Hope Street Hotel

Liverpool, United Kingdom [view map]

Style: Open-plan elegance
Setting: Lofty Liverpool palazzo

Liverpool’s first boutique hotel, the Hope Street Hotel is within the city’s cultural quarter, near many restaurants and theatres, and the art deco Philharmonic Hall.

Need to know

Rooms: 48, including seven deluxe rooms, three studio rooms and seven suites.
Rates: £140–£350. Continental breakfast, £9.50; full English, £14.50. A la carte breakfast menu also available.
Check-out: Weekdays, 11am; weekends, midday. Later check‑outs charged at £10 an hour, subject to availability.
Facilities: Free WiFi, DVD/CD library. In rooms, minifridge/champagne chiller, wall‑mounted LCD TV, DVD/CD player, free broadband internet access, underfloor heating, mist‑free mirrors, ‘rain dance’ shower heads, REN toiletries.
Children: Welcome: games available; kitchen accommodating. Cots and extra beds for under‑14s can be provided in the studio rooms, at no extra cost.
Also: In‑room beauty treatments can be arranged, and small pets can be put up – a cleaning fee of £30 will be charged.

In the know

Our favourite rooms: Room 311 has a wonderful view over the rooftops. All suites have oak flooring and Bang & Olufsen TVs and DVD players. Suite 402 has the most spectacular view over the city, taking in the waterfront, the Mersey and (on a clear day) the Welsh hills; 406 is an open‑plan suite with a sloping ceiling, exposed beams and a mezzanine bathroom with a huge Italian wooden bathtub.
Packing tips: Binoculars or a zoom lens, for a close-up view of the Liver Birds atop the Liver Building.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant: Paul Askew is chef at the London Carriage Works, which offers a choice of menus, including à la carte, pre-theatre and tasting menus. His grown‑up Modern International dishes include confit of black‑faced Suffolk lamb and pan-roasted sea bass.
Dress code: Relaxed and urbane.
Top table: Table 15, nestled between the restaurant’s decorative glass shards.
Last orders: Lunch, 3pm; dinner, 9.30pm in the restaurant and 10pm in the brasserie. Bar: 11.30pm Monday–Thursday; 1.30am Friday and Saturday.
Room service: 24 hours: an all‑day menu including market specials, with a limited night menu available 10pm–7am.
Hotel bar: The Residents’ Lounge is a cocktail bar (open Thursdays to Saturdays only) with table service and live music – watch out for ivory tinklers on the Steinway grand piano and try one of the Pimm’s Royale champagne cocktails.

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