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Our favourite rooms: Bright, bold decor makes every room a winner, but Mr & Mrs Smith love the split-level Loft Suites. The fifth-floor, open-plan Penthouse Suite has additional TVs in the bathroom, for those who like to watch while they wash. We’d much rather hang out in its walk-in shower/steam room or spend the night gazing out across its incredible city-skyline views, though…
Packing tips: Opera glasses, if you plan on taking in a West End show. A central London street map – there’s a lot to see within walking distance, including Soho Square, theatreland and the British Museum.
Also: Leave plenty of extra space in your suitcase for all that shopping from Oxford Street and Covent Garden. All shopped out, or in need of some last-minute grooming? In-room beauty treatments can be arranged – just ask the concierge.

Need to Know, Charlotte Street Hotel, London, UK

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Charlotte Street Hotel

London, United Kingdom[view map]

Style: Arty-smarty English eccentric
Setting: Bang-central Bloomsbury

The Charlotte Street Hotel epitomises London living: an elegant bar, intimate bistro, smart private cinema, comfortable rooms with low-key luxe décor – and that all-important quiet-yet-central location. Taking the Bloomsbury Set for its inspiration, this London boutique hotel brings together fine art and a fresh colour palette to create the perfect city luxury stay.

Need to know

Rooms: 52, including 13 suites.
Rates: £220–£550; One Bedroom Suite and Penthouse Suite, from £1,150, excluding VAT. Continental breakfast, £16.50; Full English, £19. Other choices, from £4.
Check-out: 11am, but flexible subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
Facilities: Private screening room, library, drawing room, gym, library, WiFi throughout (£20 a day), laundry, valet parking. In rooms: flatscreen TV, DVD/CD player, iPod dock, Tivoli radio, minibar, Frette bedlinen, Miller Harris toiletries.
Hotel closed: Never.
Also: Smoking rooms are available, however smoking is not permitted anywhere else in the property. Pets unfortunately cannot be accommodated. Preloaded iPods are available to borrow.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant: The Oscar (named for the award-winning films screened in the adjacent private cinema) is Charlotte Street Hotel’s bold, bright bistro restaurant; settle in for Modern British classics such as grilled Dover sole and roast chicken with savoy cabbage, pancetta and chestnuts. Oscar also gives great breakfast.
Dress code: Think Bloomsbury artist and affect an air of casual indifference (while wearing your favourite city-chic outfit, of course).
Top table: Grab a table for two on the tapestry-print banquette beside the bar – one of you gets to admire the cinematically colourful 1910-style mural; the other gets a wide-angle view of the whole restaurant and its open kitchen.
Last orders: Oscar is open for breakfast (7am–11am), lunch (noon–3pm) and dinner (5pm–11pm); last drinks are mixed at midnight. After that, adjourn to the art-filled drawing room for digestifs from the honesty bar.
Room service: A round-the-clock 24-hour room service menu should keep those hunger pangs (or champagne requests) taken care of. You can also take afternoon tea in the drawing room or library.
Hotel bar: The buzzy Oscar bar is popular with Bloomsbury’s media crowd for after-work cocktails and sharing plates. Perch atop a multicolour humbug-striped stool and sip an Oscar Limeade (Grey Goose vodka and apricot brandy muddled with fresh lime) with a tapas platter of chorizo, manchego and octopus, or knock back rock oysters with a glass of fizz.

Also worth knowing

Children: Welcome. Most rooms can accommodate a crib (free) and Deluxe Rooms and above can fit an extra bed (£40 a night). Nannies available, from £8 an hour. More…

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