The Treehouse Hotel London review that stays with you is not about the 12th-floor panorama, impressive as that is. It is about a mustard cuckoo clock, a Magic 8 Ball and a Toy Story piggy bank arranged on a shelf with enough deadpan confidence to make you wonder why every hotel does not do exactly this. This is a place built on a specific and earnest idea: that the feelings a child gets from building a treehouse (independence, cosiness, a sense of having claimed a small piece of the world) can be translated into a grown-up stay in the middle of London.
Treehouse Hotel London opened in 2019 as the first property in what has since become a small but growing chain operated by SH Hotels & Resorts. The brand shares a parent company with American boutique label 1 Hotels, and its philosophy leans hard on local sourcing, handmade goods, found objects and eco-friendliness. The London address is at 14-15 Langham Place, W1B 2QS, visible from Oxford Circus, though the building itself, a solid block of utilitarian grey occupying floors nine to 16 of a former office tower, does little to advertise itself. A large sculpture of a robin at street level is the first hint that something more considered is happening above.
The Rooms: High Up, Wide Open
Rooms run from the ninth to the 14th floor, and a lookout king on the 12th delivers one of the finer views available in a London hotel. Because there are no skyscrapers interrupting the sightlines to the west, the panorama runs from Battersea Power Station’s cream chimneys all the way out to the hills above Harrow. A full-width window frames it, with reading nooks built into the sill, a detail that signals Treehouse Hotel London is genuinely thinking about what guests do in a hotel room, not just what the room looks like in photographs.
The interiors layer up the treehouse theme with enough commitment that it never feels like a gimmick. Countless shades of warm wood soften the building’s original concrete beams. A tree appears to grow through the bathroom wall. Bird motifs turn up on the bed throw and cushions. Camping-style enamel mugs sit beside the coffee machine. The blackout blind covers the full width of that enormous window, the bed and pillows are generously smothering, and the shower delivers proper pressure. For a hotel that opened in 2019, there is not a scuff or a worn edge in sight.
In-room amenities are straightforward rather than lavish: mini fridge, coffee machine, ironing board, safe. The storage is neatly arranged and practical. Rates start from £269 per night.
Food, Drink and What Else Is On Offer
The top two floors belong to the hotel’s dining and drinking. Madera, a Cali-Mexican restaurant on the 15th floor, covers breakfast, lunch, dinner, weekend brunch and afternoon tea. A classic English breakfast here arrives with patatas bravas, chilli-flaked poached eggs and peppery black beans, an á la carte morning with 15th-floor views over the West End that is hard to fault. The Nest, the rooftop bar one floor above, draws a livelier crowd and charges accordingly; London has no shortage of rooftop venues with more to recommend them.
Beyond the food, the hotel is lean on facilities. There is no gym, no spa, no pool. Filtered water throughout and a persistently pleasant woody scent in the corridors are pleasant touches rather than amenities in any conventional sense. The staff were efficient rather than warm. Whether that bothers you depends on how much time you plan to spend downstairs.
A Chain With Growing Ambitions
London remains the flagship, but the Treehouse chain has been expanding. Treehouse Manchester is a revitalisation of an existing 14-storey hotel, adding 224 keys to the brand’s portfolio. Treehouse Sunnyvale in Silicon Valley brings 254 keys. According to PR Newswire, Treehouse Brickell in Miami is a 191-key property scheduled to open in 2026, while HOTELSMag.com reports that Treehouse Adelaide is expected to open in 2027 with 248 keys. The concept is clearly finding an audience well beyond its London origins.
Back on Langham Place, the location earns its keep. Oxford Circus Underground station (Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines) is a five-minute walk, but the hotel sits just far enough from the Oxford Street bustle for the rooms to be genuinely quiet. Fitzrovia and Marylebone are immediately to hand; Soho and Mayfair are an easy walk. For a base from which to move around the West End, it is nearly impossible to improve on the position.
Treehouse Hotel London is not a full-service hotel in the traditional sense, and it does not pretend to be. What it offers instead (those views, that room, that insistent and rather charming commitment to the bit) is more than enough to justify the stay. Treehouse Brickell in Miami opens in 2026: by then, the London original will have had seven years to prove the idea travels. It has.