Purveyors of Exceptional Experiences
The Hux Kensington is the champion of forgotten details… the treasured touches that remain in your memory long after you check out. This sustainable, sensory sanctum in Kensington’s Royal Borough envelops you in dreamlike decadence as you step off the bustling West London streets. Here, you enter a fantastical world where it’s ok to swap the humdrum for hedonism… In fact, it’s very much encouraged.
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“The most beautiful & luxurious hotel I've had the pleasure of staying in. Very unique and classy decor throughout. The rooms are of the best quality and highest standard, it exceeded my expectations…”
Ayesha
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“Fabulous hotel in the heart of Kensington - a real hidden gem on the high street… I felt safe and extremely comfortable here and will be booking to stay on my next visit to London.”
Annabel
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“Our family of four was lucky enough to stay in a Hux suite and it was one of the best hotel experiences we’ve ever had. The Hux staff are incredibly, uniformly helpful. It’s clear customer service is prioritized and it makes for such an enjoyable stay.”
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Sumptuous, whimsical and divinely decorated
Staying at the Hux means that you are choosing to leave ordinary at the door. Great alone, but even better when you share. Our rooms are elegantly designed, with a touch of whimsy that will transport you to a divine retreat. Whichever room you choose, you can always expect the same Hux hospitality.
Hux Lounge
Masterfully crafted signature cocktails
Master of their trade, our bar staff are consummate perfectionists. Whether it’s a traditional cocktail or a more avant-garde libation, they always deliver drinks that are bursting with flair, flavour – and a potent punch. A great night starts with planning and making the right choices. Ensure that your evening is one filled with the most fun, best cocktails in one of London's coolest spots.
Hux Live
As night falls, the rhythms of life call
The Live Lounge is one of the most covetable spots to experience live music in London. Each week, the sultry den serves up some of the city’s best entertainment in tandem with its saporous cocktails. Boasting an eclectic soundtrack of up-and-coming musical talent, it truly is the most pleasurable place to unwind with someone very special.
“Hux Hotel and Bar offers more than just a dining experience, it’s an adventure for the senses.”
Our origin
The Curious Case of Lord Horatio Huxley
It’s hard to imagine Kensington without The Hux; the flamboyant hotel, yes, but more so the man whose legend built it.
But the site wasn’t always a place for decadent cocktails and velvet lounges. Long ago, it was a private residence, the extraordinary home of Lord Horatio Huxley.
Adventurer, collector, hedonist, Lord Huxley was many things and always an enigma. A naturalist with a flair for spectacle, he was famed for the wildly imaginative world he built behind the grand doors of his townhouse. It brimmed with towering tropical plants, exquisite art, rare curiosities from across the globe, and, of course, animals.
But not just any animals.
Lord Huxley adored the exotic, the enormous, and the utterly unexpected—creatures that astonished even the most travelled of his high-society guests. Naturally, they were allowed to roam freely throughout his home and taught the most wonderful things.
There were Russian black bears in silk smoking jackets who sipped sherry, never vodka, on principle. Lions who debated philosophy by the fireside, their golden manes flickering in the candlelight. Giraffes who developed a profound love of afternoon tea, always served in fine bone china or not at all. And rumour has it that the term ‘swinger’ originated from a monkey that seduced more than a couple of ladies while their partners were in the gentlemen’s room.
Each animal was part of Lord Huxley’s eccentric household, complete with its own character, charm and curious habits.
As for the man himself, Lord Huxley was known to indulge in pleasures best left to rumour. A well-connected figure in London’s most bourgeois circles, he hosted nights of extraordinary spectacle, eccentricity and delight. Events that lived on in whispers long after the candles had burned out.
Though long past, his spirit lingers in every velvet covering and in every oversized, swirled marble finial on the staircase. Lord Horatio Huxley’s legacy lives on.
We continue to honour what it means to be Huxy, in our eccentric, sometimes strange, but never boring style.
And we like to think Lord Huxley’s spirit still wanders these halls, raising his glass in support of our unapologetically indulgent haven, always ensuring that life remains delightfully unexpected
