Hotel in London.

[Gonzo]

We're staying the whole weekend of the CUK Xmas do, and we need somewhere to stay.

Last year we stoped at the Sanderson, but I got a bit p*ssed off with the bar (which is the most important bit, lets be honest!) so I dont want to stay there again.

I love St Martins Lane hotel too, but I've stayed there before.

What I'm looknig for is uber swankyness (as it'll be our AGM after all)
Excellent cocktail/brandy bar
Perfect location for shopping on the Saturday (although, everywhere in London is easy to get to I think).
Easy enough to meet you lot on the Firday (which we cant answer, as we dont know where we're going yet!)

Any ideas?

I was thinking of the Met, but I'm not sure where Park Lane is in relation to anything (except on a monopoly board!)

Don't mess about, book the Dorchester! Not sure that you would like the bar, but swanky cocktails it certainly does.

Park Lane is not too far from anywhere. It is between the western ends of Piccadilly and Oxford Street so perfect for shopping. I would never get on the tube to do a journey that starts and ends within in an area bounded by Park Lane to the west, Covent Garden to the east, Charing Cross to the south or the Marylebone road to the north. It is easier to walk (but then I do know where I am going)

[sasguru]

http://www.hazlittshotel.com/

I really liked it here Sal, I am not sure about the bar, I was otherwise occupied, but there are loads of bars in Soho.

Aye. Why stay in a boring hotel bar when you're in the greatest city in the world. I'm disappointed with you. Plenty of good late night bars if you do your research. Also here's a little secret: you're less likely to get any aggro in London (depending where you are of course) then any other place in the country. Not a lot of people know that ...

PS If you want swanky, try this:
http://www.milesfaster.co.uk/london-...ital-hotel.htm

Location is the poshest part of London and loads of nightlife around there. You're likely to bump into the princes tulip-faced.

[snaw]

Gotta agree with Sasguru - wtf are you doing picking your hotel based on the hotel bar when you're in London - there's a million and one bars that beat the sh!t out of the rest of the country, plenty open late. Go forth and sample.

[Fishface]

Charlotte St - round the corner from the Sanderson

or

the one on Seven Dials in Covent Garden

or

the Trafalgar - the bar is the former ticket office for the Titanic

[Moscow Mule]

Also here's a little secret: you're less likely to get any aggro in London (depending where you are of course) then any other place in the country. Not a lot of people know that ...

Because everybody thinks everybody else is hiding a ****** machete or revolver down their trou.

[sasguru]

Because everybody thinks everybody else is hiding a ****** machete or revolver down their trou.

It works like the US. If everyone is armed, everyone is polite.


No seriously, though - I've lived in various places and had less agro in London than anywhere. And I've lived in some really dodgy bits of London.
I think it's just the confidence

[snaw]

I think the rest of the UK is palpably more dangerous than London in my experience, especially on a Friday/Sat night - honestly don't think I've seen a fight in the last 3 years here - lucky if you get away with that in a weekend in most other towns and cities ...

[SallyAnne]

I think the rest of the UK is palpably more dangerous than London in my experience, especially on a Friday/Sat night - honestly don't think I've seen a fight in the last 3 years here - lucky if you get away with that in a weekend in most other towns and cities ...

Hmmmm, you might be pretty but you do talk a load of tulipe.

[SallyAnne]

the Trafalgar - the bar is the former ticket office for the Titanic

Really?!!! That sounds so cool!!!!

I'm a massive Titanic nut - I've even touched it (which not many people can say!)

I might check that one out - cheers fishy

[Moscow Mule]

I'm a massive Titanic nut - I've even touched it (which not many people can say!)

On the ocean floor - 3,821 metres below sea level? Or a bit of it in a museum somewhere?