The Landmark Hotel is old fashioned British class.

I booked us in for dinner in the Winter Garden, which is the restaurant in the middle of the hotel, set in a beautiful 8-storey atrium, with fabulous palm trees stretching up to the glass ceiling.

I’d browsed the internet for a deal - £30 for 3 courses and half a bottle of wine per person - which is terrific value considering an a la carte main course here is around £30.

The food and the service were very good, but not excellent. One of my guests had a cocktail tossed over him, and we were only compensated with a small amount of champagne, which I don’t think is good enough. It was fortunate we had a spare shirt with us, otherwise he would’ve had to sit soaked in kir royale for the duration. They did offer to clean his clothes, but then delivered them after quite a palava, several hours late. Not good enough for a 5* hotel.

Also, we were done in on the extras. We were charged £7 for bread, despite not even asking for it! Drinks were insanely expensive - two brandies alone cost £25.

Overall though, this is a wonderful place for a fancy business lunch, or a romantic special occasion. With the deal, it really is great value, as long as you watch the extras!

I had afternoon tea in this wonderful hotel with 8 of my girlfriends...perfect...great service we had 3 very nice guys wait on us hand on foot which they did very well.
It cost around £30.00 each and we had plenty of food lovely sandwich's with the crusts cut off!!
Cream cakes some of which needed to be photographed!
All in all well worth it.

This hotel is placed in a very strategic location just by marylebone station. It is one of the best hotels in London. The room was luxurious and spacious and the staff was friendly. I thoroughly enjoyed my day in the spa. You get the best of everything there. The food in the Winter Garden Restaurant was excellent. Its a good place for a relaxing weekend in the spa and dinner. It was a good experience.

Great Hotel, great service, very professional, nice Spa, rooms are comfy, food is excellent. All pretty standard 5* but well done. Nice staff. Great wintergarden central area for meetings.

When I was living in Marylebone, I used to walk by this magnificent facade quite often and was wondering what the Landmark Hotel was like. As my usual cheap accomodations where all either fully booked or not cheap at all this week, I had the pleasure to stay here for a night. If you have to pay over the top for a mid-range hotel, then all of a sudden a luxury hotel becomes good value.

Reputation
The Hotel is a five-star accomodation, which has been named by the London Tourist Board „Best Hotel in London“ three times since 1995 and is also one of the „Worlds Best Places to Stay“ according to Condé Nast Traveller.

What is it like?
Inside it is quite astonishing, as it has a extremly high glass ceiling from victorian times. A great place for a business breakfast.
Staying at the hotel was pleasant, the room spacious, amenities like you would expect from a 5 star hotel. Staff was extremely helpful. Particularly, the door man at the rear entrance is really funny. Last night there was a teenie line up to everyones amusement because the Backsreet Boys stayed here. Did not know they are still around.

Prices
After you have paid for your room, you still might want to restrain yourself from using anything else than the bare room. Internet is 16,95 GBP, so a strict no. A small bottle of water from the minibar sets you back 3,95 GBP and the main courses at the hotel restaurant are all around 28 to 32 GBP, so I can not tell you what the food is like. However, I looked at the price list for the cleaning service which seems good value in comparison.

Architecture and History:
The rear entrance is actually quite fascinating as it is directly opposite of Marlyebone train station. If you read through the hotel’s history, you understand why: The hotel was built in 1899 as the „Great Central Hotel“, it was the last of the great Victorian railway hotels. Just think airport hotel, a hundred years back. Upmarket and conservative to the point of being old fashioned for the time to cater to the taste of the „affluent conservative northern businessmen and their families“. The hotel was designed by Robert William Edis who also desigend the British Pavilion at the 1893 Chicao World’s Fair.

Interestingly for me, the hotel only was being used for it’s original purpose for roughly 40 years. It was requistioned during both wars by the government and after the second wolrd war converted into office spaces. It became the headquarters for the British Transport Commission. It only reopened as a hotel in 1995.

Great place for a business meeting if you are in the Marylebone area.
The hotel is linked to the tube/train station.
It has a business hotel feel, but with comfortable and fairly stylish furniture and decor. Its nicest feature is a great atrium which opens up the space at the centre of the hotel.
Try to negotiate if you need meeting rooms or conference facilities as the prices can be a bit steep.