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.

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.

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.

In the know

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.

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.

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Smith concierge

If you'd prefer to talk to someone, or don't want to book online, call our travel team on 1 866 610 3867. We guarantee you’ll get the best available rates, and we don’t charge a booking fee.

Charlotte Street Hotel

15–17 Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury, London, W1T 1RJ