Tucked away behind the Ritz, this hotel sits in one of the most expensive parts of London, a city that has the reputation second only to Moscow for the world’s most expensive hotel rooms. It is Althoff Hotel Collection’s first property in London and brings new life to a previously declining building, adding to an hotel portfolio that is now eight hotels in Germany, St. Tropez and London.

To justify London’s high prices an hotel has to provide exemplary service, haut cuisine, and beautiful rooms. Doing this in a building that is 150 years old is no mean achievement but German designer Anne Maria Jagdfeld manages to pull off the trick with style. Neighbour the Stafford won an award this year for the most beautiful hotel bedrooms in London, but the St. James’s Hotel and Club rivals the Stafford in its attention to detail, opulence, and cool handling of colour and pattern. With a show kitchen and a target of Michelin level food as well as the option of Club membership for priority booking of bedrooms, this 60 bedroom property is well placed to succeed.

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