area, which includes the iconic Harrods and Harvey Nichols department stores.

Sloane Square tube station is a three-minute walk from the hotel. Sloane Square is in zone one and lies between South Kensington and Victoria on the Circle and District lines. From here it is only a five-minute ride to Westminster and 16 minutes to Monument with trains running every two minutes.

Alternatively, it is only a 10-minute walk to Knightsbridge tube station, which is on the Piccadilly line with direct trains to Heathrow airport and Kings Cross and St Pancras stations. From here, it is only a five-minute ride to Piccadilly Circus and 14 minutes to Kings Cross & St Pancras International with trains running every two minutes.