The Langham Hotel

Introduction: The Langham Hotel is located towards the top (North) end of Regent Street, close to Oxford Circus. This is a prime location in the heart of London. Regent Street itself is one of the most popular, upmarket and fashionable shopping areas in the capital. Come Christmas time the street becomes the setting for a series of themed street lighting for which it has become internationally known for. The surrounding areas include the exclusive Mayfair, theatreland, Soho, Piccadilly Circus (at the south end of Regent Street) and to the North of the hotel and just 700 yards walk is the wonderful Regents Park. Regents Park is home to London Zoo. A few nearby attractions include Wigmore Hall (0.2 miles), London Palladium (0.3 miles), Pollocks Toy Museum (0.4 miles), Wallace Collection (0.4 miles), Madame Tussauds (0.6 miles), Nelsons Column (0.9 miles) and Buckingham Palace (1.1 miles).

Hotel
The Langham Hotel is One of the leading hotels of the world with a long and rich history. This impressive building has an elegant and graceful character while blending a sense of the past with a contemporary feel.
Bedroom amenities include Air-conditioning, 24 hour room service, Broadband Internet connection, In-house pay movies, Sony Playstation, Private Bar, Coffee & Tea facilities, Satellite TV, Radio, In-room safe, Direct Dial Telephone, fax, mini-bar, cable/satellite 32" flatscreen Television & Radio, Working Desk and Voicemail. Bathrooms come with luxury toiletries.
Classic Rooms: Traditional style.  Room Size: From 301 ft² / 28 m².
The Classic Grand rooms are roomy with high ceilings lend to the feel of space and natural daylight. Room Size: From 301 ft² / 28 m². Modern classic style and elegance. Feature a cosy armchair, state of the art technology and a lavish marble bathroom.
The Classic Executive rooms have the distinction of being designed by a name synonymous with high end luxury, Harrods of Knightsbridge, and are classily British by design. Room Size: From 409 ft² / 38 m². 32" or 42" flatscreen Television and Two direct dial telephones.
Classic Family Rooms: Views of All Souls Church. Includes a seating area with a foldout sofa-bed with a modern English style. Large bathroom and extra space for suitcases and shopping. Room Size: From 409 ft² / 38 m². Generously sized business desk. Marble bathroom with separate handheld shower.
The Langham Club Rooms (45 rooms in total and located in a section that can be thought of as a hotel within a hotel) offer opulent style, furnished in a sophisticated, neutral-tone décor with a contemporary flair and come with access to the club lounge. Extras in these rooms include a complimentary bar and late check-out. In the bathroom, which includes a separate shower and bath, you will find luxurious amenities from Penhaligon's of London. Room Size: From 344 ft² / 32 m² and have a Bose CD player.
 
Dining Options:
Club lounge: Serves complimentary all day light meals and refreshments, including continental breakfast, afternoon tea and evening cocktails, guests can also enjoy an extended check-out time until 3:00 p.m.
Landau Restaurant: Designed by David Collins Studio. 100 seats. Extravagant and luxurious surroundings and yet with a relaxed feel. This restaurant has been designed to look as it did when it first opened in bygone era. Features a glass canopy with state-of-the-art lighting. Modern Oriental feel.  Also features a private dining room called 'Postilion' along with a theatrical vaulted wine corridor with in excess of 1,500 wines which connects the brand new lobby entrance to the restaurant. Specially selected wine and champagne list which is divided into regions. Menu is contemporary European with the best of English ingredients. Serves continental breakfast, light meals and traditional afternoon tea with piano music. Breakfast 07.00 till 10.30 (Weekends till 11.00), Lunch noon till 14.30 (Sundays 12.30 till 14.30), Afternoon Tea 15.00 till 17.00, Dinner 17.30 till 22.30 (Sunday 18.00 till 22.30)
Artesian Cocktail Bar: New in 2007. The work of specialist restaurant designers, David Collins Studio, the bar is now a glamorous venue for hotel guests with a blend of Orientalism, new nostalgia and the contemporary. Serves an extensive list of cocktails including special in-house rum/cocktail creations.
The bar takes its name from the artesian well that is located beneath the hotel, measuring 360 feet in depth. Hi-tech ice machines makes for purer and colder ice with increased density. This means the ice takes far longer to melt ensuring well chilled cocktails. Open till 2 am (midnight Sunday)
Palm Court: This is the centre piece of the hotel and where 140 years of history continues today with its daily traditional afternoon tea. Alongside the tea you will find all day light dining and an extensive Champagne list (over 40 with many rare labels) in a setting of timeless elegance.
Open: 10.00 till 22:00
Afternoon tea: 15:00 till 17:00
Champagne hour: 19.05 (the hotel calls this 18.65, the year the hotel opened) till 20.09

As the home of the birth place of the traditional afternoon tea (see background below) you would expect this tradition to be something special at the Langham, and indeed it is.
Choose from a variety of Tea specials including:
High Tea
High Tea served with a glass of Laurent-Perrier NV
Wonderland Afternoon
Wonderland Afternoon Tea served with a glass of Laurent-Perrier NV
Bijoux Afternoon Tea
Bijoux Afternoon Tea served with a glass of Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV or Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve NV
ÜBER BIJOUX AFTERNOON TEA for two served with a half bottle of Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve NV

Covering 2 floors is the Langham Health Club and Spa (charges apply). With a 16 metre swimming pool (located in the bank vault), gymnasium, Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room.
The lower ground floor is where you will find the gym equipped high tech machines, free weights and large screen TV's.
The hotel offers a full range of concierge services which extend beyond simply assisting with luggage to help with bookings and tickets for local events and amenities such as theatre or restaurant as well as assisting with business services.
The hotel reception is always open to assist you too, its staffed 24 hours day 7 days a week. Additional services include currency exchange and a Laundry / Valet service. WIFI internet connection is available throughout the hotels public areas.
Onsite is a dedicated Business Centre with secretarial services available. There are also 14 function/meeting rooms.

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Room Numbers: 380
Check-in: 15.00 (3 pm)
Check-out: 12.00 noon

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Comment: £80 million pound refurbishment 2008/2009

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Background: The Langham Hotel London is an historic hotel dating back to 1865 when it was the first hotel in Europe to be classed as a Deluxe Grand Hotel and the first in London to feature air-conditioning. The original grand opening was by the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII and it followed two years of construction from 1863. At the time of opening it was the largest hotel in London. Notably electric lights in the entrance and courtyard were installed in 1879 (first London hotel to have electricity). The hotel closed during World 11 after being hit during a German bombing raid. The BBC had, and still have, headquarters on the opposite side of the road. After the war they used the building for accommodation as well as filming. In 1986 the building was sold to the Ladbrokes Group for twenty Six Million pounds and Ladbrokes went on to buy the non-USA arm of the Hilton group. On March 4th 1991 the hotel reopened in its former Victorian opulent glory after a total rebuild during a one hundred million pound rebuild under the Hilton brand. Now owned by Langham Hotels International.
Memories Restaurant, Tsar's restaurant and bar and Chukka Bar closed in 2006.

Reported to be among the most haunted hotels in the world with no less than seven ghosts claimed to have been seen at one point or another. In room 333 guests have reported seeing a man dress in Victorian clothing. Said to be the spirit of a doctor who murdered his wife and then hung himself in  the hotel.
First hotel to offer traditional afternoon tea shortly after its opening in 1865. Way back then the price was 1/6d (equivalent of 7 1/2 p).

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Awards:
Tea Council:
Overall winner 2010 (Palm Court)
Green Tourism for London: Gold Status
Travel and Leisure magazine: Europe top 100: 2009