Henrietta Hotel | Wallpaper*

A room in the Henrietta Hotel. A large bed with white linen and geometric headboard in beige, white, red, and black is on the far wall. In front of the bed, there is a sitting place in light blue. White marble tiles are covered with a dark rug. To the right, there is a large window.

(Image credit: TBC)

published 30 May 2017

Residing in the shadow of London’s tourist-trodden Covent Garden piazza is the perfectly appointed Henrietta Hotel. Conceived by the Experimental Group – the quartet of Frenchmen who most famously brought us the Experimental Cocktail Club in London, Paris and New York – the intimate 18-room hotel is located within an elegant townhouse, accompanied by an unmarked entryway.

Inside, the building’s architecture has been accentuated with individual design features conceived by designer Dorothée Meilichzon, the group’s regular collaborator. Inspired by the hodgepodge of different roof shapes and window details on Henrietta Street, Meilichzon has used a number of recurring elements that give each room a unique flair.

Brass bedside lighting, 70s-style brushed aluminium armchairs, terrazzo patterned carpets, handmade headboards that resemble Milanese door frames and a generous amount of mirrored surfaces all work together to create a sophisticated, yet lively effect. Bathrooms with pastel pink walls, hand-painted gold signage and black and white octagonal floor tiles are an especially alluring highlight.

As one would expect, the hotel’s showpiece is undoubtedly its two-storey restaurant, The Henrietta, which features a menu conceived by Ollie Dabbous. Replete with glass roofs, oak flooring and Charlotte Perriand-inspired modular tables, the restaurant’s dishes take a simple approach to seasonal ingredients and are matched by an exceptional cocktail menu to boot.

A room in the Henrietta Hotel. A large bed with white linen and a rounded headboard in deep red and black is to the left, next to which is a night table with a golden lamp. To the far wall, there is a double french style window, overlooking the roofs of other buildings.

A room in the Henrietta Hotel. A large bed with white linen and a rounded headboard in deep red and black is to the right, next to which is a night table with a golden lamp. On the left, there are two windows overlooking the street, with two pink chairs and a small table in front of them.

A bed from the room in the Henrietta Hotel. White linen and a rounded headboard in brown and black, next to which are night tables with golden lamps.

A room in the Henrietta Hotel. Deep blue walls, with a white door that leads to the bathroom. We see two sinks through the door and a big mirror. The walls are pink and the tiles on the floor are black and white.

ADDRESS

14-15 Henrietta Street

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Pei-Ru Keh is a former US Editor at Wallpaper*. Born and raised in Singapore, she has been a New Yorker since 2013. Pei-Ru held various titles at Wallpaper* between 2007 and 2023. She reports on design, tech, art, architecture, fashion, beauty and lifestyle happenings in the United States, both in print and digitally. Pei-Ru took a key role in championing diversity and representation within Wallpaper's content pillars, actively seeking out stories that reflect a wide range of perspectives. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children, and is currently learning how to drive.