Originally Posted by
Livetotell
Those small windows, that appears to look out at dreariness. Those low ceilings. A big dead space in the middle of the room. For I'm sure was a very high price point, IMO it could be a lot better. Thank you for the great review.
One thing to note about this hotel: since it's a historical building, the ceiling heights get lower and windows smaller as the floors go higher... it was an office building and execs got the lower floors and high ceiling heights / bigger windows since those were amenities for VIPs. On floor 1 the room ceiling heights are 12ft. I saw the same thing in Paris at Hotel de Crillon: somewhat counter-intuitively, some of their top suites in that hotel (e.g. Bernstein Suite) have quite low ceilings (e.g. 7ft).
The OP asked for high floor, so that's the tradeoff. FWIW, I've stayed in both interior and exterior facing rooms and I'm sensitive to noise and I found interior facing on floor 1 to be quieter than exterior floor 4. But there definitely daytime noise from the courtyard dining tables and sometimes music. So YMMV.
For example, to show how different, here is a picture from when I stayed in a suite on the first floor at Rosewood London.
FWIW, historical building also explains some of the floor plans having some sq ft consumed on odd hallways, etc.
Originally Posted by
bigdog2
A deluxe suite at a high-end London hotel only has single (1) bathroom vanity and not double? Is it standard to only have single sinks in the UK?
One thing to note is that the Rosewood London room categories are junior suite -> deluxe suite -> premier suite -> grand premier suite -> named suites & houses ("signature suites"). The premier and up have double sinks.