这家酒店感觉就像理想的伦敦家
经过Mary Gostelow/
普通话东方伦敦重返业务,如果有的话,它比以往任何时候都更受欢迎。通用汽车阿曼达·海德曼(Amanda Hyndman)在曼谷(Oriental Bangkok)经营普通话时,赞扬了许多敏锐的美国旅行者。现在,回到她的家园,她是典型的英式屋子的女士,讽刺地于1889年作为未婚绅士的中央伦敦垫子开业。
那些有特权的人都想要城镇和乡村,这是今天180键的酒店所提供的。九楼建筑物的一半房间直接在马路对面,到达了哈维·尼科尔斯(Harvey Nichols),右边有斯隆街(Sloane Street)和哈罗德(Harrods)。其他房间强调,这是唯一一家实际上在皇家公园里的酒店。客人可以看着绿叶海德公园,在一天中的不同时间看到骑兵骑行的特写景色,有时是在全部军事纪念中。
In December 2016, hotel owner Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group started a two-year total renovation, starting with one wing and then the other. A rooftop fire on June 6, 2018, called for a complete closure, with public areas reopened on Dec. 4 2018, and bedrooms opened this April. Looking back, Amanda Hyndman, who had joined her 600-strong team in volunteering during the closure, says reopening restaurants first got her “orchestra” back into professionalism worthy of the New York Philharmonic.
食客,其中80%来自外面,立即涌向。为什么这家酒店为骑士桥居民和其他人来说是如此的吸引力?他们喜欢赫斯顿(Heston)的现代晚餐,直视公园。丹尼尔·布鲁德(Daniel Boulud)的汉堡,牛排和炸薯条,在舒适的酒吧布鲁德(Bar Boulud)每周几次吸引一些食肉动物常客。玫瑰莓房间中的下午茶非常适合Ascot型帽子,并赶上了什么。至于酒吧,这是私募股权,不仅是在漫长的工作日结束时。
让我们看看酒店的其余部分。乔伊斯·王(Joyce Wang)管理着将英国历史与当今大自然结婚的奇迹。现在,正式的接待区是一个大窗户休息室,在别致的桌子对面,足以签入,直到明显的演变意味着大多数人都想以数字方式登记。在楼上,走廊是浅绿色的阴影,上面有淡褐色的地毯,显然在通用汽车说这是不切实际的之前的苍白。
我第一个想进入套房222的想法是这是一间宜居的伦敦公寓 - 沙龙和卧室,由一间大浴室隔开,所有三个都带有公园景观窗户。主房间的颜色是灰褐色的阴影,从浅木材的柔软的地毯上升起,环绕着镶板的墙壁到背光的檐口构架天花板。沙龙天花板带有水平灯具,上面有16个磨砂玻璃橡子,深色大理石装饰壁炉架的侧面是框架木材木头。
普通话东方的阁楼套房。照片:普通话东方。
A well-thought-out selection of books, with authors as diverse as John Le Carré and Sir David Tang, is next to an umbrella, furled and ready. The bathroom is a white marble haven, with Villeroy & Boch furniture, Gallarde robes, Liddell towels, both Jo Hansford and Miller Harris toiletries, and a plastic duck. The bed has a dark green padded leather headboard with fiber optics, Josephine Home linens; and, nearby, a closet with proper traditional wood hangers, plus a yoga mat in a leather bag. My night turndown includes a wrapped lens cleaner with the Mandarin Oriental fan logo on it.
In the morning, my favorite newspapers hang outside the door, without request. I head down to the 24/7 fitness center. As I work the Technogym – some pieces are Citterio – I look one way to the pool, the other to an Arke set and Invanko weights. On the way out, I notice the spa has Bastien Gonzalez, plus Nescens, Philip Kingsley, Sodashi, Voya, and more.
After last night’s Boulud burger – the one with wagyu and foie gras - breakfast is at DINNER, at a park-side table (wear male servers wear complementary dark green suits). Johannes from Munich offers the daily juice, a thick blackcurrant tincture, and, “What kind of coffee?” Plain dark wood tables have charcoal mats, white Studio William china, wood Peugeot mills, lemon-colored Porthault napkins. The buffet is good on gluten-free, fruits and hummus, and Brown Cow Organics yogurts. Slices of already-cut, nut-filled breads are brought toasted, with Netherend Farm butter wraps, and Tiptree plus Wendy Brandon preserves. Eggs are cooked to order.
Perhaps, to celebrate feeling so at home here in London, I should splurge on a glass of Möet plus Petrossian ossietra? Perhaps those prefer breakfasting overlooking the Thames would prefer, say, Corinthia London, or The Savoy. But for those wanting a Royal Park, this is the ideal London home.