Need to know
Rooms
91, including 16 suites
Check–Out
Noon. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
More details
Breakfast is not included but you can feast on all you fancy in the restaurant. For stays until 30 September 2021, five per cent tax is included in the rates. After October 2021, it's 20 per cent.
Also
Common areas are wheelchair accessible and there are a number of specially adapted rooms easily accessed via the lift.
At the hotel
Library (for guests only post-4pm), free WiFi throughout. In rooms: air conditioning, blackout curtain, king-size bed, fully stocked minibar, Argan bath products by Côté Bastide, complimentary newspaper delivery on request. In suites: standalone bath tubs.
Our favourite rooms
There are decorous details aplenty, whichever generously appointed room you're given the key to: vintage bakelite phones, marble-topped desks, mosaic-and-marble bathrooms, arresting artworks… But to sit and soak in a copper-bottomed bath tub while staring at the arched glass roof of the Royal Opera House is a particularly decadent draw of the aptly named Royal Opera Suite.
Packing tips
Thankfully you no longer need a lawyer in tow when you walk through the doors. Instead we'd recommend a Rossini reader/Puccini primer/Tchaikovsky cheat sheet if you're after a bit of backstory before your night at the opera.
Also
If you think the striking abstract artworks seen throughout the hotel have a certain expressive quality, you'd be right. They're the work of artist Caroline Denervaud, a former dancer who now applies her movements to paper using her body as a brush.
Pet‐friendly
Small dogs are welcome guests. There's no extra charge, but you'll have to fill in a pet waiver at check-in. See more pet-friendly hotels in London.
Children
Kids are most welcome – extra beds can be added and babysitting can be arranged for £85 an hour with two days notice – but it's more generally geared towards adults.