Raffles London at The OWO
London · United Kingdom
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Character and identity
Set inside the Edwardian Baroque hulk of the Old War Office on Whitehall, Raffles London at The OWO occupies a building where Churchill once briefed from the Grand Staircase's Juliet balcony and Ian Fleming worked for Naval Intelligence. An eight-year, two-billion-dollar restoration has delivered 120 rooms and suites by the late Thierry Despont, with triple-height ceilings, oak panelling and Piastraccia marble underfoot. The mood is regally masculine, anchored by Household Cavalry red. Nine restaurants (three from Mauro Colagreco), three bars including the subterranean Spy Bar, and a 27,000-square-foot Guerlain spa with a 20-metre pool fill out the offer. Service is polished and discreet.
Who's it for
Best for:
History-minded travellers and design literates who want a London hotel with genuine narrative weight, and food-and-wellness guests drawn by Colagreco's vegetable-led tasting menus and the four-floor Guerlain spa. Couples celebrating a milestone, and anyone who enjoys being walking distance from Trafalgar Square, St James's Park and Covent Garden, will feel at home.
Should look elsewhere:
Travellers who want a quiet, residential boutique feel should note the lobby and Guard's Bar buzz with politicos and media. Whitehall isn't a traditional hotel street, and those after Mayfair shopping on the doorstep, or a pared-back Scandi aesthetic, won't find it here.
Bottom line
What you're really paying for is the building itself: the corridors Fleming walked, the staircase Churchill spoke from, restored at a scale no other London opening this century can match. Book a heritage suite (the Granville is softer than the ministerial Haldane or Churchill) to actually inhabit the history; Classic Rooms from around $1,384 still deliver the triple-height ceilings but less of the story.
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What this place offers
- 24-hour room service
- Babysitting services
- Bar
- Fitness classes
- Gym
- House car
- Indoor pool
- Meeting rooms
- Pet friendly
- Restaurants
