The Dorchester's Christmas Concierge Tells Us Where to Go
You wouldn’t know it was Christmas from the weather in London at the moment; you’d think you’d stepped back in time to the Great Flood. So we got a little thrill yesterday when we strolled into The Dorchester and saw the lobby all dolled up with Christmas trees and twinkly lights.
We were there to do something even more Christmassy – to meet the dapper Christmas Concierge, Andy Davies. Sadly, he doesn’t get his title, as we initially assumed, by togging up in a Santa suit for the rest of the month – he earns it because he’s going to be working the concierge desk by himself on Christmas Day. In fact, he’s worked all 26 of the Christmas days that he’s been concierging at the Dorchester. Yup, 26 years of service. And he’s a born and bred Londoner, so he has some serious knowledge to tap.
Seeing as we’re thoroughly unimpressed by the Christmas lights on Oxford Street this year (basically neon ads for A Christmas Carol), we took advantage and asked him where to go to feel festive in London.
His tips: Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park (a funfair with mulled wine – nice), ice skating at Somerset House, and seeing the lights in Bond Street (which he checked out as part of his job the other day – doubly nice). And on Christmas Day when everything’s shut, he reckons it’s time to hole yourself up for a blowout lunch at the hotel.
So that you can hear it from the horse’s mouth, we videoed it for you. Sorry it’s a bit zoomed in – we had to get up close because the Dorchester bar was a lot busier than we expected a Wednesday afternoon to be.
By the way, the Dorchester has a pretty fine offer for families at Christmas. Book one room for mum and dad (their Festive Rate starts at £255+VAT, from December 24-January 10) and they’ll throw in a separate one for the kiddies, free. Wonder if they’d do the same for us and our friends?
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