The Dorchester

Frommer's Review

One of London's best hotels, it has all the elegance of the Connaught, but without the upper-crust attitude that can verge on snobbery. Few hotels have the time-honored experience of "the Dorch," which has maintained a tradition of fine comfort and cuisine since it opened in 1931. Breaking from the neoclassical tradition, the most ambitious architects of the era designed a building of reinforced concrete clothed in terrazzo slabs. The Dorchester boasts guest rooms outfitted with Irish linen sheets on comfortable beds, plus all the electronic gadgetry you'd expect, and double- and triple-glazed windows to keep out noise, along with plump armchairs, cherrywood furnishings, and, in many cases, four-poster beds piled high with pillows.

Facilities:
3 restaurants; bar; babysitting; concierge; health club & spa; room service

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