The Londoner Hotel
One of the biggest construction projects the West End has ever seen yielded one of the most full-featured and well-located hotels, rising eight floors above Leicester Square and digging another eight below it. Standard rooms, in soothing putty-and-taupe tones, are less spacious than what Americans are used to for the price—what else is new, London?—but are unquestionably quiet, beautifully designed for coziness, and luxurious. Compensating for their size, they hit some luxury marks: wood paneling, inviting beds, marble bathrooms with heated robot toilets, plenty of charging ports. And if you’re lucky enough to get a southern view, you can see the roof of the National Gallery and the Eye from your bed.
Stay here, and you get access to a library-like lounge with nibbles and a bar for guests (The Residence, pictured below) and a spa-connected indoor pool (free to use) ideal for melting away the stress from hours of treading city pavements or shouldering through the street life of the surrounding neighborhood on crazy weekend nights. You should make heavy use of those latter amenities, which grant the sense of exclusivity and indulgence that the hotel’s image promises, to justify the cost.
One of the biggest construction projects the West End has ever seen yielded one of the most full-featured and well-located hotels, rising eight floors above Leicester Square and digging another eight below it. Standard rooms, in soothing putty-and-taupe tones, are less spacious than what Americans are used to for the price—what else is new, London?—but are unquestionably quiet, beautifully designed for coziness, and luxurious. Compensating for their size, they hit some luxury marks: wood paneling, inviting beds, marble bathrooms with heated robot toilets, plenty of charging ports. And if you’re lucky enough to get a southern view, you can see the roof of the National Gallery and the Eye from your bed.
Stay here, and you get access to a library-like lounge with nibbles and a bar for guests (The Residence, pictured below) and a spa-connected indoor pool (free to use) ideal for melting away the stress from hours of treading city pavements or shouldering through the street life of the surrounding neighborhood on crazy weekend nights. You should make heavy use of those latter amenities, which grant the sense of exclusivity and indulgence that the hotel’s image promises, to justify the cost.
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