The Capital Hotel is Simply Overrated
A recent round-up in the UK Times about ten of the top hotels from the 2008 British Good Hotel Guide featured The Capital as the guide's London Hotel of the Year. However, the Times reviewer begs to differ.
The Capital is a pricey place, probably because it is walking distance from Harrod's. The hotel is famed for its restaurant, known simply as The Capital Restaurant, because it's the proud bearer of two Michelin stars. And the Times reviewer assures us that the food does live up to that.
The problem, then, lies in the hotel. For the kind of prices you have to pay--the lowest class of double room starts at almost $600 per night, not including breakfast which gets added at $38 per person--it just doesn't quite make it. Rooms are small and somewhat old-fashioned as evidenced by the picture above. Gag. Overall, the place is just not worth $600 a night (or much more), even for London.
Maybe the Times reviewer should hit up the newly renovated Hyatt Andaz instead?
[Photo: Jon Potter]
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