Best Hotels in London
London is too big to treat as one place, so where you meet matters more here than anywhere else. Here is how the main areas differ and which suits which kind of evening.
Mayfair and St James's for a quiet first meeting
Mayfair and St James's hold the capital's calmest hotel bars, polished, well spaced and quiet in the early evening. They are central, a short taxi from Victoria and Paddington, and easy to leave early if the first conversation does not click.
Mayfair and St James's hold the capital's calmest hotel bars, polished, well spaced and quiet in the early evening.
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Covent Garden and the South Bank for a livelier evening
Around Covent Garden and along the South Bank the hotels sit among theatres, restaurants and the river, with plenty to do before or after. It suits two people who want the evening to have some energy, and Waterloo is close for the trains home.
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Kensington and Chelsea for a residential feel
Kensington and Chelsea are leafy and residential, with smaller hotels and quieter bars and far less crowd than the West End. They suit a calm, unhurried evening, and the journey from the centre is a short taxi.
Kensington and Chelsea are leafy and residential, with smaller hotels and quieter bars and far less crowd than the West End.
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Choosing by station and by time
London has more than a dozen main stations and they serve different parts of the country, so pick the hotel near whichever one the person travelling furthest will arrive at, usually Paddington, Euston, King's Cross, Waterloo or Victoria. Late trains thin out sooner than the nightlife does, so check the last departure.
London has more than a dozen main stations and they serve different parts of the country, so pick the hotel near whichever one the person travelling furthest will arrive at, usually Paddington, Euston, King's Cross, Waterloo or Victoria.
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How TheDirectory fits into this
In a city this size the introduction matters most. TheDirectory checks identity against a government issued document by a person on the team and reviews every photograph before it is published, so a hotel bar meeting begins with a profile you can reasonably trust.
In a city this size the introduction matters most.
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- Every photograph reviewed before it goes live
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No. TheDirectory does not book rooms or arrange meetings in London or anywhere else. You message a member and agree between yourselves where to meet.
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