Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London
An intimate contemporary hotel on Hanover Square, Mandarin Oriental Mayfair pairs just 50 rooms and suites with residences, rooftop cocktails, inventive dining and an exceptional subterranean spa with a 25-meter pool.
Mandarin Oriental Mayfair occupies a discreet modern building on Hanover Square, a short walk from Bond Street, Savile Row and the galleries and auction houses of central Mayfair. Its scale is intentionally much smaller than the group’s historic Hyde Park property.
There are only 28 rooms and 22 suites, allowing the hotel to feel closer to a highly serviced private club than a conventional grand hotel. Studio Indigo’s interiors use rich textures, marble and hand-painted de Gournay details without sacrificing a distinctly modern mood.
Dining is compact but ambitious, with Atrium Restaurant blending Mediterranean flavors with Asian technique, Somssi offering an intimate Korean-inspired chef’s-table experience and Hanover Bar occupying the roof with wide London views.
The subterranean spa is disproportionately substantial for such a small hotel. A 25-meter indoor pool, vitality pools, sauna, steam facilities, treatment rooms and advanced fitness programming turn wellness into one of the property’s defining features.
Mandarin Oriental Mayfair is best for travelers who want new-build polish and extreme centrality without the ceremony of a large London palace hotel. Its combination of intimacy, design and serious wellness is unusually well judged for Mayfair.
