THE HIP LIST
Aubrey
Situated within The Kensington jelly. Once you’ve had your fill in Details
Hotel in stylish SW7, Aubrey the restaurant, head over to the
Where The Kensington Hotel,
restaurant and champagne adjoining bar (pictured), which is
109-113 Queen’s Gate, South
bar opened in summer 2009 as gorgeous with its distressed mirrors, Kensington, SW7 5LR
part of the hotel’s £20 million shimmering teardrop chandeliers
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doylecollection.com
refurbishment programme. and enormous brass doors. Settle
t 020 7589 6300
Intimate, quietly glamorous and into one of the comfy bar stools
Transport South Kensington
very British, it is named after Aubrey and sip on a ‘Queens Gate Garden’
or book online at
addisonlee.com
Tip Visit at lunchtime and choose
De Vere, who was granted the (made with gin, lemongrass mint
from a set menu (two courses
Estate of Kensington by William and elderflower) while doing a
£14.50 or three courses for £19.00).
the Conqueror. In the restaurant, bit of surfing (the hotel has free
Prices £30 £20 £7
chef Russell Ford serves up dishes Wi-Fi throughout). There’s also an
such as roasted rump of English afternoon tea, perfect for Sloaney
lamb, English asparagus risotto and shopping pitstops. If you’re lucky
rhubarb and apple crumble to a enough to be staying over, you’re in
discerning crowd of Old Etonians for a treat – the rooms are seriously
and Chelsea fashionistas. There’s spacious and stylish. The hotel also
also an excellent British cheese plans to open a downstairs club
selection, bought locally from La sometime soon, which will no doubt
Cave à Fromage in Kensington and become a hot haunt among the well
served with grapes and quince bred Boujis bunch.
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