The Bloomsbury Hotel is home to some of the capital's most beautiful, and likely most photographed food and drink venues.
The magnificent Lutyens-designed hotel facade itself is also the subject of many an Instagram post, but beyond those walls you'll find a couple of lovely private dining rooms tucked away in the hotel. Both are relatively small, but perfect for small corporate dinners, entertaining clients, or friends and family gatherings where you want quality food in luxury surrounds.
Firstly, there's the Seamus Heaney Library (named after the poet who was a regular guest at the hotel). The Seamus Heaney Library can seat 30 in a spacious, light-filled room lined with creamy white book cases and shiny parquet floors. Or, there's the Chapel - a more sombre space that seats up to 20 in a double-height, deconsecrated chapel designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The Chapel still features an array of period detailing, making it certainly one of the more unique private dining spaces in London.
Food, meanwhile, comes from the menu at nearby Dalloway Terrace, where dishes have an international and Mediterranean spin. Starters include the likes of dressed Dorset crab with house Guinness bread, burrata with Isle of Wight tomatoes, basil dressing and toasted focaccia, and courgette fritti with citrus mayonnaise. Mains are a little more globally inclined, with chicken Milanese sitting alongside miso glazed black cod, and roasted squash masala, but there are daily specials too, as well as steaks from the grill, sides and desserts like baked lemon cheesecake, Eton Mess and vanilla creme brulee.
Alongside an extensive list of wine, English sparkling wine and Champagne, The Bloomsbury also mixes up unique signature cocktails like the Natural Couple (Belvedere Organic Infusions pear and ginger, lime, pear sorbet, Belle de Brillet, and Sassy Pear Cidree).