Need to know

Rooms

58.

Rates

£235–£1,150, including breakfast; excludes VAT.

Check-out

11am.

Facilities

Gym, beauty room (book treatments in advance), library, state-of-the-art cinema.

Children

Children welcome, babysitting and nannies available by prior arrangement.

Also

Classic films screened on Saturdays at 8pm.

In the know

Our favourite rooms

The Loft Suite is where Armani’s fashion entourage often stay. The Four-poster Suite has a plasma screen and the largest bed in London, measuring eight foot square.

Packing tips

Opera glasses.

Also

Book restaurants and theatre tickets well in advance.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant

Brasserie Max serves fabulous Modern European. Breakfast is from 7am to 11am.

Dress code

No jacket required.

Top table

Ask for a table away from the entrance.

Last orders

11pm in both restaurant and bar.

Room service

24 hours.

Smith card offer A complimentary bottle of house champagne on arrival

All members booking through Mr & Mrs Smith are eligible for special privileges at any Smith hotel they stay in, with perks ranging from free champagne on arrival to spa treatments and gourmet dinners. Check the bottom of each hotel page to see what offer is available at that particular hotel and remember to mention your Smith card when booking with us - and don't forget to show your card at front desk when you check in.

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Smith concierge

If you’d prefer to talk to someone, or you’re having trouble booking online, ring our travel team on 0845 034 0700 (+44 20 8987 4312 from outside the UK). We guarantee you’ll get the best available rates, and we don’t charge a booking fee.

Covent Garden Hotel

10 Monmouth Street, London WC2

BKB in Soho (+44 (0)20 7734 5656) for inexpensive bistro food in buzzy surrounds. Eat up at the bar at Le Caprice (+44 (0)20 7629 2239): fantastic for people-watching. Hakkasan (+44 (0)20 7927 7000) for the best Modern Asian. Celebrity favourite the Ivy (+44 (0)20 7836 4751). Locanda Locatelli (+44 (0)20 7935 9088) for Michelin-starred Italian. The Savoy Grill (+44 (0)20 7592 1600) for the best in Modern British. See www.gordonramsay.com for details of Gordon Ramsay’s outstanding London restaurants. Mon Plaisir on Monmouth Street, W1 (+44 (0)20 7836 7243) is the oldest French restaurant in London and a fun place for a pre-theatre meal.

CVO Firevault on Great Titchfield Street is a cosy bar beneath a showroom. Salvador & Amanda is a DJ bar with tapas at 8 Great Newport Street. Windows on the 28th floor of the Hilton on Park Lane has fabulous views. For fantastic late-night espresso try Bar Italia on Frith Street in Soho. Lab bar on Great Compton Street is just around the corner and has mean mixologists. Also in Soho, The Endurance on Berwick Street is great for a pint or posh pub grub.

Chinawhite (020 7343 0040) is louche and decadent.

All the West End theatres are on your doorstep (www.ticketmaster.co.uk), as is the Royal Opera House (www.royalopera.org). Major art spaces include the National Gallery (www.nationalgallery.org.uk) and Tate Modern (www.tate.org.uk). See the city from the London Eye (www.londoneye.com). Take a riverboat cruise from Embankment to Greenwich (www.londontown.com/sightseeing). Somerset House (www.somerset-house.org.uk) for ice-skating in the winter and concerts in the summer.

June Spitalfields Festival for classical music concerts (www.spitalfieldsfestival.org.uk). September London Open House weekend (www.londonopenhouse.org), when buildings of architectural and cultural interest open their doors to the public. November London Film Festival (www.lff.org.uk).