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With its prime Soho location and unique style, the intimate Charlotte Street Hotel feels more like a private townhome than a hotel.
Part of Tim and Kit Kemp’s Firmdale Collection of boutique hotels, the Forbes Travel Guide Recommended hotel has its own appealing design—a blend of vibrant colors, fabrics, textures and well-worn Oriental rugs—with an appealing all-day bar and restaurant just off the lobby that’s a favorite gathering spot for Central Londoners.
Beyond the first floor drawing room (with the chic Honesty Bar stocked with plenty of bubbly and ingredients for mixing your own cocktails), there are guest rooms spread over five stories, each individually decorated (though some admittedly snug).
The 52-room hotel’s interiors pay tribute to the Bloomsbury Group, with original artworks by members of the group throughout the hotel, including those by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell. The Saturday Film Club is not to be missed, during which recently released or classic films are screened in the underground cinema for in-house and outside guests.
Part of Tim and Kit Kemp’s Firmdale Collection of boutique hotels, the Forbes Travel Guide Recommended hotel has its own appealing design—a blend of vibrant colors, fabrics, textures and well-worn Oriental rugs—with an appealing all-day bar and restaurant just off the lobby that’s a favorite gathering spot for Central Londoners.
Beyond the first floor drawing room (with the chic Honesty Bar stocked with plenty of bubbly and ingredients for mixing your own cocktails), there are guest rooms spread over five stories, each individually decorated (though some admittedly snug).
The 52-room hotel’s interiors pay tribute to the Bloomsbury Group, with original artworks by members of the group throughout the hotel, including those by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell. The Saturday Film Club is not to be missed, during which recently released or classic films are screened in the underground cinema for in-house and outside guests.
Our Inspector's Highlights
- The hotel is located on—what else?—Charlotte Street in London’s Soho neighborhood, which means excellent restaurants are just a hop and a skip away and retail-haven Oxford Street is just a few blocks from the hotel’s doorstep.
- In this neighborhood, the hotel can’t help but attract media types who love to socialize. The lobby is a hive of activity.
- The hotel takes its homey quality seriously, furnishing with comfortable upholstered sofas, a log-burning fireplace, armchairs and the Honesty Bar are provided in the drawing room, encouraging guests to kick back and relax.
Things to Know
- The hotel also has a 75-seat screening room below the lobby, seat screening room below the lobby, complete with orange leather seats and a popular Saturday film club, which draws trendy types to the hotel from all over the city.
- Oscar, the hotel’s restaurant, is exceptionally popular with guests and locals alike. It is open for breakfast (with a full menu or a Continental buffet), lunch and dinner.
- Guest rooms feature by Bloomsbury artists Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Roger Fry.
The Rooms
- The guest rooms at Charlotte Street Hotel feature a fresh and modern British design style by Kit Kemp, with charming cottage touches and unique color schemes between the rooms.
- The plush beds at Charlotte Street Hotel are inviting and dangerously comfortable with Firmdale Sleep linens. Pillow-top mattresses are lofted high on a platform base featuring a quilted, patterned valance.
- The bathrooms are furnished with marble or granite and oak finishes, and RIKRAK bath products created by Kit Kemp, as well as a scented pillow spray as a turndown amenity.
- High-speed wireless internet, flat-screen LCD TVs with Chromecast and Bluetooth speakers provide current-day convenience, while a cozy and quirky feel is maintained with painted wood-framed mirrors and artwork.
The Look
- Guest room interiors feature rich fabrics, elaborate custom wallpaper, vibrant headboards and detailed textiles from designers like Pierre Frey and Christopher Farr Cloth.
- The hotel attributes its interior design to the Bloomsbury artists of the 1920s. Look for abstracts, paintings and murals by the likes of Roger Cecil, Vanessa Bell and Alexander Hollweg.
- A lovely space drenched in natural light, the drawing room at the back of the lobby includes eclectic décor and the all-day Honesty Bar with snacks and beverages, so guests can nosh and socialize at their own leisure
- The five-story hotel is surrounded by buildings of equal or shorter height, meaning upper-floor rooms see plenty of light throughout the day—and best of all, the windows in the rooms really open to let in the fresh air.
Amenities
24-hour room service 
Gym
Meeting rooms
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