Need to know

Rooms

15, including nine suites.

Rates

£235–£360, not including breakfast or 15% taxes. Breakfast is an additional £12–£18 a person.

Check-out

Midday. Earliest check-in, 2pm.

Facilities

Free broadband, massage room, fitness room, laundry service, meeting facilities. In rooms: standard or flatscreen TV, CD/DVD player, air-conditioning, minibar, Molton Brown and Masseria San Domenico toiletries.

Poolside

There is no swimming pool at San Domenico House.

Children

Kids are welcome at the hotel. Complimentary cots are provided for under-threes, and extra beds can be added to rooms for £70–£110 a night. Babysitting is also provided for £10 an hour – though you need to give 48 hours notice.

Also

Fear not, nicotine addicts – you’re permitted to smoke in six of San Domenico House’s rooms.

In the know

Our favourite rooms

We absolutely love Room 103, a junior suite that’s fit for a queen. It comes with gloriously high ceilings, hardwood floors, ragged walls with original panelled features, a bed with a draped headboard and red velvet coverlet, gilt-framed mirrors, a beautiful antique desk and its own terrace overlooking Draycott Place. We also like Gallery Room 304, which is divided up by latticed screens made from antique wooden doors, and Deluxe Room 404, which has a small private terrace that looks out over the rooftops of Chelsea towards Battersea Power Station.

Packing tips

Make sure you remember your best pastel-coloured cashmere jumper – to wear over your shoulders, of course. You also might want to start practicing your plummy accent if you really want to fit in with the hotel’s Sloaney clientele.

Also

The hotel might not have any gardens, but there’s a small, secret terrace up on the top floor. If your room’s not blessed with outside space, then head up there and ask for some cocktails to be sent up to you.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant

The hotel doesn’t have its own restaurant, but the small breakfast room in the basement does offer traditional full silver service if you’re after some afternoon tea or coffee. The room is a lovely spot, with duck-egg blue wallpaper, brightly coloured silk curtains and golden damask everywhere, and sits just on the right side of formal.

Dress code

Go for creams and neutral colours – but avoid light-blues unless you want to camouflage yourself against the walls.

Top table

All of the white-clothed tables in the downstairs breakfast room are equally elegant.

Room service

Guests can order from a 24-hour room service menu, which contains a selection of breakfast, lunch and dinner dishes, as well as drinks and afternoon tea.

Hotel bar

There is no bar at San Domenico House. If you sit yourself down in one of the communal areas, though, it won’t be long before one of the staff comes over to see if you would like them to mix you a cocktail.

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San Domenico House

29–31 Draycott Place, London