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Althoff St. James's Hotel & Club
London, United Kingdom · Althoff Collection · Grand Luxury
On a quiet Park Place cul-de-sac, this small Althoff club hotel occupies 1892 gentlemen's chambers, relaunched in 2008 with Murano glass and Loro Piana on the walls. In 2024 William Drabble, who held a Michelin star for years here as Seven Park Place, opened Francatelli, cooking from Charles Elmé Francatelli's 1846 Modern Cook, the Victorian chef who left St James's Club for Queen Victoria's kitchens. AA Five Red Stars and Leading Hotels of the World still mark the house.
- 20 rooms
- Opened 2008
- Neighborhood: Mayfair
About Althoff St. James's Hotel & Club
- Francatelli opened 29 February 2024 in the same dining room; the new menu reaches for shepherd's pie and St James ham rather than tasting-menu theatre.
- Peter de Savary revived a St James's Club on this site in 1980, with a committee later chaired by Sir John Mills.
- Buckingham Palace is about six minutes on foot from the cul-de-sac.
History
The buildings at 7-8 Park Place were erected in 1891-92 as gentlemen's residential chambers. A St James's Club for diplomats, founded in 1857 by Earl Granville and Marchese d'Azeglio, occupied other addresses (latterly 106 Piccadilly) and closed in 1978.
Peter de Savary reopened a St James's Club at Park Place in 1980. In spring 2008, after renovation, the building reopened as St James's Hotel and Club. William Drabble's Seven Park Place held a Michelin star for many years in the hotel dining room and lost it in 2023; Francatelli, named for Charles Elmé Francatelli (author of The Modern Cook, 1846, and at one stage chef to Queen Victoria), launched 29 February 2024.
The setting
Althoff St. James's Hotel & Club puts guests toward the east of Mayfair, London. Buckingham Palace is roughly 6 minutes' walk, and Trafalgar Square is roughly 10 minutes' walk. Palace row on Park Lane and the classic houses toward Bond Street keep the night at the door. Boutique lanes fill the side streets for guests who want the same neighborhood without a grand frontage. 2 miles from British Museum.
Awards
- AA Five Red Stars (2025)
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