The Beaumont Mayfair
Hotel · Mayfair ·
Art Deco hotel with sculpture suite, grill restaurant, spa
Art Deco hotel with sculpture suite, grill restaurant, spa
"This was the first hotel by celebrated restaurateurs Corbin and King (of the Wolseley fame), and what you’ll first notice on the approach is an enormous pixelated steel figure jutting out of the elegant façade. This is Room, a three-story sculpture by Antony Gormley that you can sleep inside. It’s an interesting detail for a hotel that otherwise feels very grounded—it’s traditional but stylish, with elegant Art Deco features. Rooms are generously proportioned and come in supremely tasteful shades of stone—slate velvet chairs, sandy-colored curtains—with black-and-white photos on the wall. The bathrooms are spacious and clean-cut with plenty of marble. Each room has a mini library of British classics, and all guests get use of a chauffeur-driven car." - CNT Editors
"This used to be a multi-story car park, you may be surprised to learn. The Beaumont is named after Jimmy Beaumont, a fictional character from Prohibition-era New York. Hence the Art Deco trimmings, wood panelling, vintage photos, and red-leather banquettes in the Colony Grill Room, where the shrimp cocktail is as good at the steak. In this context, Antony Gormley's astonishing 'Room' literally sticks out like a sore thumb—a three-story sculpture extruding from one side of the building, which also happens to contain a suite." - Condé Nast Traveller, Steve King
"Housed in a striking Grade II-listed neoclassical building, this Mayfair hotel channels prewar glamour with warm public rooms, cherrywood paneling, oil paintings and more than 1,500 artworks; its 50 rooms and 22 suites favor art-deco touches like bronze mirrors and silk curtains, and suites offer living rooms, libraries and terraces. Recent refurbishments added an outdoor terrace, a new Mayfair Suite and an enlarged spa, while dining and drinking highlights include an intimate 30-seat American-style cocktail bar focusing on bourbons and whiskies and a classic clubby grill—plus a complimentary emissions-free chauffeur service for nearby trips." - Jennifer Flowers, Annie Fitzsimmons, Katherine LaGrave
"The Beaumont’s 1926 exterior isn’t altogether conventional. The curious, cubelike sculpture on the left-hand corner of the facade is the creation of one of Britain’s foremost artists. Antony Gormley is best known for creating works such as the “Angel of the North” in the English town of Gateshead, but on this occasion he agreed to create ROOM—an “inhabitable sculpture” with a luxury suite hidden inside—at the behest of his old friend Jeremy King. King, for those not familiar with London ’s restaurant scene, is one half of Corbin & King . The pair have been working together for 30 years and have accrued a following at spots including the Wolseley, the Delaunay, Brasserie Zédel, and Colbert. It’s perhaps fitting, then, that the first thing guests encounter upon entering the Beaumont is a pair of double doors pointing the way to the Colony Grill Room and the American Bar. Both spaces are fitted with decadent walnut finishes, Art Deco artwork, and dim, atmospheric lighting. The look and feel recapture the glamour of America during the 1920s and 30s, and that theme pervades the hotel."
"At The Beaumont—the ca.-1926, transatlantic-style hotel in Mayfair, with its new, Thierry Despont-designed Gatsby’s Room lounge—you can sleep inside Room (2014), an inhabitable sculpture created for the property by Antony Gormley."
