In this guide
Mayfair is where London keeps its grand hotels. The Ritz, Claridge’s, The Connaught, The Dorchester and Brown’s all sit in the grid of streets between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane, and a double at the best known of them typically runs from about £600 to £850 a night.
For less, there is an underground hotel on Park Lane from £90; for a group or a long stay, there are apartments with kitchens.
💡 The Short Version: Zedwell Park Lanead is the cheapest bed in this guide at £90 to £207, and it is windowless and entirely underground. With a group or for a week, Native Mayfairad and No.5 Maddox Streetad give you a kitchen. Among the grand hotels, choose on what you will use: The Connaughtad for its bar and Mount Street, Claridge’sad for the art deco rooms and the tea, 45 Park Lanead if every window should face Hyde Park, Brown’sad for family suites, and The Ritzad only if you are happy to wear a jacket and tie to tea.
Which part of Mayfair
Mayfair’s four edges feel different and use different stations.
Park Lane, the western edge, is a dual carriageway facing Hyde Park. The Dorchester, 45 Park Lane and the Four Seasons are here, with Hyde Park Corner at the southern end and Marble Arch at the northern. You get the park across the road and the traffic under the window.
Grosvenor Square and Mount Street, the north-west, is the quiet, residential heart: Mount Street’s pink terracotta terraces, Mount Street Gardens and small, very expensive shops. The Connaught, Claridge’s, The Chancery Rosewood, The Beaumont and The Twenty Two are all within a few hundred metres of each other, and Bond Street station, with the Elizabeth line, is about five minutes’ walk.
Piccadilly and Green Park, the south, is the busiest edge. The Ritz and the Athenaeum face the park, Brown’s is on Albemarle Street by the Royal Academy, and Half Moon Street and Curzon Street lead into Shepherd Market, a pocket of pubs and small restaurants where Mayfair’s evening crowd drinks outside.
Hanover Square and Regent Street, the east, is closest to Oxford Circus and a ten-minute walk from Soho. Mandarin Oriental Mayfair and No.5 Maddox Street are here.
Our Mayfair area guide covers what to see once you are here: the arcades, Cork Street’s galleries and the Royal Academy. The Fitzrovia to Mayfair walk finishes down Mount Street and through Shepherd Market to Green Park.
Choosing a grand hotel by what you will use
| If you want | Book | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Hyde Park from bed | 45 Park Lane | Every one of its 45 rooms and suites overlooks the park |
| A pool | The Chancery Rosewood | A 25-metre pool in its spa; 45 Park Lane guests get a subterranean pool, the Four Seasons a rooftop spa |
| The bar | The Connaught | The Connaught Bar, which our cocktail bars guide covers |
| Afternoon tea | Claridge’s or The Ritz | Claridge’s has served tea for more than 120 years; The Ritz’s is from £95, in jacket and tie |
| Children | Brown’s | Interconnecting rooms of 105 sq m, babysitting and half-price children’s menus |
| A kitchen | The Athenaeum’s residences | Eighteen of them, with the hotel’s staff on call |
| Something unusual | The Beaumont | You can book a bedroom inside an Antony Gormley sculpture |
The cheaper end, and the kitchens
Zedwell Underground Hotel Park Lane: a Park Lane address from £90
£90–£207 a Cocoon 2 · 77 Park Lane, W1K 7TP · Marble Arch 7 min · Breakfast extra
Zedwell Park Lanead is built in the space beneath Park Lane, and every room is windowless by design and soundproofed. The standard Cocoon 2 is 7 square metres and sleeps two; there is an accessible Cocoon 2 of 10 square metres and a Cocoon 4 of 14 square metres that sleeps four. Rooms have a rainfall shower and no television.
A Cocoon at Zedwell Park Lane.
The rate moves a lot with the night: a Cocoon 2 was £90 on an October Sunday and a February Wednesday, and £207 on an October Saturday. Hyde Park Corner is an 11-minute walk. Our windowless hotel rooms guide explains what the format is like to sleep in.
Native Mayfair: a kitchen on a Grosvenor Estate mews
Over £350 · 11 apartments · 10 Lees Place, W1K 6LN · Bond Street and Marble Arch under 10 min
Native Mayfairad is eleven apartments in a Victorian mews house of 1890 on Lees Place, a quiet passage a block from Grosvenor Square. Each has a kitchen. Our aparthotels guide compares Native with the other apartment operators.
A room at Native Mayfair, and its bathroom.
No.5 Maddox Street: one to three bedrooms off Regent Street
Over £350 · 12 apartments · 5 Maddox Street, W1S 2QD · Oxford Circus nearest
No.5 Maddox Streetad is twelve serviced apartments on a side street a minute off Regent Street, from a 27-square-metre one-bedroom to a three-bedroom, two-bathroom flat of 79 square metres with outdoor space. Some have private terraces and the operator marks which. Every one has a full kitchen and air conditioning, with regular housekeeping and a concierge team. It sells short stays as well as long ones of 30, 60 or 90 days.
A room at No.5 Maddox Street, and its bathroom.
Park Lane: the big hotels on Hyde Park
The Dorchester: newly renovated, facing the park
About £800 · 173 rooms and 68 suites · 53 Park Lane, W1K 1QA · Breakfast extra
The Dorchesterad faces Hyde Park halfway between Hyde Park Corner and Marble Arch, and finished a four-year renovation of its rooms and public spaces in 2026. Ask for a Deluxe or Executive Park View room if the view is the point; the others look over Mayfair or a courtyard.
A room at The Dorchester, and its bathroom.
Downstairs are Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, The Grill, China Tang, Vesper Bar, the Artists’ Bar and afternoon tea in The Promenade, where shorts and sportswear are not allowed. For families it sells connecting rooms, and some suites join into a five-bedroom suite; an extra bed for anyone 13 or over is £84 a night.
45 Park Lane: 45 rooms, all facing the park
Over £350 · 45 rooms and suites · 45 Park Lane, W1K 1PN
45 Park Lanead is The Dorchester’s small sister: 45 art deco rooms and suites and a penthouse, every one overlooking Hyde Park, with the higher floors looking over London as well. Downstairs is CUT, Wolfgang Puck’s steakhouse (in our steak guide), and BAR 45. Guests use a subterranean spa with a pool and gym. Extra beds are free for children under 13.
A suite at 45 Park Lane, and its bathroom.
Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane: eleven storeys at Hyde Park Corner
Over £350 · 153 rooms and 43 suites · Hamilton Place, W1J 7DR
The Four Seasonsad is an eleven-storey block directly opposite Hyde Park Corner, with Buckingham Palace a ten-minute walk through Green Park. Its spa is on the roof, with a vitality pool, sauna and steam room, and its restaurant is Pavyllon London by Yannick Alléno, where children up to five eat free from the kids’ menu. Connecting rooms are available, and standard rooms take two adults and one child up to 14.
A room at the Four Seasons Park Lane, and its bathroom.
Grosvenor Square and Mount Street
The Connaught: the bar, on Mount Street
About £850 · Carlos Place, W1K 2AL · Bond Street 5 min, Green Park 10 min
The Connaughtad sits where Mount Street meets Carlos Place, the part of Mayfair its owners call Mayfair Village. Most non-residents come for the Connaught Bar (in our cocktail bars guide); residents also get Hélène Darroze’s restaurant, the Connaught Grill, the Aman Spa in the basement and, in the suites, a personal butler. The afternoon tea is smaller and calmer than Claridge’s.
A room at The Connaught.
Claridge’s: the art deco one
About £750 · Brook Street, W1K 4HR · Bond Street 5 min, Oxford Circus 10 min · Breakfast extra
Claridge’sad is a red-brick Victorian building that became an art deco landmark in the 1920s, and its rooms span both: Victorian, art deco and contemporary, so check which style a rate includes before booking. The afternoon tea has been served for more than 120 years and books well ahead. The newest arrival is Dante Mayfair, a permanent branch of the Greenwich Village cocktail bar. Our family hotels guide covers what Claridge’s does for children.
A Balcony Room at Claridge’s.
The Chancery Rosewood: 144 suites in the old US Embassy
Over £350 · 144 suites · 30 Grosvenor Square, W1K · Bond Street 5 min
Eero Saarinen designed the American Embassy on Grosvenor Square in 1960, and The Chancery Rosewoodad is that Grade II-listed building converted by David Chipperfield Architects into an all-suite hotel. Theodore Roszak’s aluminium eagle is still in place. It has eight restaurants and bars, including Tobi Masa, a Japanese counter from the chef behind New York’s Masa, and the Eagle Bar on the roof, with terraces over the square and Hyde Park. The spa has a 25-metre pool. There are no fixed check-in or check-out times. Its tea room, Jacqueline, is in our afternoon tea guide.
A room at The Chancery Rosewood, and its bathroom.
The Beaumont: art deco, with a Gormley you can sleep in
About £600 · 101 rooms · 8 Balderton Street, Brown Hart Gardens, W1K 6TF · Bond Street nearest
The Beaumontad is an art deco building on Brown Hart Gardens, a raised public garden just south of Oxford Street. The entry-level Classic rooms are 30 square metres, twice the Mayfair Townhouse’s smallest. Its oddity is ROOM by Antony Gormley, a sculpture on the facade with a bedroom inside, 4 metres square and 10 metres high. Rosi is the restaurant, Le Magritte the bar, and tea is in The Gatsby Room, with no formal dress code. Dogs are welcome.
A room at The Beaumont.
The Twenty Two: a members’ club with bedrooms
Over £350 · 22 Grosvenor Square, W1K 6LF · Check-in 3pm, out at noon
The Twenty Two is an Edwardian house on Grosvenor Square that is both a members’ club and a hotel. Guests become temporary members for their stay, but the club is over-21s only and the Living Room admits children until 5pm, so it suits couples far better than families. There is no gym on site; guests get free use of BXR Marylebone, a 12-minute walk. The hotel pre-authorises £300 a night for incidentals on top of the room. Top-floor rooms sit under a sloping ceiling that cuts the headroom on one side.
A room at The Twenty Two, and its bathroom.
Piccadilly and Green Park
The Ritz: the dress code decides it
Over £350 · 150 Piccadilly, W1J 9BR · Green Park next door
The Ritzad opened in 1906 and overlooks Green Park, with Green Park station beside it. Men must wear a jacket and tie for afternoon tea and for lunch and dinner in The Ritz Restaurant, and jeans and sportswear are banned there for everyone; smart jeans are allowed at breakfast and in the Rivoli Bar. Children under 16 are exempt at tea, which costs from £95 for adults and £73 for children. It sells family rooms, and suites overlooking the park.
A suite at The Ritz, and its bathroom.
Brown’s Hotel: the family pick
About £650 · 33 Albemarle Street, W1S 4BP · Green Park 3 min · Breakfast extra
Brown’sad has been on Albemarle Street since the 1830s and sells two rooms built for families. The Interconnecting Family Room is 105 square metres and the Two Bedroom Family Suite 155, and the Rocco Forte Kids programme adds 24-hour babysitting on request and half-price children’s menus. Standard Executive rooms are 30 square metres. Tea is in The Drawing Room, which has no dress code, and on Thursday evenings it becomes a jazz room.
A Deluxe Suite bathroom at Brown’s.
1 Hotel Mayfair: plants, and whole family wings
Over £350 · 3 Berkeley Street, W1J 8DL · Green Park a moment’s walk
1 Hotel Mayfairad is two existing buildings refitted with 1,300 plants, shrubs and trees and filtered-water taps instead of plastic bottles. The restaurant is Dovetale, by Tom Sellers, and the spa is Bamford’s. For a large family it sells private wings of up to six connecting bedrooms over a single floor. Bed linen is changed every third day unless you ask. The bathroom is open to the bedroom, which suits a couple better than friends sharing.
A room at 1 Hotel Mayfair, and its bathroom.
The Athenaeum Hotel & Residences: residences with kitchens, facing Green Park
116 Piccadilly · Green Park 2 min · Hotels.comad
An independent hotel facing Green Park across Piccadilly, in a building that was Henry Hope’s house in 1850 and an art deco apartment block from the 1930s. Superior rooms are 19 square metres and interconnecting rooms are available; the draw for families is 18 townhouse residences with a kitchen and separate sitting room, and a concierge who keeps kites and bikes for the park. There is a 24-hour gym and a spa with cedar hot tubs, and an afternoon tea with no ceremony. Cancellation on the residences closes seven days before arrival.
A room at The Athenaeum.
The May Fair: 404 rooms by Green Park
Stratton Street, W1J 8LT · Green Park 2 min · Check-in 3pm, out at noon
The May Fairad opened in 1927 and, at 404 rooms and suites, is the largest hotel in this guide, which makes it the likeliest to have a room when the smaller houses are full. It has May Fair Kitchen (Japanese and Italian), a bar that often has live music, a spa and 24-hour gym, and a casino in the old art deco ballroom. Lifts work by room key only. Pets are not accepted apart from assistance dogs.
A twin room at The May Fair, and its bathroom.
Flemings Mayfair: thirteen Georgian houses, and ten apartments
7–12 Half Moon Street, W1J · Green Park nearest
Robert Fleming opened his hotel on Half Moon Street in 1851, and it now fills thirteen Georgian townhouses, some from 1731. Flemingsad has 129 rooms and suites, including ten serviced apartments of one to three bedrooms. The restaurant is Ormer Mayfair, the bar Manetta’s, and tea is served in the Drawing Room.
A suite at Flemings Mayfair, and its bathroom.
The Mayfair Townhouse: Wilde’s street, and small rooms
Over £350 · Half Moon Street, W1J 7BG · Green Park nearest
The Mayfair Townhousead joins fifteen Georgian townhouses, seven of them Grade II listed, on the street where Oscar Wilde set The Importance of Being Earnest. The design leans into it: foxes, a dandy theme and The Dandy Bar. The smallest rooms average 14 square metres, so read the grade before booking; some rooms and suites interconnect, and a corner of the building overlooks Shepherd Market.
A room at The Mayfair Townhouse, and its bathroom.
The Chesterfield Mayfair: tea for children, and live music every night
94 rooms and 14 suites · 35 Charles Street, W1J 5EB
Three houses on Charles Street, and Red Carnation’s first hotel. The Chesterfieldad is known for its Sweetshop Afternoon Tea, which has a children’s version for under-12s, and for Sem’s of Mayfair, the bar, which has live music every evening. There is also a rooftop bar, Stanley’s. The hotel arranges babysitting through a nanny service.
A twin room at The Chesterfield, and its bathroom.
Hanover Square
Mandarin Oriental Mayfair: the Oxford Circus end
About £850 · 22 Hanover Square, W1S 1JP · Oxford Circus nearest · Breakfast extra
Mandarin Oriental Mayfairad is on Hanover Square at Mayfair’s eastern edge, the grand hotel closest to Oxford Circus, Regent Street and Soho. Each room has a panel of hand-painted de Gournay wallpaper based on the magnolias in Hanover Square outside. It sells connecting and family rooms. The restaurants are A.Wong, Mazarine and the Atrium, and there is a rooftop bar. It is a separate hotel from Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in Knightsbridge, so check which one you are booking. Its 25-metre indoor pool is free to in-house guests; the spa and fitness centre are 18 and over without a parent’s written consent, and our guide to London hotels with a pool compares it with the other 25-metre pools.
A room at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, and its bathroom.
If none of these fits
Marylebone, north across Oxford Street, shares Bond Street station; The Zetter Marylebonead is about £230 there, and our Marylebone stay guide compares the rest. Soho and the West End, ten minutes east, is where the evenings are, and our Soho and West End stay guide compares its hotels. For the wider choice, best areas to stay in London sets Mayfair against the rest.
Getting in and out
Green Park is on the Piccadilly, Victoria and Jubilee lines, Bond Street on the Elizabeth, Central and Jubilee lines, Hyde Park Corner on the Piccadilly, Marble Arch on the Central and Oxford Circus on the Central, Victoria and Bakerloo.
Heathrow has two direct lines: the Piccadilly runs to Green Park and Hyde Park Corner, and the Elizabeth line reaches Bond Street in about 30 minutes from Terminals 2 and 3. Our Heathrow guide compares the options.
The rail terminals: Victoria is one stop from Green Park on the Victoria line, King’s Cross St Pancras four, and Paddington one stop from Bond Street on the Elizabeth line.
Typical nightly rates for a double, checked September 2026. Mayfair prices change by the night, so check your own dates.
Common questions
Is Mayfair a good area to stay in London?
For a short trip with money to spend, yes. Green Park and Bond Street between them put the Piccadilly, Victoria, Jubilee, Central and Elizabeth lines within a few minutes' walk, Hyde Park is on the western edge, and the streets are quiet at night because Mayfair is offices, galleries and embassies after dark. It is a poor choice on a budget or if you want a lively evening on the doorstep: Soho is ten minutes east for that.
What is the cheapest hotel in Mayfair?
The cheapest in this guide is Zedwell Underground Hotel Park Lane, at £90 to £207 a night for a Cocoon 2 across five sampled dates. It is entirely below ground and windowless by design, the Cocoon 2 is 7 square metres, and Marble Arch is a seven-minute walk. The best-known grand hotels, The Beaumont, Brown's, Claridge's, The Dorchester and The Connaught, typically run from about £600 to £850.
Which Tube station is best for Mayfair hotels?
It depends which side you sleep on. Green Park (Piccadilly, Victoria and Jubilee lines) serves the Piccadilly edge: The Ritz, the Athenaeum, The May Fair and Half Moon Street. Bond Street (Elizabeth, Central and Jubilee) serves Grosvenor Square, Mount Street and Claridge's, which is a five-minute walk. Hyde Park Corner and Marble Arch cover the two ends of Park Lane, and Oxford Circus is closest to Hanover Square.
Which Mayfair hotel is best for families?
Brown's Hotel sells an interconnecting family room of 105 square metres and a two-bedroom family suite of 155, with babysitting and half-price children's menus. 1 Hotel Mayfair has private family wings of up to six connecting bedrooms, and the Athenaeum has 18 residences with kitchens and a concierge who lends out kites and bikes for Green Park. Rule out The Twenty Two, whose club is over-21s only.
Which Mayfair hotels serve afternoon tea?
Most of the grand ones. The Ritz (from £95, jacket and tie for men), Claridge's, The Dorchester's Promenade, Brown's Drawing Room, The Connaught, the Beaumont's Gatsby Room, The Chesterfield's Sweetshop tea and Jacqueline at The Chancery Rosewood all serve it. Our afternoon tea guide compares them.
Is Mayfair quiet at night?
The middle is. Mount Street, Grosvenor Square and the Georgian side streets empty after the shops and galleries close, and the evening crowd gathers at Shepherd Market's pubs. The exception is Park Lane itself, a dual carriageway along the western edge: ask for a room facing the park or the back.
