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Our favourite rooms: The huge sixth-floor Terrace Suite is the ultimate London crashpad: vast, with an open fireplace and a large roof terrace overlooking the rooftops of St James. Even more decadence-drippingly exclusive, the St James and Westminster Suites (which can combine to create the Penthouse) are accessed via their own private lift. More modest – but still featuring the same sumptuous silk wallpapers, polished stone bathrooms and hi-tech gadgetry – are the Executive Rooms – ask for one with a Jacuzzi or a balcony.
Packing tips: Don’t forget your iPod for the in-room docking station. Mr Smith should definitely bring an extra bag (or money to buy one) – the gentlemen’s tailoring options in Mayfair are unparalleled in London.
Also: Don’t miss the hotel’s cocktail hour, not just for the delicious concoctions on offer in the bar, but also for the ever-changing popcorn flavour of the day.

Need to know, St James's Hotel & Club, London, UK

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Smith card offer: A bottle of house white wine
Current special offer: 30% off

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St James's Hotel & Club

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Style: Rejuvenated gentleman’s club
Setting: Moments from Mayfair

In the parkside heart of London’s clubland (of the cognac-sipping, rather than dance variety), the red and white Victorian façade of St James’s Hotel & Club hides the grown-up glamour within. Newly revamped and restored, the décor captures that quintessential Mayfair elegance and then some, with Murano chandeliers, a priceless collection of portraiture and the most snooze-worthy beds you’ll ever sleep in.

Need to know

Rooms: 60, including 10 suites.
Rates: £245–£2,500, excluding breakfast (£20 for Continental) and tax.
Check-out: Midday, but possibly later, if availability permits. Check-in, 3pm.
Facilities: In-room spa and beauty treatments, free WiFi throughout, valet parking (£55 a day). In rooms: flatscreen TV, VDA multimedia system with music and videos, iPod dock, minibar, free bottled water, Hpnos beds, L’Occitane toiletries.
Also: The hotel has an impressive stash of 20th-century portraiture, including the 1920s–50s Rosenstein Collection, which adorns its public spaces and suites.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant: St James’s haute-cuisine restaurant, Seven Park Place, spreads itself over a few small and simple rooms around the bar area, leant a fresh feel by the lemon-yellow banquettes and black and cream slipper chairs. In addition to the jus and foams of the dinner selection, there’s an all-day bar menu of more low-key gastro-pub dishes in William's Bar & Bistro.
Dress code: Modern Mayfair man, poised Piccadilly princess.
Top table: For privacy, secure the spot in the alcove by the window.
Last orders: Dinner is served until 10pm, lunch from midday to 2pm and breakfast from 7am to 10.30am.
Room service: A menu of salads, soups and pasta is available 24 hours a day.
Hotel bar: With walls lined with contemporary artworks and a smart palette of gold, lemon and blue hues, St James’s hotel bar is a discreet champagne-supping spot for West London’s smart set. Every Thursday, a DJ brings his decks and injects some more buzz into the atmosphere. The club area is a suitably wood-panelled space; ideal for thumbing through the papers or pawing through a novel.

Also worth knowing

Children: Welcome; baby cots and extra beds for under-12s are provided free. Andaman restaurant has a kids’ menu, and babysitting can be arranged (minimum four hours) with three days' notice.

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