The Dorchester - Dorchester Collection

I usually stayed at the Lanesborough when I goto London, a classical 5 star hotel with butler service that always guarantee me an outstanding stay. This time, I had a one night transit in London and decided to make use othis opportunity to try out out a new hotel that is also within Park Lane / Hyde Park area, the recently renovated Dorchester London. Several months ago while staying at the Lanesborough, I dropped by this place to have a drink and was wowed by the beautiful décor so I made a mental note to try. Just happened I had a one night transit in London so I decided to try. The Dorchester Collection is a group of luxury hotels that are located in some of the most prestigious cities. In London, they actually have two, the 45 Park Lane which I had tried before many years ago and the Dorchester London. Arrival Thankfully, my flight was right on time from Hamburg and I booked a hotel limo. Upon arrival, I was soon whisked away in an excellent and brand new Mercedes S Class. I arrived about an hour later in rainy weather and the bellhop was on hand with an unmbrella. Check-in was expected smooth as they have been expecting me. My booking was directly on the website with breakfast as the only benefit. I only booked a standard deluxe room. Their Guest Manager Mrs Katarina welcomed me to the hotel and I took this opportunity to request for a late check-out as my flight the following day is 10pm at night. I was expecting maybe they will give me one or two hours late checkout as I am only a first time guest and was very pleasantly surprised to be granted a late check-out until 6pm the following day. Perhaps me being a Lanesborough regular guest might have made them put in the extra effort to extend me a late checkout. Room Mrs Katrarina personally showed me to my room, a renovated Deluxe room. Along the way, I noticed the entire hotel has been renovated, including the hallways and corridors. They managed to do this in stages without closing down or disturbing the guests which was quite a feat. Upon entering the room, there is a short foyer flanged by a very complete minibar housed in a gold tone cabinet. It’s slightly smaller than my usual junior suite but the room was sumptuously and gorgeously decorated. It simply screams luxury. There is a superbly comfortable King Size Bed, a small sofa sitting area, a work desk and a very large state of the art Bang & Olufsen TV. Very Very nice indeed. There is a window which looks to the backyard, no view. A minus but not that important to me as I am only here for one night. The only area of this room I was not impressed with is the bathroom, not because it’s not as beautifully finished but it lacks the separate walk-in shower that I am so used to. The rainforest shower was directly above the bath tub and it’s quite a hassle to climb into the tub as it’s a very deep tub ( the hotel left a leaflet to proudly proclaim it’s the deepest tub in London ). The tower racks are heated and there’s dual sin

We visit the Dorchester (our favourite hotel in London) each year to celebrate our anniversary over afternoon tea. The promenade was magical with all of the chris**as decor and the choir. It was wonderful to be back and see the staff. The Artists’ Bar was blissful and the perfect place to sit and watch the world go over a cocktail. Afternoon tea in the promenade was exquisite. The chef did a great job at meeting my dietary requirements, as always. The cakes were beautifully presented and tasted good. Our waiter Sandro was fabulous.Each small detail was well thought of. A huge thank you to Monika Mazuruk (PA to Director F&B) for arranging our booking and taking on board all of our requirements to make our anniversary extra special. Your efforts paid off and we had a wonderful time and can't wait to visit again soon. You were truly marvellous. We always make our reservation via Monika, as she goes above and beyond. We were also very well looked after by Berna Isik. Berna made numerous updates to our booking and she took it all in her stride. Berna made sure everything was perfect. Both Monika and Berna are wonderful, kind, courteous and personable employees who are an asset to the Dorchester hotel. Happy Chris**as to you all.

It was long thinking where to celebrate our anniversary, so we decided to visit The Dorch and I’m glad we did. Every single thing we were served was perfect. From the tea being strong and full of flavour to the fluffiest cakes. Absolute perfection like you would expect in such high end class hotel.

Wonderful hotel for High Tea. We took our daughter (13) to experience High Tea and it was truly delightful. The ambiance is elegant and traditional, the live piano makes the whole experience private and elevated and the tea and food was excellent.

Amazing service from the moment we arrived, surrounded by a beautifully decorated interior; we had the pleasure of being taken care of by Anuar who served the Afternoon Tea, carefully directed our photos to capture the experience and made us laugh throughout. I had the best time celebrating my birthday here with my family thanks to the Dorchester team, huge thanks to Sophie too who also kept us smiling and was very helpful. I will definitely be visiting again!

This hotel is just so so beautiful. We had a wonderful time here at the Promenade, what a beautiful place to have an Afternoon Tea. Delicious sandwiches, scones served warm and apricot jam was so nice but we thought they need to work on their pastries but a great service compensate for it. We were entertained, professionally by elegant Anuar, our server that afternoon. Our teacup was never empty as it was topped up regularly and we were offered a different tea to try too ! For what they charged as service charge in the bill, he’s worth it, what a fabulous experience. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Fantastic day for all the family. Plenty to do especially with great music and fireworks and very well organised but rip off food , ice cream and drinks stalls. Next time I shall take my own food and drink rather than paying a lot for disappointing quality food and ice cream.

We had Afternoon Tea at the Dorchester, there’s 5 of us to celebrate my mom’s birthday, food was good, sandwiches were freshly made as you can tell how soft the bread is, scones is just to die for and my favourite pastry is the coconut with pineapple jam, love it. Anuar our server made mom’s birthday celebration something to remember, he treat us like a family and he’s a class act and a lovely guy at the same tine and the best photographer too ! Thank you.