What sets Strand Palace Hotel apart on paper is the pairing of two numbers rarely seen together on The Strand: a continuous operating history dating back to 1909, and a full-scale refresh completed in 2019. The hotel's own site is explicit that the 2019 work was designed to layer contemporary comforts onto the building rather than strip out its British character, so the two eras coexist rather than one replacing the other. The property sits at 372 The Strand, in the Westminster area of Central London, on one of the city's oldest and most distinguished streets, running between the West End and the City. Today, Strand Palace Hotel is a 4-star property with 788 rooms across 9 floors, according to Traveloka's listing - a scale that makes it one of the larger hotels in Central London, and reflects over a century of continuous operation on the same site. The hotel's own website also notes that the property holds a Green Key environmental accreditation and a GSA accreditation, alongside a "Future Plus" sustainability designation, positioning it as a large hotel that has paired its historic footprint with more recent sustainability commitments. For Australian travellers weighing a first stay in Central London, the combination of a well-known address, a century-plus operating history and a scale of nearly 800 rooms tends to mean broader room-type and date availability than many of the smaller, independently run hotels found along the same stretch of The Strand and into Covent Garden.
A Nespresso machine tucked into a dry bar is the detail that separates Strand Palace Hotel's Deluxe King rooms from the tier below, and it's a useful anchor point for understanding how the hotel's own website has organised its room mix. Rather than a long list of near-identical categories, the tiers mostly move up through bed size and a handful of added comforts. At the entry level, Superior King rooms feature an extra-large 200cm bed along with free high-speed WiFi, Rituals toiletries in the en-suite shower room, tea and coffee facilities, and an HD television. A Superior King with a View sits at a similar tier but adds views over The Strand itself, a detail the hotel's own site highlights as one of its more sought-after entry-level configurations given the address.
Step up to Deluxe King and the room gains that Nespresso-equipped dry bar plus a complimentary minibar, alongside luxury Rituals toiletries and a large LCD HD television, still on the same 200cm super king bed. For families or guests needing extra sleeping space, the Deluxe Studio King combines a king bed with a pull-out sofa bed that accommodates one additional guest. Traveloka's own listing corroborates the presence of a Superior Single category among the room mix, and notes that some smaller room layouts have compact bathroom configurations - worth checking at booking if space is a priority. Traveloka's guest feedback specifically calls out room comfort as a strength, which sits alongside the hotel's broader reputation for clean, quiet rooms with modern climate control. Given the spread across Superior, Superior with a view, Deluxe and Deluxe Studio tiers, travellers booking for a short city break may prioritise the entry-level Superior King for value, while those on a longer stay or travelling as a small family may find the minibar, Nespresso machine and extra sleeping space in the Deluxe tiers a better fit for multi-night comfort.
Twelve of the hotel's 16 meeting and event spaces date from the 2019 renovation, a detail that says as much about Strand Palace Hotel's ambitions for business travel as any single amenity on the list. Business travellers and leisure guests end up drawing on different parts of the same overall amenity set, and both sides are confirmed across Traveloka's listing and the hotel's own site: a complimentary on-site gym, a guest service centre, and the meeting and event spaces mentioned above.
On the review side, Traveloka guests rate the property very highly across a large body of feedback that reflects the hotel's scale, with cleanliness and service and facilities standing out in particular. A TripAdvisor Ollie Award sits alongside a TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice 2025 award and Green Key environmental accreditation on the hotel's own website, and its site also lists a GSA accreditation and a Future Plus sustainability designation, rounding out an accreditation profile that goes beyond the traveller-facing review awards. With that many meeting rooms added in a single renovation cycle, the hotel reads as a plausible option for business travellers attending conferences or corporate events in Central London, alongside its more typical leisure-traveller base drawn by the West End location.
Few addresses on The Strand offer as short a walk to Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden as Strand Palace Hotel's, and the location also sits close to multiple Underground stations serving the West End and the City. The hotel's own website also places Buckingham Palace and the London Transport Museum within reasonable reach, reinforcing The Strand's position as one of the more central bases available in this part of London. This makes the hotel a strong base for sightseeing, theatre visits and shopping without needing to rely heavily on taxis or ride-hailing within Central London. The Strand itself connects the West End theatre district to the City's financial district, so guests can walk in either direction depending on whether the day's plans lean toward shows and shopping around Covent Garden or a longer stroll east toward the City and the River Thames embankment.
Travellers flying into London from Australia can check Traveloka's flight booking page for routes into Heathrow or other London airports before arranging a transfer into Central London, with the Heathrow Express and Underground both offering practical routes into the West End from the airport.
Strand Palace Hotel's dining line-up is unusually extensive for a hotel of its type, per its own website. Haxells Restaurant & Bar serves as a core dining venue, while The Palace Tea Parlour offers a dedicated afternoon tea experience. For drinks, The Gin Palace & Cocktail Bar and its associated Gin Palace Breakfast Café add both an evening and a morning option, and The Bootlegger provides another bar setting. The hotel also houses Joe Allen, a longstanding London restaurant brand that has built its own following independent of the hotel it now operates within, plus a private dining space named "1909" after the hotel's opening year, and in-room dining for guests who prefer to eat privately - the hotel's own site confirms this in-room dining runs on a 24-hour basis. Between the tea parlour, two bars, a breakfast café and Joe Allen's longer-standing restaurant identity, the dining mix at Strand Palace Hotel leans toward giving guests a reason to stay on-site for a full day of meals rather than only offering a single main restaurant, which is a less common set-up for a hotel of this size in Central London.
Guests keen to explore further afield can also look at things to do around Covent Garden and Central London, given the hotel's proximity to some of the city's best-known dining and entertainment districts.
What tends to stick with guests isn't just the address - it's a dining line-up that runs from a dedicated afternoon tea parlour to two separate bars and a standalone breakfast café, giving travellers on-site options for most of the day rather than needing to step out for every meal. That range is backed by real scale: 788 rooms spread across 9 floors gives Strand Palace Hotel more room-type flexibility and availability than the boutique properties clustered around Covent Garden and The Strand tend to offer.
History is the other part of the appeal: the building has operated on The Strand since 1909, and the 2019 renovation was designed to keep that character rather than strip it out, so guests get period presence alongside contemporary comforts such as climate control and updated bathrooms, without the property having been stripped down to a generic modern interior in the process, which is often the trade-off travellers worry about when a historic hotel undergoes a large-scale refresh. For anyone weighing this against the hotel's strong guest reviews on Traveloka, that combination of heritage, dining breadth and room-tier choice is what tends to set Strand Palace Hotel apart from smaller nearby alternatives. The hotel's own sustainability accreditations - Green Key, GSA, and Future Plus - are also worth noting for travellers who weigh a property's environmental credentials alongside its location and room offering. Overall, Strand Palace Hotel tends to suit travellers who want a well-located, full-service base for a London trip rather than a smaller boutique stay - a mid-range 4-star option with the room count and dining variety to support a longer visit, business travel with a meeting or event attached, or a family trip needing more flexible room configurations, or simply a reliably central, well-reviewed base from which to explore Central London on foot.
Bring a card, not cash: Strand Palace Hotel runs a cashless, all-major-card policy, and guests need both a valid credit card and government-issued photo identification at check-in, per Traveloka's listing and the hotel's own site.
Given the hotel's size and range of room tiers, it is worth comparing Strand Palace Hotel against other hotels in the Covent Garden and Strand area on Traveloka before booking, particularly if a specific view, bed size or minibar inclusion is a priority for your stay.
The Strand and Covent Garden area has one of London's densest concentrations of hotels. Here are other popular options nearby, all bookable on Traveloka's en-au site.
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Popular Facilities | 24-Hour Front Desk, WiFi, Elevator |
Check-In / Check-Out Time | From 15:00 - to 11:00 |
Breakfast Availability | Yes, hotel has room that provide breakfast |
Available rooms at Strand Palace Hotel | 788 |
Number of floors in Strand Palace Hotel | 9 |
Another facilities in Strand Palace Hotel | Fitness center, Breakfast, Free WiFi, Accessible bathroom, Accessibility equipment |
