Melrose Arch

Melrose Arch Review

This ultramodern hotel is within the shopping, dining, and residential enclave Melrose Arch. The eclectic decor mixes modern and traditional African influences, with high-tech colored lighting throughout and sculptures, baskets, and furnishings all highlighting the African locale. Even the elevators reflect this mix, with one representing the African day and the other, almost completely dark, suggesting the night. Mainly catering to businesspeople, the hotel has free Wi-Fi access in each room and in the public areas, including the warm, mahogany-clad library bar. The rooms are well equipped, and each has a view of the pool and garden. The pool area highlights the eccentric and modern taste that is echoed throughout the hotel, with trees planted in larger-than-life steel buckets, and tables and chairs set out in a few inches of water. Sip a cocktail here while soaking your feet in the heated pool, which has music piped underwater. Meals are offered at the stylish fusion restaurant, March.