The Bar/Lounge at The Merchant Hotel

"There's an underground spa with five treatment rooms and a champagne nail bar; afterwards, repair to the cool Bert's Jazz Bar, which serves French bistro–style food in an informal setting"

"And the Victorian-style cocktail bar and a sleek contemporary Private Members and Residents Bar are just as glam"

"In addition, the hotel is home to a spa, gym, jazz bar and posh nightclub"

"The Victorian building was once a bank, and the conversion is stunning, from the grand dining room (lacquered and gilded Corinthian columns, marble floors, ceiling friezes) to an elegant cocktail lounge (chandeliers and a gently curved, dark wood bar)"

"Light sleepers might be wary of a hotel that provides earplugs to muffle noise from surrounding bars, particularly in some ground-floor rooms"