What makes The Goring different?

• The oldest privately owned 5-star hotel in London

• Just four Gorings have run The Goring since it opened in 1910 by O R Goring, great-great grandfather of the present Goring, Jeremy

• A full length statue of O R Goring greets guests in the lobby – a fresh flower is placed in his buttonhole every morning, 365 days a year

• Deep in Belgravia, next to Buckingham Palace, within easy striking distance of the best shops, parks, theatres and Victoria Station

• The Goring was the first hotel in the world to offer central heating - and a bathroom for every bedroom

• The building was designed by the fashionable Edwardian architect, John Evelyn Trollope, a subdued and elegant example of Edwardian Baroque. 

• The Goring will mark its 100th birthday in 2010 and the interiors are currently being refreshed by some of the country’s finest designers.  As Jeremy Goring says, “I want the hotel to be looking at its very best when it begins the next 100 years of its life”

• 71 individually designed, classically English rooms and suites - many overlooking The Goring Garden, some enjoying a private terrace.  New suites by Nina Campbell, and guestrooms by Tim Gosling (formerly with David Linley).  This summer six exquisite new rooms will be created by Russell Sage, featuring fabrics by Gainsborough Silks for the walling
  

• The Goring Garden, at 41 m x 30 m, is larger than Centre Court at Wimbledon and the largest hotel garden in Central London, with a full-time gardener.  Big enough for a garden party in a marquee, but small enough to be an incredibly private and deeply peaceful retreat

• All the charm and tranquillity of a country hotel, in the midst of the city

• The sophisticated elegance of the David Linley designed Dining Room, inspired by a famous Cecil Beaton photograph of Debutantes gathered in a magnificent room

• A haven for superbly cooked, scrumptious English food, using carefully sourced British ingredients

• An outstanding wine list, The Goring is one of the few hotels in London to lay down wine en primeur  - which means better wine, at much better prices

• The Bar – gloriously and theatrically transformed by designer Tim Gosling, inspired by Empress Josephine’s Chateau de Malmaison – with gilded ceiling, swagged curtains and bespoke carpets

• Everything stops for the best Afternoon Tea in London  - with Taittinger, or without - served on the light-flooded Terrace, overlooking the garden

• In Summer, al fresco dining on the Veranda is one of the greatest pleasures in the capital

• The Goring loves children – and they love choosing a book from The Goring’s Bedtime Story Library and making cookies in the kitchen with chef

• A choice of four individual private dining and meeting room, with natural daylight

• The hotel’s proximity to Buckingham Palace means that over the years The Goring has, on occasions, become almost an annex to the Palace.  On State occasions, foreign royalty have frequently used the hotel as a home from home.

• Above all, The Goring reflects one family’s passion for quality.  All four Gorings have prided themselves on providing comfort, good food and drink, and the most attentive service.

• Voted ‘Best For Service in the UK’ in the Conde Nast Traveler (USA) Gold List 2009

• London’s quintessentially English hotel

• One family, four generations, 99 years.....
  
  

What some other people have said about The Goring:

• The Goring…. a hotel that makes you greedy for what's inside - a luxurious garden, a splendid lounge and terrace, an unbearably good restaurant and unswerving service.  There is a hum borne of elegance and assurance, one that comes from being four generations in the same family, from being built without frequent-flier points or the throb of a second-rate health club. But you'll have to listen for it, because, like The Goring itself, this sound is as subtle and unerring as a heartbeat.”  - Esquire, USA, January 2009

• “Here, service is paramount and unparalleled in the British Isles” - Harpers Bazaar

• “It is attention to service for which the hotel is noted – unobtrusive, but assiduous and delivered with a wonderful sense of humour”   - The Independent

• “It is delightfully personal, endearingly eccentric and proudly, flagrantly British”  - Travel & Leisure magazine

• Characterful, anti-corporate and ever so cool” – Time Out magazine

•  “The Diing Room is cutting-edge fabulous…”  TATLER

• “If you can tear your eyes away from the décor at The Goring, you’ll find that the resolutely British menu contains masses of native produce…”   - The Times

• ”…deliciously British”  - Appetisers column, Metro

• “It is a place of graces, comforts, old-fashioned good manners and a total lack of snoot…”  - The Guardian

• “Definitely A List”  TATLER