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Andaz Liverpool Street, London

Liverpool Street
Unit 8-10/Liverpool Street Station
London, England EC2M 7QA
United Kingdom

 
GENERAL INFORMATION :

What to expect: Andaz Liverpool Street, London hotel opened in 1879 as one of London’s great railway hotels. The Manser Associates and Conran & Partners millennium facelift restored the Victorian redbrick façade of this English Heritage Grade II listed building and added a striking six-story atrium. Business travelers, City financial workers and creative types from the nearby East End are drawn to the hotel’s bars and restaurants.

Amenity highlights: All the Great Eastern’s six restaurants and bars have street access to Liverpool Street or Bishopsgate, where guests mingle with financial workers from The City business district and creative types from the East End. These include Aurora restaurant, with its restored Victorian stained-glass domed roof, as well as a seafood restaurant, champagne bar, brasserie, a classic British dining room and a Japanese restaurant.

Insider tip: The health club is located in a former Masonic temple, with painted sun and moon symbols on the ceiling. It is now fitted out with modern exercise equipment and offers massage, manicure, hot stone treatments, yoga classes and a personal trainer.

PROPERTY AMINITIES :

The Great Eastern offers a wide choice of restaurants and bars, all with separate street entrances, several lounges, a health club (where guests can arrange for a personal trainer or a yoga class), 12 private dining and meeting rooms (capacity 10 - 400). The hotel also houses the fashionable Wild at Heart florist, a Ren natural bath products shop and has a license to marry couples on-site.

ROOMS :

This hotel has 267 rooms, all of which are decorated in a bold, minimalist style. Guestrooms on the first to fourth floors occupy the original hotel; some have fireplaces and original architectural features. The fifth and sixth floors, extending into the domed copper roof, are part of the 20th-century extension. Every room is different. Some have views over Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street to Broadgate and The City business district. Others look out internally, into the Gallery or over the stained-glass dome above the restaurant. All have an ergonomically designed workstation with two-line telephones, fax, modem and ISDN neatly concealed within the desk.

Queen Double Room - One queen bed with Frette linen sheets. Rooms have pure wool carpets, a Jacobsen work lamp and Eames desk chair, and specially commissioned photographs of The City business district. Facilities include fax, modem and ISDN lines, CD player and library, and VCR and DVD players on request. The bathrooms are fitted with power showers, Ren natural products developed specially for the hotel and environmentally friendly vacuum plumbing.

King Double Room - One king bed with Frette linen sheets. Rooms have pure wool carpets, a Jacobson work lamp and Eames desk chair, and specially commissioned photographs of The City business district. Facilities include two-line telephone, conference calling, fax, modem and ISDN lines, CD player and library, and VCR and DVD players on request. The bathrooms are fitted with power showers, Ren natural products developed specially for the hotel and environmentally friendly vacuum plumbing.

DINING :

Aurora restaurant Light shines through the beautifully restored stained-glass dome of the Great Eastern’s main restaurant, where classical European cooking is served in a formal setting. There are 176 covers and a menu that changes with the seasons. Typical dishes include Ravioli of Escargot, Roast Guinea Fowl and Pain Perdu with vanilla ice cream. Aurora restaurant is open Monday to Friday for lunch and dinner.

Aurora Bar On entering the domed Aurora restaurant, the bar is situated on the left and is separated from the restaurant area by metal screening. The curvaceous pewter bar is well stocked with classic cocktail ingredients, aperitifs and digestifs. Guests enjoy their drinks in cushion-scattered chairs. The bar is open Monday to Friday afternoon and evening.

Terminus - This busy brasserie, with stool-lined granite bar extending the length of the room, is popular with financial workers from The City business district, as well as tourists and hotel guests. There is an open kitchen. Terminus is open for breakfast, snacks, light meals, weekend brunch and cocktails.

George - City workers and hotel guests tuck into British favorites, such as steak-and-kidney pie and roast beef sandwiches, or unwind over real ale at this English bar and dining room. The most striking feature of the decor, revealing the late Victorian predilection for historical pastiche, is the ornately carved wooden ceiling, blending Tudor and Jacobean styles.

Fishmarket Restaurant - Seafood and crustacea are served at this intimate restaurant in the east wing. Fish-themed mosaics and a magnificent display of crustacea are overlooked by the stained-glass windows, white stucco ceiling and delicate chandeliers.

Fishmarket Champagne Bar The centerpiece of this smart but informal venue, with high ceilings and wood-paneled walls, is a large, horseshoe-shaped bar. There is a wide choice of champagne and wines by the glass, as well as spirits, bottled beers and an edited selection of dishes from the adjoining Fishmarket Restaurant, including oysters, smoked salmon and caviar.

Miyabi There is space for just 28 diners at this Japanese restaurant overlooking Liverpool Street. Miyabi, meaning ‘Grace’, also offers bento and sushi takeaways for those in a hurry or unable to get a seat at one of the black-lacquered tables. Specialties are sushi, sashimi and tempura. Japanese beers, sakes and wine are on the drinks list.