City hoppers used to view city hotels as just a place to retire at for the night after exploring the destination. But this attitude is set to change with more hotels offering better onsite facilities, more enticing food and beverage options or simply, more luxurious rooms. With all these reasons, it would be hard not to stay in. Below, a new crop of hotels for your Little Black Book.
The Edinburgh Grand
Restored in a USD110 million project to house Edinburgh’s latest and hottest hotel, the building completed in 1942 was once home to the National Bank of Scotland and later the Royal Bank of Scotland till 2006. Its 50 “apartments†(Capital Studios are the entry level ones) are bedrooms with a kitchenette, sofa and coffee or dining table. The look is updated Art Deco with drench showers, heavy brocade curtains and upholstered headboards that sometimes depict Scottish woodlands and wildlife. Mod cons come in the form of Nepresso machines, and Siemens and Dualit appliances.
For F&B there’s the reservations-only Register Club that serves champagnes, mean cocktails and posh pub grub like lobster rolls, and also Hawksmoore, a well-known British chop and steakhouse in the former banking hall.
The Edinburgh Grand is at 42 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, T: +44-(0)-13-1230-0570.
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