Dean Street Townhouse, LondonAddress: 69-71 Dean Street, Soho
Tel: 44.20 7434 1775 (UK)
Web Address: www.deanstreettownhouse.comRates: From £95
Business amenities: Private dining room with dark wood panelling, chandelier, Wi-Fi and plasma screen, seating up to 12 guests. You can also book a private room at Soho House next door.
Rooms: 39 guest rooms, all of different sizes and shapes, from the 15 sq m Tiny to the 42 sq m Bigger. Each are individually designed and come with original Georgian features; a Sony flat-screen television with Sky Plus and DVD; Egyptian cotton linen; and complimentary Wi-Fi. Bathrooms are fitted with rainforest showers or antique-style baths and stocked with natural products from the Cowshed Spa.
Leisure: Guests can book treatments at the Cowshed Spa on Carnaby Street.
Restaurants: The all-day Dining Room is a vibrant eaterie serving a weekly changing menu of seasonal British dishes, with food sourced from producers within the UK and Ireland. Classics on the menu include Maldon Rock oysters, fish and chips, Welsh rarebit and lemon meringue. Fitted with comfy sofas and vintage chairs, the Dining Room displays over 60 works by contemporary British artists, such as Peter Blake and Tracey Emin. This four-storey Georgian town house, once home to the Gargoyle Club, is set in the still-thumping heart of Soho, a five-minute walk from Piccadilly Circus. With hand-painted wallpapers, fourposter beds, traditional glass chandeliers and roll-top bathtubs, the interiors by Swedish-born designer Martin Brudnizki draw on the building’s Georgian heritage – but deliver all the comfort and convenience you would expect in the 21st century.