Mr Wolfe’s review of The Berkeley
- Privately owned
- Superb service
The younger, more fashionable sibling of Claridge’s and The Connaught, The Berkeley wears its glamour lightly and its rooftop pool rather less so. It is where one stays when one has business in Knightsbridge and would prefer nobody to know quite what it is.
The Blue Bar, painted in Lutyens blue, is one of the great London rooms for a discreet drink. Afternoon tea arrives as a parade of cakes dressed in the season’s couture, which is the only way I shall ever be persuaded into fashion.
