A New Covent Garden Hotel That Actually Works For Families

By Nicole Damiano, ASTA Verified Travel Advisor with FG Luxury Travel · Updated October 2026

London has nine new hotels opening in 2026 and almost every single one of them is built for a couple with a dinner reservation, not a family of five trying to get everyone fed and in bed by 8.

I went through the list. The St. Regis in Mayfair is getting a 90 million pound redevelopment with a jazz bar. Waldorf Astoria is opening inside Admiralty Arch right on Trafalgar Square, all marble and history. Six Senses is taking over the old Whiteleys department store with a wellness club. Beautiful hotels. Not one of them is thinking about my kids.

The one I keep coming back to is The Other House in Covent Garden. It opens this year with 146 rooms and every single one has a kitchenette. Not a mini bar. An actual small kitchen where you can make toast, keep milk cold, and not pay London hotel prices for a bowl of cereal three mornings in a row.

Why the kitchenette changes the math

Feeding three kids breakfast and lunch out every day in central London adds up fast. A room where you can make your own breakfast and pack a lunch before you head out saves more over a week than a rooftop bar most of us will use once. Gavin and Jake would each eat a full box of cereal if I let them. That is a real number in a trip budget, not a small one.

The location is the other reason this one made my list. Covent Garden sits right in the Theatre District, walking distance to Somerset House, the Seven Dials shops, and the river. You are not adding a tube ride to get anywhere your kids actually want to go.

The building still has a rooftop bar and a pool below ground, so it is not pretending to be a budget stay. It is a proper hotel that happened to build in the one feature that makes a family trip easier.

If London is anywhere on your radar for next summer, this is the kind of hotel opening I keep in my back pocket before I start pricing anything out. Email me at nicole@fgluxurytravel.com and I will tell you if it is the right fit for your family, or if one of the flashier ones actually makes more sense for what you need.