Draycott Hotel

My new wife and I spent the night after our wedding at the Draycott, having spent quite some time trying to find the right hotel.

It was a lovely experience - I travel a lot with work and the Draycott really stands out from other hotels with personal service, beautiful rooms, superb breakfast and a wonderful family atmosphere.

If I can afford to I will stay in this hotel everytime I visit London in future.

I stayed at the Draycott in June with a friend while having a couple of days at Wimbledon. After the initial shock of being told we were only booked for one night instead of the two we were shown to our beautiful, comfortable room and assured, by the friendly and helpful staff, that something would be sorted out by morning. And so it was. I enjoyed it so much I decided to book it with my husband as part of our 20th wedding anniversary celebrations. The chauffeur service picked us up at Heathrow which was such a good idea. Greeted with a warm welcome and given our theatre tickets that I had only 2 days earlier asked them to organise for me. I was finding difficulty accessing the ticket website from Dubai so this proved invaluable. Beds were sooo comfortable my husband and I have looked out the same for ourselves and the scrambled eggs and bacon were yummy in the cosy little breakfast room. (you need to be up sharp to get the window seat!) Just around the corner from Sloane square tube station so plenty of cafes and restaurants and wonderful shopping. Tapas (El Blason, Blacklands Tce) and Italian both recommendations from the Hotel were excellent. (sorry can't remember the name of the italian but they will know!) If you want slick, modern with spa and pool this isn't the place for you but if you want to relax in 5*cosy surroundings, give it a try, its fab.

The Draycott Hotel is clearly the best hotel I have ever stayed at in London.

The cosy ambiance, the handwritten welcome card and the shortbread put on my desk, the beautiful and calm garden, the complimentary drinks (tea at four, champagne at six, chocolate at eight), the courtesy bar in the drawing room, the Penhaligon products in the bathroom – all these small, but important elements made my stay a true pleasure.

I appreciated the fact that the rooms do not carry numbers, but names of famous writers (I found lots of "my" author's books in my room). Moreover, the name of the guest staying in the room is put on a small card and inserted in a frame on the door. A personal and original touch indeed!

I stayed in a very small, single room – but the size was not a problem, as the space was well used. The bathroom was bright and chic.

The service was discrete and very professional. All staff members were very polite, but never stiff.

I am looking forward to my next stay at The Draycott Hotel!