#8 in Top 20 London for Business · ★★★★★
The Berkeley
Knightsbridge, Pavyllon for power dinners, rooftop pool with Hyde Park views.
Knightsbridge, Pavyllon for power dinners, rooftop pool with Hyde Park views.
"Knightsbridge, Pavyllon for power dinners, rooftop pool with Hyde Park views."
The Berkeley is the third Maybourne Group flagship in London (after Claridge's and the Connaught) and sits on Wilton Place at the corner of Knightsbridge and Belgravia. The hotel was rebuilt in 1972 from the original 1897 building and renovated continuously since; the most-recent suite refurbishment under designer André Fu was completed in 2018. One hundred and ninety rooms and suites; the Pavilion Suite (a duplex penthouse with a private roof terrace) is the multi-room flagship. Pavyllon by Yannick Alléno (one Michelin star, replacing the previous Marcus Wareing tenant) is the working business-dinner room. The Blue Bar (the André Putman-designed Lalique-blue cocktail room) is the after-meeting space. The Berkeley Rooftop Pool — open-air, heated, with full Hyde Park views — is the most-distinctive working asset of the property. The Berkeley is the right pick for the London business trip in the Knightsbridge-and-Belgravia cluster (the Aspinall and Chelsea private clubs, the major sovereign-wealth-fund London offices, the luxury retail), with the André Fu design language as the differentiator from the Mandarin Oriental at the same price tier.
Pavilion Suite (rooftop duplex with terrace) or Knightsbridge Suite (entry-level corner suite).
Pavyllon for 7.30pm business dinner — the chef's-counter table is the working table. The Blue Bar at 6pm; the corner banquette under the Lalique chandelier is reservation-only. The rooftop pool at 6.30am is the morning recovery — the lap lane is closed for guests until 8am.
The Berkeley 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 Knightsbridge, Wilton Place and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in 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.