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Library Bar at the Lanesborough

Address:The Lanesborough, Hyde Park Corner SW1X 7TA
Tel:020 7259 5599
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Wine: £30.00 Champagne: £60.00
Opening Hours:Mon-Sat 11am-1am Sun 12N-10.30pm

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Deeply comfortable couches, wing chairs upholstered in supple leather, mahogany side tables & shelves full of leather-bound books suggest an upper-crust bibliophile’s retreat. In fact this is the Library Bar at The Lanesborough & it could well be that the veneer of antiquated aristocracy is designed to mask the fact that the venerable building was, until fairly recently, a hospital. Nevertheless, there’s a certain olde worlde charm about the place that appeals to its respectable, solid clientele who call in of an evening to enjoy a snifter of Cognac, a flute of fizz or a martini or two. Hefty sandwiches, salads or a plate of duck spring rolls make for fairly substantial bar snacks.

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Reader reviews of Library Bar at the Lanesborough:

Paul P.
Reviews: 1

Paul P. (40s, Male)

Very disappointed!

The Library Bar used to be a wonderful example of perfect service set in a room that brings to mind a Gentleman's club. A quintessentially British experience.

Sadly the charming Brits have been replaced by smarmy Italians, the worst of whom is managing the door. Not only do they seem to have a select seating policy – not previously the case (so expact to be seated in a lack-lustre annex if the bar is busy), but the previously crisp and courtious service has been replaced by a mediterranian indifference that whilst maintaining an efficiency, can just as easily be found in any club or bar on the high street.

I called the Lanesborough to book a table in the Library Bar a month early, but on arrival was met with a rude and irritable little man who physically blocked our way to the bar and insisted that it ‘was not possible’ that I had left a booking.

Not the place that I remember; go to the Connaught.

13 December 2008
Overall:2
Drinks:3
Service:2
Atmosphere:2
Value for Money:2
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