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The Dorchester

Address: Park Lane, Mayfair, London, W1A 2HJ | Map It
Phone: 020/7629-8888
www.dorchesterhotel.com

Price range: $$$$
Location: Mayfair

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Fodor's Review:

Few hotels this opulent manage to be as personable. The glamour level is off the scale: 1,500 square yards of gold leaf and 1,100 square yards of marble. Bedrooms (some not as spacious as you might expect) have Irish linen sheets on canopied beds, brocades, velvets, and Italian marble and etched-glass bathrooms with toiletries created by Floris exclusively for the Dorchester. Furnishings throughout are English country-house style, with more than a hint of art deco, in keeping with the original 1930s building. The hotel has embraced modern technology, and employs "e-butlers" to help guests figure out the advanced Web TVs in the rooms. There are three elegant-to-the-point-of-fussy restaurants, including one helmed by Alain Ducasse, which is always making headlines. Pros: historic luxury; lovely views of Hyde Park; top-notch star-spotting. Cons: traditional look is not to all tastes; prices are high.

Hotel Details: 195 rooms, 55 suites
In-room: safe, DVD, Internet.
In-hotel: 3 restaurants, bar, gym, spa, laundry service, parking (paid).
Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V
Tube: Marble Arch, Hyde Park Corner