Blakes Hotel London is a small luxury hotel that merges modernity, old world charm, and theatrical style. Daring and dramatic, the hotel offers style and elegance with convenience, efficiency and sensational service.
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Created by Anouska Hempel, the London hotelier and internationally renowned designer, the hotel offers her style, elegance and sensational service to the well-traveled connoisseur. Blakes is now established as totally unique and has been the model for the fashionable small hotel in London and cities around the world, respected for protecting the privacy of its clients against paparazzi, it is the London base for film stars, musicians and all the top designers, earning its reputation as The Couture hotel.
Each of the 45 bedrooms has been individually designed by Anouska Hempel, every detail reconstructed to provide the ideal blend of color, texture and atmosphere. The color schemes are daring, stunning and dramatic, all designed with a vibrant spirit, the passion for travel and life as it should be, romantic and thought provoking; black and mustard, rich cardinal reds, lavender, vanilla, washes of tea rose and a room that is white on white, offering style and elegance to the discerning traveler. In the business of making dreams a reality, unable to accept the ordinary, Anouska Hempel is creating a world of excellence one room at a time; all rooms have a telephone with voice mail and modem ports, television with satellite channels, VCR and a safe. In the larger rooms and suites, hi-fi system and DVD players are standard. All of Blakes’ guest rooms and suites as well as public areas are linked to the latest in wireless internet.
Blakes Hotel London restaurant has an unrivalled reputation for the originality and contents of its superb menu. Each dish is a skilful blend of East and West, all elegantly presented to look as good as they taste. The Chinese room and Blake’s bar adjoin the restaurant; they both are highly sought after venues for private and corporate parties.
Blakes Hotel London is situated in the quiet residential area of South Kensington. It is easily accessible by underground (South Kensington or Gloucester Road) and a short taxi ride from Harrods and Knightsbridge. A five-minute walk can take you to the fashionable Brompton Cross or the Kings Road. Museums such as Victoria and Albert, Natural History and the Science Museum are only five minutes by taxi or a fifteen-minute stroll. The Hotel is also close to London’s famous Royal Parks with Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens and The Albert Hall.