Which room to book at Claridge's

The Mayfair Balcony Room. At 45 square metres it is only five more than the Mayfair Room below it, but it is the first category the hotel sells with a balcony and the first it sells without the courtyard as a possible outlook. Everything below it faces the courtyard; several categories above it still can.

The room to book

Mayfair Balcony Room

45 m²Brook Street, Davies Street or Brook's Mews

The first balcony and the first category with no courtyard option. Ask which street. Our pick.

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Every room at a glance

Every room they sell

Superior Room
The entry room, king bed only, sleeps two. Courtyard on every one of them, which guests report as the side that catches noise.
35 m²Courtyard
Mayfair Room
Five square metres more and a twin option, in traditional or art deco style. Still the courtyard.
40 m²Courtyard
Mayfair Balcony RoomOur pick
The first balcony and the first category with no courtyard option. Ask which street. Our pick.
45 m²Brook Street, Davies Street or Brook's Mews
Claridge's Room
Sleeps three and adds a vanity desk, but the courtyard is back on the list of outlooks. Not an upgrade for the view.
50 m²Davies Street, Courtyard, Brook's Mews or Brook Street
Claridge's Balcony Room
The Mayfair Balcony with ten more square metres and a third bed. The other safe room.
55 m²Davies Street, Brook Street or Brook's Mews
Claridge's Studio
Walk-in wardrobe, David Linley or Michelle Wu interiors, and the internal courtyard as one of the outlooks.
60 m²Brook Street and Brook's Mews, or internal courtyard
Deluxe Junior Suite
The first suite on the ladder and it faces the courtyard only. Original fireplaces are the consolation.
65 m²Courtyard
Terrace Junior Suite
Same size as the Deluxe Junior, one open-plan space with a terrace and a street outlook.
65 m²Mayfair views and Brook's Mews
Mayfair Terrace Suite
A separate sitting room with an original fireplace, a terrace, and the suite privileges begin: 24-hour butler and a bottle of Champagne.
75 m²Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Mayfair Suite
The Mayfair Terrace without the terrace and with five more square metres inside. Interiors by four different designers.
80 m²Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Claridge's Terrace Suite
Entrance hall, sitting room, terrace, and interiors by Linley, Haslam, Rochon or Rigby and Rigby depending on the suite.
85 m²Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Claridge's Suite
The Claridge's Terrace with more floor and no terrace. Some have separate showers and vanities, some do not; ask.
95 m²Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Corner Suite
Bay windows on the corner the hotel is named for, twin bathrooms and a mahogany table for four.
105 m²Brook Street and Davies Street
Corner Terrace Suite
The Corner Suite with a private terrace and a guest WC.
110 m²Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Brook Suite
Georgian rather than deco, with a private study, an original fireplace and walk-in wardrobes for two.
115 m²Brook Street
The Mayfair Pavilion
A one-bedroom signature suite by Pierre-Yves Rochon with two bathrooms and a guest WC.
115 m²Brook Street and Davies Street
Two Bedroom Mayfair Suite
Two king bedrooms and two bathrooms, sleeps five with an extra bed. The sensible family choice.
115 m²Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Two Bedroom Claridge's Suite
The two-bedroom version of the Claridge's Suite: two king bedrooms, two bathrooms, sleeps up to five with an extra bed.
145 m²Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Prince Alexander Suite
Two bedrooms, a Gilbert and Sullivan grand piano and a dining table for four.
175 m²Brook Street and Davies Street
Grand Piano Suite
Diane von Furstenberg's two-bedroom suite with the piano, a marble fireplace and an antique table for four.
180 m²Brook Street and Davies Street
The Observatory
Bryan O'Sullivan's two-bedroom suite up in the roof extension, with a private steam room and an antique telescope.
185 m²Brook's Mews and the London skyline
The Mews Terrace
Two bedrooms, a Steinway, a separate dining room for six and twin walk-in wardrobes.
185 m²Panoramic views of the London skyline
The Grand Terrace
Two bedrooms wrapped in terraces, with terrace dining for six. The one to take for the outdoor space.
190 m²Mayfair, Parliament, the London Eye and beyond
Georgian Suite
Two bedrooms behind a private entrance, with a kitchen, a dining room for six and a baby grand.
210 m²Brook Street
Royal Suite
Coronation-themed, two bedrooms, twin dressing rooms and a table for eight.
225 m²Brook Street and Davies Street
The Octagon
Two bedrooms around a glass-lined turret, by Pierre-Yves Rochon, with a grand piano, a table for six and the helicopter transfer from here upward.
225 m²Davies Street and Brook Street
The Residence
André Fu's two-tiered glasshouse with a terrace, a hydrotherapy pool and a dining room for eight.
280 m²Panoramic views of the London skyline
The Penthouse
The whole rooftop: four bedrooms, a heated pool, a gym pavilion and a piano pavilion. Sleeps eight.
1,100 m²360-degree views of London

Why this one

The bottom of the ladder is about which way you look, not how much room you get. The Superior at 35 square metres and the Mayfair Room at 40 are sold on the courtyard and nothing else, and guests report the courtyard as the side that catches noise. The Mayfair Balcony Room is the next step, 45 square metres, and it is the first category whose stated outlooks are all streets, Brook Street, Davies Street or Brook's Mews, with a balcony to stand on. Ten square metres over the entry room is a modest gain; getting off the courtyard is the whole point of the step.

Above it the ladder is less tidy than the names suggest. The 50 square metre Claridge's Room puts the courtyard back among its four outlooks, the 60 square metre Studio lists the internal courtyard too, and the 65 square metre Deluxe Junior Suite, the first suite, faces the courtyard only. Above that the courtyard vanishes: from the 65 square metre Terrace Junior Suite upward, terrace or not, every stated outlook is a street, the mews or the skyline. The courtyard is concentrated at the bottom of the ladder and in one suite, which is what makes it avoidable. If you want more room than 45 square metres and the same certainty, the 55 square metre Claridge's Balcony Room is the other safe rung; from 75 square metres the terrace and full suites add the 24-hour butler and a bottle of Billecart-Salmon, pressing on arrival starts at the 105 square metre Corner Suite, and the question becomes floor area and the designer, not the view.

Ask for: Ask which of the three streets your balcony faces. Brook Street is the front of the hotel, Davies Street the side, and Brook's Mews the narrow lane at the back. Ask whether the room is finished in the traditional style with gilded cornices or in the art deco style, because both run through the Mayfair Balcony category and you cannot choose one when you book. Ask for a high floor; the hotel publishes no floor numbers, so it is a request rather than a booking.
Avoid: The Superior and the Mayfair Room if the outlook matters at all, since both are courtyard only. Treat the Claridge's Room and the Deluxe Junior Suite as upgrades to be checked rather than accepted, because the courtyard is a stated outlook for both, and a Deluxe Junior Suite faces nothing else. The Superior is also the only category with no twin option, which matters if you are two friends rather than a couple.

Suites against rooms

Two are worth singling out. The Terrace Junior Suite is the same 65 square metres as the Deluxe Junior Suite but faces Brook's Mews and the rooftops with a terrace, and it is the cheapest way into outdoor space that is not a balcony. Among the signature suites, The Grand Terrace at 190 square metres is the one framed by terraces on the roof extension with a stated view of Parliament and the London Eye, and it is the two-bedroom suite to take if the outdoors is the point.

One rule worth knowing: The Octagon, at 225 square metres, is the threshold category for the Flexjet helicopter transfer from Luton, Stansted, Farnborough or Biggin Hill, on 72 hours' notice.

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The Superior and the Mayfair Room if the outlook matters at all, since both are courtyard only. Treat the Claridge's Room and the Deluxe Junior Suite as upgrades to be checked rather than accepted, because the courtyard is a stated outlook for both, and a Deluxe Junior Suite faces nothing else. The Superior is also the only category with no twin option, which matters if you are two friends rather than a couple.

Our verdict

Claridge's is the London grand hotel that fixed its one real gap, and the spa is now as good a reason to book as the Foyer. Go for the building and the service, and plan your dinners elsewhere.

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Room	Size	View
Superior RoomCourtyard	35 m²	Courtyard
Mayfair RoomCourtyard	40 m²	Courtyard
Mayfair Balcony RoomOur pickBrook Street, Davies Street or Brook's Mews	45 m²	Brook Street, Davies Street or Brook's Mews
Claridge's RoomDavies Street, Courtyard, Brook's Mews or Brook Street	50 m²	Davies Street, Courtyard, Brook's Mews or Brook Street
Claridge's Balcony RoomDavies Street, Brook Street or Brook's Mews	55 m²	Davies Street, Brook Street or Brook's Mews
Claridge's StudioBrook Street and Brook's Mews, or internal courtyard	60 m²	Brook Street and Brook's Mews, or internal courtyard
Deluxe Junior SuiteCourtyard	65 m²	Courtyard
Terrace Junior SuiteMayfair views and Brook's Mews	65 m²	Mayfair views and Brook's Mews
Mayfair Terrace SuiteBrook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews	75 m²	Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Mayfair SuiteBrook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews	80 m²	Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Claridge's Terrace SuiteBrook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews	85 m²	Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Claridge's SuiteBrook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews	95 m²	Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Corner SuiteBrook Street and Davies Street	105 m²	Brook Street and Davies Street
Corner Terrace SuiteBrook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews	110 m²	Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Brook SuiteBrook Street	115 m²	Brook Street
The Mayfair PavilionBrook Street and Davies Street	115 m²	Brook Street and Davies Street
Two Bedroom Mayfair SuiteBrook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews	115 m²	Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Two Bedroom Claridge's SuiteBrook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews	145 m²	Brook Street, Davies Street and Brook's Mews
Prince Alexander SuiteBrook Street and Davies Street	175 m²	Brook Street and Davies Street
Grand Piano SuiteBrook Street and Davies Street	180 m²	Brook Street and Davies Street
The ObservatoryBrook's Mews and the London skyline	185 m²	Brook's Mews and the London skyline
The Mews TerracePanoramic views of the London skyline	185 m²	Panoramic views of the London skyline
The Grand TerraceMayfair, Parliament, the London Eye and beyond	190 m²	Mayfair, Parliament, the London Eye and beyond
Georgian SuiteBrook Street	210 m²	Brook Street
Royal SuiteBrook Street and Davies Street	225 m²	Brook Street and Davies Street
The OctagonDavies Street and Brook Street	225 m²	Davies Street and Brook Street
The ResidencePanoramic views of the London skyline	280 m²	Panoramic views of the London skyline
The Penthouse360-degree views of London	1,100 m²	360-degree views of London