The Lanesborough, Oetker Hotels
Spa pool overlooking Hyde Park with a personal butler
About this hotel
The Lanesborough looks straight out over Hyde Park from its Knightsbridge address, with air-conditioned rooms that mix nineteenth-century style with modern comforts, an in-room tablet and personal butler service throughout the stay, plus complimentary calls to the US among the small extras. The Lanesborough Club & Spa gives guests complimentary access to fitness, spa and wellbeing facilities, including a gym, treatment rooms, sauna and steam room, with the pool at the centre of the circuit. The Lanesborough Grill serves modern British dining from breakfast through dinner, while the Library Bar pours award-winning cocktails alongside a serious cognac and whisky list. The Garden Room adds Cuban cigars and fine spirits on a covered, heated terrace for evenings that stretch past dinner.
- Club & Spa with pool
- Hyde Park views
- Butler service
- Library Bar
Our take
Travellers staying here will find a spa pool paired with genuine butler service and Hyde Park on the doorstep, suited to a formal, occasion-driven stay rather than a casual city break. Couples wanting traditional London luxury with modern comforts underneath get the most from the rooms. Guests after a minimalist, low-key wellness space might find the Club & Spa more grand than they need.
- ✓Book a Hyde Park-facing room if you can, the view is a genuine part of what makes this hotel distinct.
- ✓Try the Library Bar for cocktails before dinner, the cognac and whisky selection is one of the better ones in London.
- ✓Use the in-room tablet to arrange spa access ahead of time, the Club & Spa can get booked during peak weeks.
Why we love it
- Spa pool inside the Lanesborough Club & Spa
- Rooms overlooking Hyde Park
- Personal butler service throughout the stay
- Library Bar's cognac and whisky list
Why guests love itWe stayed at The Lanesborough for a long weekend and the butler service made the trip feel unhurried in a way few hotels manage. The Club & Spa pool was quiet every time we used it, and the Hyde Park view from our room made mornings easy to enjoy without leaving the building. Cocktails at the Library Bar one evening turned into a longer conversation about the whisky list than planned. It suited a slower, formal kind of stay, and we left feeling like we had actually rested.