The Berkeley
From the hotel:
A luxury London hotel with a difference, The Berkeley hotel combines cosseting 5 star luxury in Knightsbridge, contemporary elegance and celebrity buzz, with sublime service and state-of-the-art facilities, to offer:
· relaxation and comfort for the business traveller
· indulgent nights in to spoil yourself
· a shopper’s retreat in the heart of Knightsbridge
Experience our hotel's flawless service and effortless style and you’ll understand why celebrities and the fashion world choose The Berkeley as their London base.
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Hotel Coverage: The Berkeley
Today's Hostile Take Over And Lawsuit Tale: Feuding Over Claridge's
Luxury hotels have a tendency to attract some scandale; if it isn’t the celebrity kind (hi Lindsay!), a good lawsuit will do. Even the Maybourne Hotel Group, a small collection of fa-fa-fancy London hotels including Claridge’s, the Connaught, and the Berkeley, isn’t immune. The Guardian reports that the wealthy...
November 14, 2012
Celebrate The Queen's Jubilee The Proper Way--With Hotel Tea
It's a special weekend in England this weekend as the country is kicking off the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's ascension to the throne. Called the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the celebration will be happening over four days and will involve a series of major events in London including a concert...
June 01, 2012
Simply Awesome: The Berkeley Hotel in London is Offering Synchronized Swimming Classes
While we've been busy tracking the new hotels opening in London for the Olympics, we've completely forgot about what the existing hotels will be doing when the Games are in town. However, The Berkeley has commandeered our attention with their latest Olympic-inspired offerings--synchronized swimming lessons.The hotel has partnered up...
May 25, 2012
The Berkeley Hotel Reopens Their Rooftop Cinema With a Winter Twist
One of London's ongoing summer events, a Rooftop Film Club hosted at a popular Hoxton bar, inspired something of a cult-like fervor among local film buffs. Piggybacking on Londoners' love of all things cinema and all things, uh, rooftop, is the Berkeley hotel, who is transplanting the concept from...
January 02, 2012
Did You Know You Can Picnic at The Berkeley's Secret Rooftop Garden?
The Berkeley is drawing people to its gym, and not for its treadmills. The Knightsbridge hotel transformed its gym and spa's terrace into a lush British countryside, complete with birch trees and lavender, in the middle of the city. And instead of burning calories on the elliptical, you can...
July 26, 2011
The Berkeley Hotel in London Got a Fast Car, We Want a Ticket to Anywhere
There's a rather shiny new present waiting under the tree at The Berkeley Hotel in London*--Jaguar's C-X75 supercar which was just unveiled at the Paris Motor Show this past fall. The superfast jet-powered car is hanging out at the hotel through New Year's Eve. The C-X75 is capable of...
December 23, 2010
Marcus Wareing to Open a Restaurant Inside The St Pancras Renaissance Hotel
Not content with having one hotel restaurant in London at The Berkeley, British chef Marcus Wareing is expanding his empire to the St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, opening on May 5. Gilbert Scott, named after the original hotel’s chief architect will be located in the entrance hall of the...
November 18, 2010
Koffman's Is Open At The Berkeley, Strong Stomachs Advised
While his protégé Gordon Ramsay isn’t doing so well, non-celeb-but-actual chef Pierre Koffman has just opened his new restaurant at the Berkeley to much fanfare from Londoners (we saw it written up in about three different places during our trip the other week.) It’s a little late – the...
September 15, 2010
Only Luxury Brands Allowed Inside The Maybourne Hotels (and Their Magazine)
iPads, be damned, we're loving our stroll through print land and our ongoing look at a dying hotel amenity--The Hotel Magazine. Sure, most hotels stock their guestrooms with the trendy magazines of the day or at least place some localized publication on the desks but there are actually a...
September 02, 2010
Through the Years: The Berkeley's Luggage Tags
We're having one of those days where, utterly sick of all the hotel hype and hotel delays going on in the hotel world, we've decided to seek out something more stable. And we're doing it by admiring the luggage tags of The Berkeley Hotel in London. The hotel sent...
August 18, 2010
Midnight Movies, Chanel Manis, Mulberry Blankies and Unlimited Popcorn at The Berkeley
We've been drooling over some hotels' rooftop pools but in London, the rooftop pool at The Berkeley has another use--as a cinema.Every Friday, the hotel will transform its rooftop into a midnight movie theater where hotel guests and locals are invited to watch the latest fashion documentaries like "The...
July 09, 2010
Where to Find Hotels With iPads
One million people may have splurged on an Apple iPad but if you're not keen on shelling out $500+ for the hottest new gadget, you can get your fix at these hotels.* We'll be keeping tabs on hotels that offer iPads either for guest use in-room or in the...
May 05, 2010
The Berkeley in London Gets iPads, But Only in the Suites
And the iPad revolution of the hotel industry continues apace. This time it’s the turn of the posh Berkeley Hotel in London which is bringing them in for guests. Not all guests, mind – because not all guests are created equal. The iPads will only go for the richies...
May 04, 2010
You May Not Have Heard Of Pierre Koffman, But He's Big News At The Berkeley
Posh food alert at The Berkeley Hotel in London, and it’s a pretty big coup they’ve pulled off. Chef Pierre Koffman will be opening an eponymous restaurant (ie Koffman's) at the hotel in June, and while you may not have heard of him before (apart from surmising that he’s...
April 23, 2010
Berkeley Hotel Lets Us Eat the Clothes We Can't Afford
Ladies: can you afford to blow hundreds (or thousands) on couture? Can you fit into straight-from-the-runway sample sizes? If your answer to one or both of these questions is a resounding hells no, the Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge (London) has an answer for you: the Pret-a-Portea afternoon tea service...
December 03, 2008
SATC Packages: London vs. New York
Can someone please tell us why "Sex and the City: The Movie" premiered in London and not New York? Especially after the lengths New York hotels went to to promote the film with all sorts of packages for the Carrie and Co. wannabes? To the best of our knowledge, London...
May 15, 2008
Where Madonna Goes When Not Considering Adopting a Baby From Africa
If you want to experience a little of the Material Girl's (Mom?) world but aren't ready adopt an African baby, you can hit up the Blue Bar in London. One of her faves, the bar is a part of the Berkeley Hotel. And it's not just Madonna, but also Leo...
October 06, 2006
Partner Reviews: The Berkeley
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For me the perfect Hotel in a perfekt Location. Try Koffmans Restaurant -
Home to one of London's best spas -
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Best place where Can i sleep in London .. -
Very comfortable beds and very friendly staff =D -
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Amazingly comfortable beds and lovely rooms. Such caring reception with professional, kind Concierge staff who know all & put effort to get proper reservations, tix & tours. This is HOME in London -
You will feel home .. Relax and class place
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Koffmanns! No space left in tummy! Orgasmic bonemarrow with snails! -
Pret-a-portea is here. :D Have fun! -
Wonderful, peaceful, warm and low profile. -
Prêt-a-porThe, expensive but have to try at least once -
The Pret-a-Portea is not to be missed! Even my boyfriend enjoyed it! They fashion the desserts after the season's runway shows. I enjoyed a "Chanel clog". -
David Pre book a London taxi e.mail londontaxicircuit@yahoo.co.uk to receive a discount off the metered fair to Heathrow, Gatwick,Stansted airports All taxis are all Six seater Vito's text 07950338150 -
Book in for a Pret a Portea in The Caramel Room -
the salt water rooftop pool's reaaly cool. so relaxing to take a swim before dinner! -
The champagne is just nice~~ -
Best free bar nibbles in West End, most helpful staff -
The Pret-a-Portea is a fashion-themed high tea. Delightful -
Pukka gym on 7th floor
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