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The Dorchester Review
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The Dorchester
$$$$$, Mayfair
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 Floris toiletries. Furnishings throughout are English country-house style, with more than a hint of art deco, in keeping with the original 1930s building. The Dorchester is many things, but it's not subtle. The hotel has embraced modern technology, and employs "e-butlers" to help guests figure out the advanced Web TVs in the rooms. The recently renovated bar is receiving rave reviews, but its award-winning martinis don't come cheap (at £12.50).
Member Reviews & Ratings:
Overrated
Posted by Andrew from Jerusalem on 2/23/06
As one of London's most expensive hotels, I'd expect better. The Staff was not so pleasant in my opinion. There was a certain, arrogant attiude about them and they often looked at you like you did not deserve to be there. When we called the bellhop to have our luggage taken down to the car out front, it took them 15-20 minutes to arrive. The Room service though was prompt. I can't comment on the restaurants since we didn't eat at them during our two night stay. The Atmosphere has a very "been there, done that" feel to it. It felt like a luxury hotel from the 1970's. The Rooms are nice, but overrated in my opinion. Internet access from the room for 24 hours was 19 pounds which was ridiculous. 9 pounds to watch a movie? You can do better with your money.
INFO
- Address: Park Lane, Mayfair, London, W1A 2HJ
- Phone: 020/7629-8888
- Fax: 020/7409-0114
- Web site
- Hotel Details: 195 rooms, 55 suites
- In-room: safe, DVD, Internet.
- In-hotel: 3 restaurants, bar, gym, spa, laundry service, parking (paid), no-smoking rooms. minibar.
- Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V
- Tube: Marble Arch, Hyde Park Corner
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