Brown's Hotel London

OVERVIEW

Unmistakably Brown’s, splendidly English, thoroughly cosmopolitan.

In the heart of London’s elegant Mayfair, Brown’s Hotel is an iconic luxury hotel where history and 21^st century sophistication come together. The retreat of choice for royalty, presidents and literary greats over the centuries, Brown’s Hotel is an enduringly distinguished destination in London.

Unmistakably British, our inviting rooms and luxurious suites offer exceptional comfort and style, marrying heritage features with contemporary touches. Our warm, personal service will make you feel right at home.

During your stay, enjoy a quintessentially British Afternoon Tea in The Drawing Room, savour fine cuisine at Charlie’s at Brown’s, sip cocktails after dark at the chic Donovan Bar and surrender to bliss at The Spa at Brown’s.

HIGHLIGHTS

Award-winning Afternoon Tea. Always a treat after a busy day sightseeing in London, in the Drawing Room.

Floral Making Masterclasses. Guests are invited to enjoy an afternoon of bespoke floral arranging with London top florist, Ellie Hartley, together with wine tasting hosted by English Sparkling Wine experts, Hambledon, as well as a special afternoon tea from Brown’s award winning tea.

The Spa at Brown’s. 3 treatment rooms (incl. a double suite) and a 24hour gym.

Meetings and Events. 6 meeting rooms (4 interconnect) for receptions up to 120 guests, all with natural daylight, sash windows and high ceilings.

ACCOMMODATION

Uniquely individual and quintessentially British, Brown’s Hotel’s 33 luxury suites and 82 hotel rooms have been designed by Olga Polizzi to offer unparalleled comfort and style. Inspired by the hotel’s esteemed literary heritage and distinguished former guests, our rooms and suites in central London harmonise stunning period features with contemporary flair.

Spacious and inviting, you’ll feel right at home among one-of-a-kind artworks, handcrafted artefacts and wallpapers by English designers. Beautifully appointed in muted shades with lively pops of colour, our rooms and suites are effortlessly elegant, overlooking iconic Mayfair streets and sophisticated boutiques.

To make your stay extra special, all guests have access to our chauffeured Bentley Mulsanne. At request, your In Room Bar can be stocked with our delicious, healthy Rocco Forte Nourish menu or child-friendly snacks as part of our Rocco Forte Kids programme.

Suite guests receive luxurious benefits including refreshing welcome drinks, complimentary spa treatments and personalised Concierge services before and during their stay.

DINING

Charlies. Contemporary British and European cuisine by Michelin-starred chef Adam Byatt.
The Drawing Room. Award-winning afternoon tea.
The Donovan Bar. Cocktail menu by Salvatore Calabrese at one of London’s most iconic bars.

ACTIVITIES

As one of the most historic and innovative cities in the world, London is overflowing with magnificent sites and attractions. Bond Street. Fortnum & Mason. Saville Row. With Mayfair on your doorstep, you’re unlikely to run out of things to do. Discover the art galleries of Cork Street, the theatres of Shaftesbury Avenue and some of the capital’s finest restaurants and bars.

Behind the scenes tours. Arranged by Dream Escape, go behind the scenes at Mayfair’s most prestigious addresses on a guided tour of the studios and workshops. Gain special entry to these illustrious workspaces, discover their fascinating heritage and meet the talented artisans responsible for creating the most coveted items in the world.

Mini Cooper Tour. Experience the iconic sights of London from the comfort of a classic British car. Our passionate and knowledgeable guide will whisk you around the city’s most memorable sites and steer you off the tourist track to some lesser-known locations in this whirlwind 2-hour tour, complete with an artisanal coffee stop.

Fashion in Art. Enjoy a private tour of Mayfair’s most famous art galleries led by gallerist, curator and agent Maeve Doyle. Exploring the theme of Fashion in Art, Maeve’s tour will uncover some of Mayfair’s best-kept secrets, followed by lunch in Charlie’s at Brown’s Hotel.

Horse Riding in Hyde Park. Originally the hunting ground of Henry VIII, Hyde Park is one of London’s most beautiful parks, covering almost 250 acres of prime real estate. Our hour-long ride around the park is open to riders of all abilities, who can choose to saunter past the Serpentine or gallop along the world-famous Rotten Row. One of London’s truly memorable experiences.

Luxury Shopping in Mayfair. As a shopping destination, there’s nowhere finer than Mayfair. Its abundance of exclusive boutiques, charming arcades and extraordinary history make it an iconic, endlessly alluring place to indulge in some retail therapy. Here, we walk along Mayfair’s luxurious shopping streets, where you can find unrivalled fashion, jewellery and homeware.

Art Galleries in Mayfair. From international art powerhouses to independent affairs, Mayfair is home to some of the most prestigious art galleries in London. Whether you’re looking to add to your collection or simply to discover new, inspiring works, here’s our curated selection of the finest art galleries to visit in Mayfair.

LOCATION

Nearest Undergound: Green Park

30 mins drive from London City Airport

45 mins drive from London Heathrow Airport

15 min drive from St Pancras International and King’s Cross Station

HOLIDAY IDEAS / SAMPLE ITINERARIES

See below for some itinerary ideas that can include Brown’s Hotel.

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ACCOMMODATION COLLECTION

The Westbury

The Westbury boasts an iconic location just off of Dublin’s famous Grafton Street, renowned for luxury shopping and street artists.

The Westbury is within a 10-minute walk of some of Dublin’s most popular attractions, such as Trinity College and the National gallery, and there are also numerous bars, restaurants and shops just steps away. This central hotel is a fantastic base to explore Ireland’s iconic capital and a great choice for those wanting to be amongst the hustle and bustle of the city centre.

Rooms: 205 Bedrooms and Suites Type: Families and Couples

The Fife Arms

Sunday Times Hotel of the Year 2019, the Fife Arms is a Victorian Coaching Inn that has been imaginatively restored in a resolutely Victorian style with a unique charm and is located in the historic Scottish village of Braemar amidst the majestic landscape of the Cairngorms National Park. As a fascinating passion project from international art dealers Hauser & Wirth, there are over 12,000 pieces of artworks and antiques here, and interior designer Russell Sage, working in collaboration with local historians, ensured that every square centimetre of the hotel evokes the traditions and customs of the Scottish Highlands.

Rooms : 46 Bedrooms and Suites Type : Couples, Active Outdoors, Art, Royal

Broughton Hall

Sleeps: 32 Bedrooms: 16 Bathrooms: 13

Type: Celebration, Family, Seclusion, Mindfulness, Fitness, Corporate

Features & Activities: Spa, Billiards room, Tennis Court, Rural, Country Sports, Mountain Biking, Landrover Experience, Foraging, Fire Pit

Location: Yorkshire, England. 35 minutes from Leeds Airport

Those looking for: Time to reconnect, motivate teams or re-energise.

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Mayfair, London

"Incredible service ! The BEST tour guides, tour options and always available to help smooth over any "snafus" that we ran across during our vacation. 5-star, A+ rating from us."

Clients of Jessica Thompson, Fairway Travel, Virtuoso
"....their time in the U.K. was PERFECT – loved everything you guys did for them, and sang praises for everyone! Thank you!! "

Connie Hanes, Herff Travel
"Everyone, from the Tour Guides to our excellent driver, were amazing. All aspects of the trip were beyond expectations. Even changing our day schedule for outside reasons (like the airline sending my bag to a city 120miles away) they were always happy to help and move the schedule around so we could keep enjoying our trip. Everyone made us feel at home and like family."

Client of Leah Molinari, Molinari Travel, Gifted Travel Network
"Dream Escape was the trip of a lifetime. Excellent choice of hotels, tour guide was awesome, the planned tours were wonderful and very informative."

Client of Trisha Rathke, VIP Travel Designs, Gifted Travel Network
"Dreamscape designed an itinerary that combined an exploration of Scottish history and culture and a visit to some of the filming locations for the hit TV show Outlander. The tour guides provided were personable and knowledgeable and responsive to our interests. Our driver who was with us for the entire trip was professional and pleasant and again, flexible and sensitive to our interests. The hotels were magnificent and the pacing of the trip, spending at least two nights in each hotel was perfect. The itinerary was everything we wanted!"

Client of Susan Morley, Journeys around the World, Cadence
"Sally Strange was wonderful so knowledgable, friendly and fun. 100% would use her services again. We feel like we have a friend for life! We LOVED our tours, where we ate lunch, and spending the days with Sally......Thanks (once again!) for looking after our clients so well. We so appreciate you. "

Lauren Ainsley, Black Tomato
"Rosie...thank you for giving us such a world-class experience in Scotland. Everyone had such a wonderful time and your presence was a large part of that. Your warmth and generosity in taking care of us on our little excursion is so beyond appreciated and I can’t wait to work with you again soon."

Alex Martinetti
"Thank you so very much for the amazing trip to Scotland that you planned for us!! It was truly a once in a lifetime fabulous family trip!! Not only were the accommodations perfect, the activities were above expectations, given the people involved with so much knowledge and compassion for what they do....Many, many heartfelt thanks for making this trip so very special for our family. "

Clients of Kristen Meckem, Kristen Meckem Travel, An Affiliate of Brownell
"I work regularly with Michael Davies, who I can not praise enough! Michael is a gem to work with and always delivers extraordinary client itineraries. "

Jennifer McCrea, Boutique Travel Advisors
"We cannot thank you enough for all you did for us during our stay in Scotland! We loved every minute of it....and we loved you teaching us the history of each town and visit. "

The Pogue Family - Clients of Amy Spence, Strong Travel
"We are so grateful for professionalism, expertise, and purely fun personality to entertain and educate our clients in all things royal! I do believe it was a smashing success. 😊"

Pat Bowden, Red Letter Travel, an independent affiliate of Brownell
"Michael does such an outstanding job with making sure every itinerary he works on with me is well thought out. He is attentive to detail and always allows for the clients interest to be reflected in their tours. He makes sure that the perfect tour operator and chauffeur is paired with each client. I wanted you to know what a pleasure it is working with Michael and knowing my clients will always be well cared for when traveling with Dream Escape! "

Jennifer McCrea, Boutique Travel Advisors
"Without a doubt, what made all of it so special and unforgettable was having the true pleasure of having Sally Strange as our guide. She was truly incredible..so full of life, energy, amazing historical knowledge anywhere we visited was extraordinary. Her sense of humor and fun personality made her extra special. Sally was a winner in every way."

Clients of Betsy Talbot, Travel by Talbot (Brownell)
"Your team excelled on all levels! The execution of the itinerary was flawless!!! Well done. The clients LOVED Sally and this was just the second note from them about how exceptional she was. "

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Krista Boyles, Unique Romance Travel
"I want to extend my deepest gratitude for your incredible work on this project, we really could not have gotten it across the finish line without you and your team 😊"

Marieta Carrrero, Boost Journeys
"I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone at Dream Escape who helped in making the Gialamas' visit to London special. I know Dream Escape has many people behind the scenes that work on making an itinerary such as this flow seamlessly and I just wanted to say thank you for all of your hard work! "

Jennifer McCrea, Boutique Travel Advisors
"Activities & Tours - All the events and guides were outstanding.- Guides - Simply the best. All of them. All outstanding! "

Black Tomato Clients
"Thank you for everything you did to make the entire trip, special presentations and events so special. It has added a sparkle in my life!"

Gretchen Ashworth Stewart, Client
"Dream Escape, to no one’s surprise, is the best in the business. I cannot begin to thank you for crafting a perfect vacation for these clients. They had nothing but fabulous things to say about each and every event."

Nancy Ebel, Virtuoso Travel Advisor
"Couldn’t have asked for a better 1st trip to London!......The sites we saw were the best & Sally, you went above & beyond to make it memorable"

Shannon Marie Long - Reed and Mackay
"Delightful to spend time and see the incredible city of London with you all. Dream Escape for a flawless job in seeing the best bespoke sites, Sally you are amazing. Thank you again as this was amazing"

Josh Whitaker - Owner, Rudi Steele Travel
"Probably the best of the best in the UK and Ireland for organising amazing trips. They know their stuff, have fantastic relationships with suppliers and always go the extra mile."

Rob Arrow, Al Tayyar Group
"Lovely suite. Fabulous private tours. Everything has exceeded our expectations. "

William A Heim, Client
"I had the most wonderful time with you and learned so much...What you offer is rare and much needed in the truly exclusive travel world. "

Jean Newman-Glock, Signature Travel Network
"You were the heart and soul of the trip….I truly admired your sunny personality, sense of humor, organization and professionalism. You also demonstrated that a guide’s work is never done as you were constantly researching….. Did you ever rest??? "

Sharon Delano, Frosch
"We want to thank you and the team from Dream Escape. All six of us in our group had a wonderful time, and we all agreed we owed that in large measure to the work of Dream Escape. From the onset of working with you, you demonstrated a tremendous knowledge about all the activities we wished to pursue —from playing golf to dining at excellent restaurants to seeing historical sites and the Tattoo and Fringe Festival. And, then you executed "

Thomas Cohen, Client
"THANK YOU a zillion times over for choosing/assigning Rosie to be with this family. She MADE the trip for them – there’s no other way to put it! "

Jill Jergel, Frontiers International Travel
"Our holiday in Scotland now tops their lists of best trips…… To their growing list of amazing and memorable first-time experiences, our sons may add fishing for trout and salmon on the River Tay; steering a motor boat on Loch Ness; and taking private guided tours on Culloden Moor Of the eight full days we were in Scotland, Alex and Mattie thought each and every day was the best"

Michael Guadarrama & Trammi Nguyen, clients of Peter Carideo. CRC Travel
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Max Levy, Direct client
"Thank you Karen and all of the staff and guides affiliated with Dream Escape…..the Flemings are having an awesome tour of Scotland. You all have made me look like a star! "

Joni Gerace, The Travel Society, LLC
"Thanks for all your help and we can chalk this one up as a big success! Our anniversary celebration was all we could have hoped for "

Clients of Courtney Regan, Affiliate of Brownell Travel
"Rosie was MORE than outstanding – she went out of her way to help us in every regard...She was so knowledgeable – we all loved her"

Jill A. Jergel, Frontiers International Travel
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Cindy Evans, Travel Consultant
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Carole McFarland, Universal Travel
"Dream Escape is delivering in a superb manner. Jim Johnston is a great driver and one of the best guides we've had - I wish to very much thank the Dream Escape Team for fulfilling a Dream…"

Donald M. Davis, President, Luxury Travel, Inc.
"Thank you all so much it's great to have trusted friends on the ground to take care of our clients!"

Peter Carideo, CRC Travel
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Ann Lipschitz, Worldview Travel
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Debra Fini, VWTI
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Financial Times, How to Spend it
"It was, without doubt, one of the most spectacular weekends I have ever had"

Country Life
"David Tobin’s an ace at getting inside private castles and estates and he’s well connected.... "

Conde Nast Traveller Magazine
"The level of service they provide is outstanding. They truly care about every aspect of the trip to ensure you have a fantastic stay. Rosie is a hidden gem of a tour guide. Just fabulous."

Yvonne Malka, Signature Travel Network, April 2018

Brown’s Hotel London