Description:
The Goring Hotel London is situated on a small street in the heart of
London, close to Victoria train station. From Victoria you can
take a direct train
service to Gatwick Airport. Just a short stroll from
Buckingham
Palace, the London residence of the British monarchy, where you can watch
the changing of the guard or take a stroll in Green Park or St James's park. Shopping is all around with the best to be
found at Victoria Street, Piccadilly and
Kings Road Chelsea.
Good local transport links via bus, taxi and tube. All in all an excellent
location to explore all of central London and the best known attractions. Local
places of interest include the
Queens Gallery
(0.2 miles), Westminster Cathedral (0.30 miles),
Wellington Arch
(0.4 miles), Guards Museum (0.5 miles), Apsley House,
St James's
Palace (0.6 miles),
Westminster
Abbey (0.8 miles),
Harrods (0.8 miles) and the Royal Academy of Arts (0.8 miles).
Hotel:
The Goring Hotel offers a taste of an English country house within the heart of
central London.
All of the bedrooms are individually designed in a luxurious classic style. Some rooms
have views over the hotels private gardens. They all have individually
controlled air-conditioning, interactive TV with on demand movies (plus internet
and keyboard), entertainment system, high speed internet access, dual line
telephone with voicemail, safe and hairdryer. Bathrooms include bathrobes and
slippers.
The hotel has a range of suites with separate bedrooms and sitting room.
Bathrooms are marble and the suites style is classically English.
Connecting rooms available. Room service operates 24 hours.
Relax over a pot of coffee in the elegant
Garden Lounge and Bar, with
views overlooking the grounds, or enjoy the delight of warm
scones and clotted cream with a traditional English afternoon
tea. Enjoy champagne poured from magnums and canapés in this busy venue. Soft
leather armchairs ensure a relazing drink with wines sold by the glass and
classic Clarets ensuring a wide selection of drinks.
Traditional Afternoon Tea is also served on the
Goring Terrace with views
of the hotels gardens. There's a choice from a wide range of tea's that include
the hotels own in-house blend. Served with a three tiered silver stand with an
assortment of fresh sandwiches, freshly baked home made scones with Devonshire
clotted cream and jams home made pastries. Also Bollinger Afternoon Tea option.
Served daily from 15.30 till 17.00.
The
Goring restaurant's (winner at the Tio Pepe ITV London Restaurant
Awards) traditional style and convenient
location make it a perfect venue for that special luncheon or
dinner. Features furnishings by Linley, famous British furniture maker. At luncheon the light streams though the large windows,
creating a perfect oasis in the centre of town. For the
evenings, the lights (Swarovski chandeliers) are lowered and the atmosphere becomes more
intimate as the pianist plays gently at the entrance to the
room.
Al fresco dining on the Veranda during the summer months.
The Elegantly
Drawing Room, with its magnificent mahogany table,
holds up to twelve for dining, twenty-five for a reception.
The
Breakfast Room, with a round table, seats up to 8 and is
popular for working Breakfasts, that special Luncheon and
Directors' Dinners.
The
Garden Bar offers a place to unwind with its array of liqueurs,
spirits, fine single malts, Gin's, Vodka's and international fine Whiskies and
Cognacs.
Facilities are tastefully geared to the day-to-day needs of
business on the move.
Guests also enjoy free membership of the
superbly equipped local health club (includes swimming pool) a short walk away
(3 minutes).
There are 4 meeting rooms with a capacity for up to 50 guests.
The Goring hotel is air-conditioned. Hotel provides 24 hour Concierge service,
Laundry, dry-cleaning and pressing, Complimentary shoe shine and newspaper.
Room Numbers:
74
Check-in:
12.00 noon
Check-out:
12.00 noon
Awards:
Travel and Leisure magazine:
2007: 28th top hotel in Europe
2006: 38th in Europe, 1st in London
Tea Council:
Award for excellence 2008, 2009.
Forbes Traveler Top 400: 2008, 2007
History: First built opened on march 2nd 1910. Will always be noted as the first hotel in the
world to have every bedroom en-suite. Has been run by four generations of the
Goring family since its opening.