The classic1 / 2
Hazlitt's
A 1718 Soho townhouse hotel that refuses to be updated: four-posters, sloping floors, breakfast at your door and no restaurant.
Central & walkableStrong sense of placeClassicBeach & pool optional
€€From about £305 a night
2 of the ten hotels in our London edit qualify. They are in our order of preference for this, not a ranking of the hotels overall.
What we looked for: Places where the evening is yours: no scene, no bass, no crowds.
The classic1 / 2
A 1718 Soho townhouse hotel that refuses to be updated: four-posters, sloping floors, breakfast at your door and no restaurant.
Central & walkableStrong sense of placeClassicBeach & pool optional
€€From about £305 a night
The table2 / 2
A listed Bethnal Green town hall with Rafael Cagali's two-star Da Terra on the ground floor and apartment-sized rooms above it.
Destination diningStrong sense of placeDesign-ledCharacterful
€From about £173 a night
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Hazlitt's. A 1718 Soho townhouse hotel that refuses to be updated: four-posters, sloping floors, breakfast at your door and no restaurant.
Independently, through extensive research, trusted sources and increasingly first-hand visits. Hotels cannot pay to be included, and every one of the ten has to exist for a different reason.