Covent Garden Hotel | |
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General information | |
Location | 10
Monmouth Street London WC2H 9HB, England |
Coordinates | 51°30′52.31″N 0°7′37.42″W / 51.5145306°N 0.1270611°W |
Other information | |
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]
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]
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.