With its classic red brick facade, smartly suited doormen and Knightsbridge location, the hotel has offered the same ‘splendid’ intimate hospitality for almost half a century.

Handy for the Square Mile and the West End, this hip hotel conversion of a Victorian warehouse, in its 15th year, is on its best form yet.

A theatrical verve and ‘exceptionally nice staff’ at this Clerkenwell Georgian town house have visitors ‘raving about it’.

This delightful ‘dotty’ hotel was once home to that Victorian purveyor of nonsense verse Edward Lear.

Sanctuary has long been sought (and found) at this calm, comfortable town house hotel.

The air of a cool London club permeates this inconspicuous Marylebone bolthole an easy stroll from Regent’s Park.

‘Extremely nice staff’ create a ‘comfortable, homely atmosphere’ at this elegant town house hotel on the way to Hyde Park.

A gleeful mix of vintage furnishings and striking artworks mark this ‘beautiful, very quiet hotel’ as a Firmdale mainstay, ideally situated for Theatreland.

This distinctive hotel close to Marble Arch and Hyde Park retains a bijou feel, despite sprawling across seven Georgian town houses and two mews homes.

Galleries, antiques and arthouse cinema – oh my! Buzzy Bermondsey is home to trendsetting London culture and this youthful, privately owned hotel.

Off the tourist trail, this brick-and-tile Victorian pub (Young & Co’s Brewery), in a gentrified slice of South London, is popular with locals.

There is plenty to toast at this good-value hotel within walking distance of the National Theatre and the South Bank.

‘Distinctly cool’ European luxury combines with ‘exceptionally good value’ in this City hotel designed by Terence Conran.

Guests are bowled over by this tranquil Soho hotel.

A bit ‘cushty’, this transformed former Victorian public house has been part of the landscape since 1878. Local history is captured in old photographs and modern art.