Brown's Hotel
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Local restaurants
Mayfair is a hotbed of haute cuisine, with many of the capital's most hankered-after eateries clustered around its chic streets. The Wolsely (+44 (0)20 7499 6996) offers brasserie brilliance at the end of the street on Picadilly. Marco Pierre White's Mirabelle (+44 (0)20 7499 4636) is a short walk away on Curzon Street, and nearer still on Dover Street, Automat (+44 (0)20 7499 3033) serves modern American dishes in an elganrt wooden dining room. Just on the edge of Hyde Park, the Metropolitan hotel's gastro landmark, Nobu (+44 (0)20 7447 4747) still accommodates a hefty proportion of the London A-list every night.
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Nightlife
Louche and lively Aura (+44 (0)20 7499 9999) on St James' Street is a members' club, kitchen, and one of London's most cash-flashing club nights.
Worth getting out of bed for
You're at the heart of old London's best shopping network here, with the pick of Mayfair's Bond Streets, Dover Street and Conduit Street all a short amble away.
Aroma addicts should follow their noses to the beautiful Ormonde Jayne perfume boutique in the Royal Arcade at 28 Old Bond Street (+44(0)20 7499 1100; www.ormondejayne.com). Venture inside and pick up exquisitely packaged scents made with high-quality ingredients sourced from North Africa, the Orient and the Middle East.
The Royal Academy of Arts (+44 (0)20 7300 8000; www.royalacademy.org.uk) is such a short stumble away on Piccadilly it would be scandalous not to pop in and see what's hanging…
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