5 Threadneedle Street, any good?

[bp1]

Just ended up booking a weekend here for Mrs BP and myself via lastminute top secret deals. Anybody know anything about the hotel and any decent restaurants/bars in the surrounding area. Its been a long time since the Mrs and I have been in London together so any recommendations would be much appreciated. Except for recommendations about Oxo towers, as I can point out were married, so that ended a long time ago

http://www.theetoncollection.com/content.aspx?page...

[bluetone]

No.1 Lombard St? = very nice bar/restaurant, though frequented by rahs in suits and suitably pricey.

http://www.1lombardstreet.com/bar

Edited by bluetone on Thursday 12th March 14:27

[trumpet600]

If you are staying over the weekend, at least you will get a good nights sleep as the City is as dead as a dodo over the weekend.

Fortunately, the tube is a couple of minutes walk and it's ony a couple of stops into the west end, where you will find more bars and restaurants than you can shake a stick at.

Lcally, you have got London Dungeons, HMS Belfast and St. pauls. Food wise, there is Rhodes in Tower 42

[bluetone]

Tower 42 (the old NatWest Tower) also has the top-floor bar Vertigo, though you need to book this in advance = great views with your beer

[bp1]

Thanks guys, that bar vertigo sounds like a good idea. I'll give that a call.

Think were just going to be eating drinking and catching a few museums, try and avoid the overly touristy stuff.

[Skipppy]

Coq D'argent is a nice gimmick as well, if the weather is nice that is... Not sure if it is open on the weekends though.

[Adam B]

15 minute walk to millenuim brudge, walk over for tate modern

can get tate river boat to the other original tate gallery

[Romanymagic]

And not forgetting Bonds Restaurant underneath. You will find the link to Bonds on your original link. Really nice fine dining restaurant. I take some clients there regularly who originally recommended to me.

[matt3001]

I cannot recommend that hotel enough! We went for my 18th birthday and had a suite (which are very cheap at weekends) the service and suite is truly 5* and I have stayed at other places with 5*'s that do not come close to this hotel.

It has a magnificent entrance hall as well with this huge rug and big glass dome roof that is very impressive. The suites all have huge balconies as well and I mean huge!!!

But yeah at the weekend the city is dead, good for a hoon but not a trip with the gf. Some nice restaurants nearby but nightlife is a taxi away.

Fab hotel though!

[hunt_the_fox]

It's actually not too bad for walking distance from the city- good bars etc at Liverpool St and Farringdon both of which are a walk away, also check out Club Gascon for decent food.

[bluetone]

Also Brick Lane is quite close-by for curries in the evening and the Sunday morning market. I recall buying a nice leather jacket from a shop near there for not very much money some time a go.