High Road House is the result of the Soho House Groups successful foray into deepest, darkest West London. Its the usual members club with rooms set-up  with Ilse Crawfords stylish imprints everywhere  but on a smaller scale than its more central siblings, Dean Street Townhouse and Shoreditch House.
Everything in the 14 rooms is ever-so carefully thought-out: a retro Bush wireless  white, of course  burbles out Radio 2 on arrival; labelled drawers contain tea and magazines, while bathrooms have pamper drawers of Cowshed products. The clapboard-clad walls are dotted with a combination of knick knacks and handier bits and bobs  from hand mirrors and hot water bottles to hair dryers, and the holy grail of in-room goodies, hair straighteners.
Design-wise, the bar and restaurant downstairs have a busier, but no-less stylish feel: from the patterned wallpaper that covers the walls to the turquoise tub chairs and the shag-pile carpet on the floor of the Play Pen. On the quality score, its very much a case of more of the same: the food in both eateries is excellent (and very reasonable), and the members bar has a cool, clubby vibe.
High Road House would be one of the best boutique hotels in London... except for the fact its not really in London at all; its in Chiswick. And the locations only really going to work if youve got a good reason to be in Chiswick (relatives in the neighbourhood, say, or an early flight from Heathrow, perhaps). Its practically the only thing youd quibble about, though.
Child-friendly: Not especially. Like the rest of its Soho House sibling, its more of a cool, media hangout.
Restaurant & bar: A couple of options here: the members/guests dining room and bar are the most appealing; but the public Brasserie is also excellent.
Location: The River Thames, with its leafy, pub-lined footpath, is very near at hand, while just across the river there's great shopping and dining in Kensington and Chelsea.
Getting there: High Road House is a two-minute walk from Turnham Green Tube station; from there Central London is 30 minutes away, while Heathrow Airport is about the same time away in the other direction.