The Bar/Lounge at The Dorchester

"Rooms are spacious and charmingly designed; you’ll also find excellent service, afternoon tea in the opulent lobby lounge, a smart gift shop (think bespoke bathrobes), a luxurious spa, and China Tang, David Tang’s Art Deco-inspired Cantonese restaurant and classic cocktail bar"

"There’s also a full-service spa and a bar with nightly live jazz"

"In the 250 guestrooms a mixture of antique and individual furniture, four-poster beds, chaise lounges and roaring fireplaces evoke an English country-house feel"

"Farther in, the central lounge, The Promenade, remains the hotel's social nexus, its two carpeted aisles wending past high-back settees and private, well-furnished conversation groupings upholstered in subtle gold and green"

"However, taking a seat at the bar of the aptly named, The Bar, a place Hitchcock regularly blessed with his presence, has that certain evocative charm that all the oldest luxury hotels seemed to perennially possess"