Claridge's classically fabulous service

Content: Clardige's, Brook Street, Mayfair, London W1K 4HR

I've had the great privilege of not only staying at the beautiful Claridge's hotel, but celebrating many of my family's important milestone events in its gracious and elegant rooms. Yet what amazes me each and every time I pass through the magical revolving door, that Claridge's calls its front entrance, is not the gorgeous Oswald P. Milne Art Deco lobby one is thrust into, not the elegantly flickering scented candles and tastefully arranged flowers; not the gleaming black and white marble floor; neither the breathtaking Dale Chihuly glass sculpture in The Foyer, nor the seductive painting of artist Pasnikov's wife, my absolute favourite next to the Albertina's Moonlit Night by Emil Nolde, but the most impeccable and gracious service you will find at any hotel, anywhere in the world.
Whether it's the lovely Roman, who sets the film set like atmosphere, welcoming you while holding the door open to your taxi, the efficient Greg checking you in, the lovely Jade promptly finding you a table for a quick lunch, in an already packed tea room, or the ever gracious Shamim, fashioning you a hot toddy because he's worried about your cough; truly, once you step into Claridge's, you are not really entering a hotel, but rather you get that wonderful feeling of arriving home. This inevitably is the result of the wonderful collective positive energy and management of the Claridge's dedicated staff. The ever watchful Marianne Claridge, whose portrait is gracing the lobby, would be ever so proud!