Kings Road - 2 blocks
Chelsea - 500 meters
Knightsbridge - 500 meters
Harrods - 500 meters
Hyde Park - 0.5 miles (1 kilometer)
Victoria and Albert Museum - 0.5 miles (1 kilometer)
Buckingham Palace - 1 mile (1.5 kilometers)
Piccadilly Circus - 1.5 miles (2 kilometers)
Trafalgar Square - 1.5 miles (2 kilometers)
West End (entertainment district) - 1.5 miles (2 kilometers)
Marble Arch - 1.5 miles (2 kilometers)
Portobello Market - 2 miles (3 kilometers)
Kensington Palace - 2 miles (3 kilometers)
Planetarium - 2.5 miles (4 kilometers)
The City (business district) - 3 miles (5 kilometers)
St Paul’s Cathedral - 3 miles (5 kilometers)
Tower of London - 5 miles (7 kilometers)

The Heathrow Express train and black taxi cabs are available for transfer from the airport to the center of London. The London Underground’s Piccadilly Line also serves all Heathrow terminals and takes passengers into central London.

The extensive London Underground system (the Tube) connects the hotel with the rest of central London within 20 minutes. The Underground station closest to the hotel is Sloane Square. There is also a wide choice of buses. The hotel can order black taxi cabs on request.

This hotel has 35 guestrooms, all of which are named after famous theatrical or literary personalities. On the desks in each room, there is a small biography and picture of the person the room is named after. The rooms are decorated with Victorian antiques, while cushions, framed prints and ornaments all complement the individually decorated walls. All rooms have fireplaces, gilded mirrors, plenty of wardrobe space, upholstered armchairs, cabinets with TV and minibar inside, woolen rugs, desks inlaid with leather, brass table lamps, leather-bound complimentary stationery, as well as a selection of books including some by the room’s named personality. Bathrooms are also in a period style. Facilities include Penhaligan’s toiletries, telephone, heated towel rail, bathrobe and slippers and bath with power shower.

Breakfast Room / Peter O’Toole Room - Situated at the front of the building, the Breakfast Room is decorated with gold-patterned wallpaper, full-length brown velvet curtains, mahogany dining tables, high padded upholstered chairs and polished brass candelabra. The walls are enlivened with five masks decorated by renowned conductors, as well as a collection of framed vintage theater programs. Guests can enjoy a full English or Continental breakfast. After breakfast, this becomes the Peter O’Toole Room, available for corporate and pre-arranged lunches with a selection of cooked and buffet menus.

The hotel does not have its own restaurant, but there are several dining options within the surrounding area.

Nearby restaurants:
The English Garden
Daphney’s
Bibendum

What to expect: Built by Lord Cadogan in the 1890s, the hotel is made up of three red-brick houses. Tucked away in an exclusive residential street between Chelsea and Knightsbridge, a small oak door leads to a quiet reception lounge and drawing room dressed with antique furniture and valuable 19th-century paintings. The hotel provides a discreet hideaway for visiting businesspeople and well-heeled leisure travelers.

Amenity highlights: In a meticulous overhaul in 1995, the original architectural features, such as cornices, decorative ceilings and fireplaces, were carefully renovated to their original standard. These are complemented with antiques, ornaments and artwork. As well as having the use of the Donald Wolfit Meeting Room, guests can relax with a drink in the library and drawing room, or take a leisurely stroll around the back garden.

Insider tip: Chelsea Pensioners, veteran soldiers who reside at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, can be seen walking up and down the Kings Road, easily recognizable by their black hats and long red dress coats adorned with medals.

The oak-paneled Donald Wolfit Meeting Room provides corporate guests with an intimate environment to host professional meetings. It is dressed with an oak table with mahogany carver chairs, mahogany tea tables, oak writing desk and upholstered sofa for informal breaks. Other amenities include an oak cabinet with TV and VCR, and a two-tier table for an overhead projector. The meeting can also adjourn to the Peter O’Toole Room for a pre-arranged lunch from a selection of cooked and buffet menus.

Guests are invited to don their smoking jackets and sit in the library at the mahogany table or on one of the upholstered sofas, while browsing through the vintage books or admiring the reproduction Sir Joshua Reynolds painting.

The non-smoking drawing room is a large room with padded salon chairs, upholstered sofas and easy chairs, mahogany tables and 19th-century watercolors. Complimentary tea is served at 3 PM and champagne at 6 PM with an honesty bar for post-theater drinks and nightcaps. Guests can relax here with a good view of the large back garden.