Aparthotels, an increasingly popular alternative to boutique hotels, provide fully equipped kitchens, spacious living areas and home-like amenities, making them ideal for both short stays and extended visits. Spacious hotel rooms in capital cities like London are a rarity unless you have a large budget. And you can enjoy the independence of self-catering while still benefiting from hotel-style services such as housekeeping and concierge support. Native by Numa, an aparthotel group with properties in London, Manchester and Glasgow, is a smart new alternative to traditional hotel stay.
Each Native by Numa property emphasises location, design and size. Indeed, one of the best things about a stay at The Marlo in Marylebone is the fantastic location, steps from Marylebone high street, a less touristy, central London neighborhood with buzzy cafes and independent shops. In fact, you’ll feel like a local staying in any of the group’s chic apartments.
Each property has a concierge on site during working hours so it feels like a proper hotel check in and there’s someone on call 24/7. The idea is that you’ll be staying in a spacious apartment as opposed to a small London hotel room but will still enjoy the thoughtful service of boutique hotels. Other London aparthotels are in a Grade II listed building near St Paul’s Cathedral, a converted Victorian tea warehouse on the Southbank and in historic buildings in Hyde Park and Mayfair.
Bring Your Pets to Stay
For guests who like to travel with pets, Native by Numa has just partnered with London Pet Club to make its London aparthotels even more pet-friendly. Guests staying at Bankside, King’s Wardrobe, Mayfair or Hyde Park can now enjoy daily dog walking and in-room pet sitting from 7am–10pm, bookable via QR code or online.
The starting rate for a studio at The Marlo in peak season is £530 per night, and it is from £250 per night during low season. The Marlo is bookable for a minimum of 7 nights.
Where to Eat Near The Marlo, Marylebone
There are plenty of non-chain restaurants in the area, such as Chef Angela Hartnett’s Cafe Murano Marylebone serving delicious Italian food including hand-rolled pasta, half chicken Salmoriglio, roasted to perfection in a zesty sauce of lemon, garlic and fresh herbs and the extremely moreish rigatoni al ragù bianco, a white bolognese-style pasta from Tuscany. Opso from Chef Nikos Roussos offers modern Greek food with recent menu highlights like lightly cured sea bass in smoked aubergine broth and lamb shank with fresh black truffles. Also from Chef Roussos is Kima, a delightful seafood restaurant that embraces a “fin to gill” philosophy meaning “use-all, waste-not” with dishes using the entire fish from head to tail. Santo Remedio on Thayer Street serves fantastic regional Mexican specialities like Cochinita Pibil and Aguachile Rojo. Caldesi is rightly loved for its authentic Italian regional cuisine. Try the spaghetti vongole or the seabass ravioli, both house favorites. Newly opened Fire & Wine, on New Quebec Street, offers delicious Sunday roasts like 30 day dry-aged picanha carved to share and smoky pork belly cooked over open flames. Fischer’s has a classic Viennese menu of schnitzel, sausages and strudel, from early morning breakfast and afternoon coffee and cake, to a late-night dinner.
Native by Numa, St Paul’s
For culture lovers, The Kings Wardrobe, St Paul’s is a great choice. It’s a short walk from the Tate Modern, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and Borough Market via the Millennium Bridge and Tower Bridge. The building was known as the Royal Wardrobe in the 14th century, as it housed the king’s state and ceremonial robes and those of the Royal Family. Coq D’Argent, a rooftop restaurant at One Poultry, is a solid choice for French food while the buzzy The Ned, in a glorious former banking hall, offers 11 stellar dining choices from Mexican to fine dining.
Native by Numa, Bankside
The Native by Numa property, Bankside, is in a large warehouse on an atmospheric cobbled street, near the river Thames. It’s also near many of the city’s cultural hotspots like Tate Modern and the Southbank center. The former Victorian tea warehouse has been restored this building to its former glory with polished concrete, exposed brick walls, and arched factory windows. A modern touch is its own fitness suite with Peloton bikes. There are great restaurant options in the newly expanded Borough market area including Cafe Francois, an excellent French brasserie featuring classic dishes such as French onion soup, moules frites, and rotisserie chicken. For vegans, Mallow is one of the best in London, with dishes like wild mushroom ravioli and smoked pepper estofado.