Bathrooms Of Instagram
Is your loo Instagram ready? Probably not (the bathroom here at The Handbook is currently being plagued by ‘the phantom sh**tter’, so count us out), but unlike us thankfully the restaurants, bars and hotels of London not only have their loo brush game sorted, but they’ve got a phenomeonal backdrop for it too. Welcome to the Loos Of Instagram (the various working titles for this piece have included Bogs On Blogs, Must-Have-Lavs and Perfect Pissers, so believe me it could’ve been worse…).
COMO Hotels
No Hyde-ing The View
Scrub in style as you enjoy the view across Hyde Park from the splendid COMO Suite on the 10th floor of Park Lane’s COMO Metropolitan London hotel. The suite comes with a sitting room, dining area, large walk-in shower and *this* stunning bathroom with a freestanding bath, minimalistic look and, well, that view.
Where: Park Lane, Halkin Street
Website: www.comohotels.com
Jin Bo Law
When You've Gotta FlaminGO
Apparently (big does of cynicism, but it’s a good yarn) Oscar Wilde’s last words were ‘either that wallpaper goes or I do’. I think Wilde might’ve had the same wallpaper as Jin Bo Law’s loos, and I’m a fan. Yes, it’s a 14th storey bar in the city, so every window has a stunning view, but a printed silk flamingo wallpaper is basically my spirit animal, so here’s my favourite.
Where: 14th Floor Dorsett City, 9 Aldgate High Street, London EC3N 1AH
Website: www.jinbolaw.co.uk
Park Chinois
The Loo That Oozes (Opulence, That Is)
Golden taps shaped as swans? Tick! Hand painted Turkish wallpaper? Tick! Enough marble to re-clad the Collesium? Tick! No, not Donald Trump’s boudoir but the bathrooms at London restaurant Park Chinois. Oozing might not be a word you want to hear in a bathroom, but this one positively oozes with opulence.
Where: Park Chinois, 17 Berkeley Street, Mayfair, W1J 8EA
Website: www.parkchinois.com
sketch
They're From Mars...
The only time outside a doctor’s surgery you’ll hear the sentence “You absolutely have to go to the loo” will be at Sketch. They are truly iconic. The Mayfair restaurant has taken a different approach to the whole bathroom sitch, placing other-worldly ‘eggs’ at random in a large upstairs room. Step inside the egg to do your business, but rest assured you’ll never look at a normal loo the same again.
Where: 9 Conduit Street, Mayfair, W1S 2XG
Website: www.sketch.london
Corinthia London
I'm Basically Stalking This Suite
I think I might be obsessed with the Royal Suite at The Corinthia. I keep writing about it (like in our Sweet Suites guide), but this time I’m not banging on about the incredible Thames view from the incredible terrance, but instead I’m going nuts for the bathroom. Like everything else in this suite, it’s massive and fit for a pharaoh.
Where: Whitehall Place, Westminster, SW1A 2BD
Website: www.corinthia.com
Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square
Golden Shower
Is there anything about Four Seasons Hotel at Ten Trinity Square that isn’t seriously slick and grand at the same time? From the moment you enter through the colonnaded front door to even the loos, with more than a midas touch along with with beautiful design.
Where: Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square, Trinity Square, London EC3N 4AJ, United Kingdom
Website: www.fourseasons.com
Hotel Café Royal
Caesar's Boudoir
Hotel Café Royal have produced something that might well be straight out of a Roman Emperor’s gaffe with the bathroom in their Regent Suite. Marble on marble, it’s a cool cross between Caesar’s boudoir and sanatorium/super-max, with white on white on chrome. We love it.
Where: 68 Regent Street, Piccadilly, W1B 4DY
Website: www.hotelcaferoyal.com
