#10 in Top 20 London for Business · ★★★★★
Rosewood London
Holborn, Edwardian-arches courtyard for arrivals, between Mayfair and the City for cross-town schedules.
Holborn, Edwardian-arches courtyard for arrivals, between Mayfair and the City for cross-town schedules.
"Holborn, Edwardian-arches courtyard for arrivals, between Mayfair and the City for cross-town schedules."
Rosewood London is the business pick for a trip whose meetings span several London districts from one well-connected base. It opened in 2013 in the restored Pearl Assurance Building on High Holborn, a 1914 Edwardian building entered through an arched courtyard off the pavement, with a grand domed reception that gives it one of the most recognisable hotel arrivals in the city. There are 264 rooms and 44 suites; the Manor House Wing, a hotel-within-a-hotel with its own entrance and butler service, is the option for a delegation or a family. Holborn Dining Room is one of the most reliable business-dinner rooms in London; the Mirror Room handles the more formal lunches, dinners, and afternoon tea; and Scarfes Bar, hung with Gerald Scarfe's original murals, is the after-meeting cocktail room. The position is the real asset for a cross-town trip: roughly fifteen minutes by Tube to Mayfair, fifteen to the City, ten to Westminster, and ten to King's Cross and St Pancras. For a day of meetings scattered across districts, it is among the most efficient bases in London. Best for the London business trip whose priority is location.
Manor House Suite (private-entrance multi-bedroom) or a Premier Suite for the standard tier.
Holborn Dining Room at 7pm is the business dinner; book the corner banquette by the windows. Scarfes Bar at 6pm, the corner table near the murals is the one to ask for. Use the Manor House Wing entrance for the most discreet arrival.
Rosewood London sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in London for Business list. It scored an aggregate 9.7/10 across the three editorial criteria, competitive against the field but, on business-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same London neighbourhood, see Holborn, Midtown London and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
Have firm dates? Our editor's advice is to book roughly twelve weeks in advance. Expect the best-positioned suites to go early; in the busy season the lead time is months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces, the ones that earn this rank, are typically the first to sell out.
A ranked shortlist, a special offer worth booking, and the overpriced stay to skip. Straight from the editors.