Haymarket Hotel
London, United Kingdom [view map]
- Style
- Witty British bolthole
- Setting
- Theatreland thoroughfare
Country‑house charm meets London sophistication at this central boutique hotel right on Piccadilly Circus. Kit Kemp's quirky interiors and an eye-popping indoor pool turn the hotel into a lavish and relaxing retreat after days spent exploring the city's plentiful diversions.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 50, including 17 suites, and a separate two- to five-bedroom townhouse.
- Rates
- Doubles, £250–£310; Junior suites, £385; superior suites, from £1,750 up to £4,500 for a two- to five-bedroom townhouse. Rates exclude VAT and breakfast (£18.50 a person).
- Check-out
- 11am, although this is flexible. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
- Facilities
- Heated indoor pool, gym, treatment room, library, valet parking. In rooms, minibar, flatscreen TV and DVD player, CD player and iPod dock, WiFi (£20 for 24 hours), Miller Harris toiletries.
- Poolside
- There aren't many hotels in London that boast an 18-metre indoor pool as impressive as this one (if at all).
- Children
- Cots and beds are free for under-12s; over-12s are £40 plus VAT. Babysitting can be booked. Games on request.
- Also
- Smoking rooms are available.
In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Each room has its own palette of hues and patterns; we loved blue and brown Room 2, although it’s on the ground floor, which isn’t the quietest. Large corner rooms 111, 211 and 311 on the floors above have the same colour scheme. Deluxe doubles facing the courtyard are romantic. For wonderful views of London’s rooftops, get one of the smaller top-floor rooms; 402 has low-slung windows, giving it a first-class Haymarket vista. Junior Suite 100 has outdoor decking.
- Packing tips
- Bikinis or swimming trunks, so you can have a morning swim or afternoon dip in that gorgeous pool. An A–Z to help you navigate London's streets.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Brightly coloured Brumus Bar & Restaurant provides European brasserie classics, care of Roger Sergent’s excellent kitchen brigade.
- Dress code
- Savile Row sharpness or low-key London luxe.
- Top table
- We loved the cosy tables in the bar area; at night, a window seat is fun, but in daylight you might feel on view.
- Last orders
- 1am for drinks. Brumus restaurant is open 7am–11pm (11.45pm for the post-theatre menu and bar snacks).
- Room service
- Available 24 hours a day.
- Hotel bar
- During the day, the bar provides a place to pause for a cappuccino, or after the sun is past the yard arm, a few Haymarket Cosmos or Brumus Margaritas. Doors close at 11.45, but those in situ can carry on regardless till 1am.
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Haymarket Hotel
1 Suffolk Place, London SW1Y 4BP