In the midst of boisterous Covent Garden, this hotel is now the London home-away-from-home for a mélange of off-duty celebrities, actors, and style mavens. With painted silks, style anglais ottomans, and 19th-century Romantic oils, the public salons are perfect places to decompress over a glass of sherry from the honor bar. Guest rooms are World of Interiors stylish, each showcasing matching-but-mixed couture fabrics to stunning effect. For £30, the popular Saturday-night film club includes dinner in the brasserie and a film in the deluxe in-house cinema. Pros: great for star-spotting, and movie buffs. Cons: you can feel you don't matter if you're not a film star.
Reviewed by matthewmartina from New York on 3/21/07
A great Covent Garden hotel that we had an opportunity to stay in whilst in London, and another recommendation on the Instyle Hotels travel site, where again we got the best room rates. The rooms contained curtained bed heads, a laid-back blend of antique and modern furniture with the occasional quirky spin, and a scrumptious bathrooms of granite and mahogany. The service was exceptional and hotel totally met our expectation of being a romantic retreat in the heart of London. Thanks to Instyle Hotels, for giving us this recommendation and getting us a great rate, and the Covent Garden Hotel for making our London trip perfect.
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