The Bar/Lounge at South Place Hotel

"There are also three bars and a rooftop terrace"

"The 3 South Place Bar will be buzzing into the wee hours"

"Angler, an upscale seafood and wine specialist on the 7th floor, offers views from floor-to-ceiling windows, and there’s a bar and grill with a DJ most nights, plus a guests-only garden bar"

"By evening, the two restaurants, Angler and a 3 South Place Bar & Grill, have lured both named chefs and some of the liveliest professionals from the City before they head just east to the party grounds at Spitalfields"

"Weekdays, the clientele in the lobby bar and brasserie is all business, the conversation a gentle hum of meetings"

"The muted top-floor Angler restaurant is a superbly oiled operation, there’s a pretty interior courtyard garden bar, and the ground-floor 3 South Place bar-diner segues neatly from smooth breakfast operation to boisterous bar"

"If you’re looking for somewhere more private, try the Secret Garden (a leafy tiki bar) or Le Chiffre, a James Bond–inspired game room, with a library of design books and an old-school turntable"

"The first hotel venture from D&D London, the parent group that bought Conran's restaurants, South Place has 80 bedrooms, in-room technology by Bang and Olufsen, three bars and a restaurant (naturally) headed by chef Tony Fleming"

"Sip a gin cocktail among the palm fronds in the Secret Garden bar; dine on turbot in dashi broth at the Michelin-starred restaurant; and bed down in a room with rain showers bigger than the average kitchen"