The Dorchester - Dorchester Collection

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  • Rooms

    18.0

  • Service

    17.5

  • Public Spaces

    18.0

  • Overall

    16.5

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Neighborhood: Mayfair

Style: Traditional Elegance

Atmosphere: Lively

250 Rooms

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About The Dorchester:
The Dorchester Hotel is a luxury boutique hotel located in the Mayfair area of central London. The Dorchester is just outside of Hyde Park and a short distance to London's most exclusive shopping areas, including New Bond Street, Old Bond Street and Knightsbridge. The Dorchester houses four restaurants, The Promenade, The Grill, Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester and China Tang.

Tablet Hotels review:
The hotel business has of late become so fashion-oriented that it’s hard sometimes to remember there was life before the boutique hotel. But as the upstarts slowly move upscale, increasingly incorporating elements of old-world luxury alongside their trademark visual flash, one is reminded of the hotels that have always done luxury well; that is to say, the original grand hotels themselves — and if you’re paying grand-hotel prices anyway, for a closet-sized room with white walls and “funky” taps on the basin…

The Dorchester is the grand hotel the way it ought to be. Not stuffy, but upright; not excessive, but opulent; and all in that country-estate style, transported to the city, which seemed to make so much sense at the time. The location is unbeatable, at least for leisure travelers, just across from Hyde Park, and the service is of the discreet and professional variety, treating A-listers and no-listers alike as though they were visiting royalty.

Bedrooms are a vision of Thirties elegance, though with certain concessions to technological modernity (42” plasma screens, if you’re lucky). Bathrooms are big and lavish, all in Italian marble, with what may or may not be the deepest tubs in London (they’re certainly deep enough). The Dorchester has its own bars and restaurants, naturally, but we wouldn’t presume to tell you where to eat or drink; suffice to say that in the hotel’s immediate environs you’ll have little trouble finding something suitable — and anyway half the fun consists in being seen coming and going.