Top 10 Luxury London 5Star Hotels

1. Luxury London 5star Hotels

London based Battersea luxury 5 star Eco hotel Rafael best in bar, restaurant, day spa, banqueting and Conference venue and brunch recipes. Rafael Environmentally and car friendly hotel provides cupcakes and afternoon tea.

2. Yotel Heathrow Airport

Hot on the heels of the first Yotel, which opened at Gatwick Airport in spring 2007, the second opened in Heathrow's terminal four in December. Its revolutionary cabin concept is modeled on first-class aeroplane accommodation.

3. Hotel 55

This substantial Edwardian house converted into a modern hotel is something of a rarity in a large city - it's affordable and homely yet stylish. The breakfast/dining room is in a glass-covered extension overlooking the garden , and there is a surprisingly slick bar area, open 24 hours, where you can order cocktails while you slave over a hot laptop.

4. myhotel Bloomsbury

An unbeatable address if you want to hang out in Soho, walk back from Theatreland or stroll to the British Museum. East meets west here, in one of the capital's first boutiques (opened in 1999).

5. The Rookery

A warren of bijou quirky, character-packed rooms hewn from two Dickensian buildings, this hotel is a stone's throw from Smithfield meat market, the Old Bailey, Fabric nightclub and a host of hot restaurants.

6. The Hoxton

London Don't be discouraged by the unprepossessing exterior, inside you'll find Frette linen, flat-screen TVs, cocktails and bistro-style dining. If you want to stay in the City of London's Square Mile, this "urban lodge" as it calls itself.

7. Guesthouse West

A 20-room B&B with a difference – you can pay by the night, in the normal way, or if you think you might become a regular you can invest in a room. In return you get to use it 52 nights per year and receive a rental return the rest of the time.

8. Fox and Anchor

"Hops and chops, cuvees and duvets", says the Fox and Anchor's website, a clue that this beautifully preserved London hostelry on a little side street close to Smithfield aims to offer the best of both worlds.

9. Piccadilly Backpackers

Space-saving Pods, four- to 10-bed dorms, private single and double rooms - there is something to suit every traveller's budget at this hostel which has 700 beds over five highly individual floors decorated by specially commissioned artists.

10. Portobello

Models, the pop fraternity and those in the know retire behind the low-key entrance to this elegant neo-classical mansion off the famous Portobello Road. Forget pared-down functionalism, this place is all about sexy indulgence among drapes, flounces, potted palms and four-poster beds with splendid dashes of oriental exoticism for good measure.