Hotel Gotham

Even in a city with no shortage of monumental buildings, Hotel Gotham has a head start, glamour-wise, as it's housed in an ex-Midland Bank designed by Edwin Lutyens. The 60 rooms (five of them suites) are spacious, and decked out with a heady mix of faux fur throws, brass fittings and jewel-coloured soft furnishings. There's a restaurant, and a club-bar (open to hotel guests) with a roof terrace.