I think – and I say this tentatively because there are so many beautiful hotels and brilliant restaurants in London – but I think that The Beaumont Hotel and its restaurant, The Colony Grill Room, might just have sailed up to the top of my recommendations list.
I stayed at The Beaumont (it’s in Mayfair, opposite side of Oxford Street to Selfridges) about two years ago and loved it. My room was so suave and old school posh – plush carpets, marble surfaces in the bathroom and the most impeccable finish on absolutely everything – it was a real change from the minimalist spaces that you often get at expensive London hotels. This was all smoked glass, dark wood and cleverly-placed strips of mirror – it was like inhabiting a Tom Ford movie set. Just my style, which you’ll know if you’ve seen the odd picture of the inside of my house or, indeed, remember the interior from my previous house. I returned to The Beaumont just before Christmas for lunch at The Colony Grill Room – I had breakfast there when I stayed overnight, and it was glorious, but I have always wanted to sample the proper menu. Mr AMR and I had originally booked for dinner on my birthday a month ago, but had cancelled because he was so full of cold and wouldn’t have been able to taste anything anyway! And I’m really glad we postponed – lunch at The Colony was absolutely worth waiting for.
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