Covent Garden Hotel Explained

Hotel Name:Covent Garden Hotel
Location:10 Monmouth Street
London WC2H 9HB, England
Pushpin Map:Central London
Coordinates:51.5145°N -0.1271°W
Number Of Rooms:58

Covent Garden Hotel is a 5-star hotel in London, England.[1] It is located in Monmouth Street near Seven Dials in the West End, a short walk away from the Royal Opera House, and is surrounded by some 21 theatres. The hotel is part of Tim and Kit Kemp's Firmdale Hotels.[2]

Style

The hotel's 58 bedrooms and suites are designed by co-owner and creative director Kit Kemp. At the reception, there are large curtains and aged wood furnishings. Stone stairs lead up to the first-floor drawing room which has maple-wood panelling. The Tiffany's Library is also located on the first floor and has a fireplace and bar. The hotel has three private dining rooms, a private 47-seat screening room, and a restaurant called Brasserie Max, with a pewter bar with an arched mirror. The bedrooms are elegant, with floral motifs, and they have bathrooms made of granite and mahogany. The hotel also has a gym and a spa.[3]

Notable guests

The hotel frequently attracts notable guests. Musician Courtney Love stayed at the hotel in 2007,[4] actor Simon Russell Beale in 2002,[5] The lobby and restaurant of the hotel were used as filming locations in the 2005 film Match Point;[6] Scarlett Johansson, one of that film's main actors, also stayed there. Other well-known guests include the director Peter Jackson, actors Tim Robbins, Meryl Streep,[7] Stockard Channing,[8] Stephen Fry, Geoffrey Rush, Robert De Niro, Kiefer Sutherland and Kate Winslet.

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Lonely Planet review. https://archive.today/20130128010644/http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/hotel/availability/?SearchDetails=L!10000!1!-1!2115!!!-1!-1!-1!-1!13..!!!57.59.27.4.52!!!&PreviousSearchId=-1&HotelId=20779. dead. 2013-01-28. Lonely Planet. Katja Gaskell.
  2. News: Country house hotels: New life in the country. 13 December 2009. The Daily Telegraph. Fiona Duncan. 15 December 2009. London. https://web.archive.org/web/20091215152725/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hotels/6778801/Country-house-hotels-New-life-in-the-country.html. 15 December 2009. live.
  3. http://www.designhotels.com/hotels/europe/unitedkingdom/london/covent_garden_hotel/architecture Design Hotels
  4. News: Courtney Love Trashes the Covent Garden Hotel. 12 July 2007. Hotel Chatter. 15 December 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091218082309/http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/12/10239/9640/hotels/Courtney_Love_Trashes_the_Covent_Garden_Hotel. 18 December 2009. live.
  5. https://archive.today/20120912060215/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-372937-not-so-simple-simon.do "Not-so-simple Simon"
  6. http://filmlondon.org.uk/film_culture/film_tourism/movie_maps/match_point Match Point
  7. Web site: Celebrity secrets: The city slickers . 2010-12-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091016132837/http://www.enjoyengland.com/ideas/heritage-and-culture/on-location/celebrity-secrets.aspx . 2009-10-16 . live .
  8. Claire Rudebeck (16 February 2005): "Stockard Channing: One tough cookie", The Independent