Brown's Hotel
London, United Kingdom [view map]
- Style
- Understated elegance
- Setting
- Magnificent Mayfair
A bastion of Victorian glamour with a stylish modern sheen, Brown’s Hotel has been a byword for boutique brilliance for nearly two centuries.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 117, including 29 suites.
- Rates
- £450–£3,000; excludes breakfast (£20 each for Continental, £27 for full English) and VAT.
- Check-out
- Midday, though later check-out can be arranged for a fee.
- Facilities
- Spa, gym, library, DVD selection, valet parking (£50 a day), WiFi in all public areas (£10 for 24 hours). In rooms: flatscreen TV, minibar. Suites have DVD/CD players, iPod docks and Penhaglion toiletries. Deluxe Rooms and above have rain showers.
- Children
- Are welcome at the hotel. Extra beds can be put into rooms for a £50 charge, and cots are free. Babysitting (£14 an hour), cots, baths, bottle-warmers and high chairs are available on request.
- Eco-friendly
- Brown’s closely monitors energy use within the hotel to minimise wastage. Foodstuffs (and, where possible, staff) are locally sourced, and there’s a strong recycling programme in place.
- Also
- No pets, but guide dogs are welcome. Brown's is also the proud home to 2008's 'Concierge of the Year'.
In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Staying in the Kipling Suite – where Rudyard honeymooned with his wife more than 100 years ago, and penned much of his work – is an irresistibly glamorous experience. Alternatively, our favourite Executive Room is number 126, which offers a linen-upholstered bedhead facing an enormous mirror. The sculpted relief in the en-suite bathroom and the vases of fresh orchids make it all the more special.
- Packing tips
- Bring your best threads. Browsing nearby Bond Street’s boutiques or dipping into the nut selection in the Donovan Bar loses some of its cachet if you’re just wearing your tracksuit.
- Also
- Book a Classic Suite or above and you and your other Smith will be able to bask away in twin baths, with TVs at the end of each tub.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- The Albemarle is light and airy, thanks to huge windows that look out over Albemarle Street, while oak panelling and crisp linen-covered tables provide a touch of class. Afternoon tea in the English Tea Room is widely renowned.
- Dress code
- There’s no dress code as such, but the smartly dressed staff and your well turned-out fellow diners might make you want to think about your outfit.
- Top table
- Ask for a position beside the window, so you can watch Mayfair bustle as you tuck into your Dover sole.
- Last orders
- Dinner is served between 5.30pm and 11pm; the bar keeps its shakers a-quiver until 1am (midnight on Sunday).
- Room service
- A wide-ranging menu of meals and snacks is available 24 hours a day.
- Hotel bar
- The Bill Amberg-designed Donovan Bar is a buzzy hangout for both well-heeled guests and glitterati, who pour from Mayfair’s galleries and publishing houses to enjoy an intimate, convivial atmosphere and a live jazz soundtrack.
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Brown's Hotel
Albemarle Street
+44 (0)20 7493 6020
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