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Tall: London’s new Novotel rises to 39 flooring
What’s your tackle Novotels?
A bit of company, maybe, helpful for an airport, wanting aptitude and under no circumstances funky?
Nicely, this one bucks the pattern big-time.
It’s model new, occupying a website close to Canary Wharf, London, with among the most compelling views of the capital courtesy of its 39 flooring, plus a high-octane bar and stylish restaurant — all totally at odds with a sequence tradition.
Younger women and men swarm across the foyer (throbbing music, swing seats, nightclub vibe) holding tablets to test you in — and, thank the Lord, they appear to be allowed to make selections, too.
We’ve been quoted £235 B&B for a room on the sixteenth ground looking in the direction of Tower Bridge, however we’re advised it’s ours for £205.
And it’s terrific — trendy, however sensible: the toilet is a glass field in a nook that feels as if it’s a part of the room till you press a button and it immediately frosts up, providing full privateness.
Free water bottles are in a bit fridge and the mattress is splendidly snug. My spouse says it reminds her of Los Angeles — not that she’s ever been.
Lookup: The lodge’s huge promoting level is the restaurant and bar on the thirty seventh and thirty eighth flooring
There’s a natty espresso store on the bottom ground, however the huge promoting level is the restaurant and bar on the thirty seventh and thirty eighth flooring, which has the texture of an African safari lodge — with animal pores and skin banquettes, thick wooden tables and kilim rugs.
The wine listing is over-jaunty, with classes comparable to ‘re-discovered’ and ‘revelation’, and the waitress will get our order muddled.
However the ambiance (and our steaks) can’t be faulted.
It’s the identical within the morning, with a Sunday buffet that has us loitering with intent for nearly two hours.
