The Bar/Lounge at The Lanesborough

"The building dates to 1733, and even perusing the wine list at the bar feels like a history lesson—its most notoriously expensive bottle being a 1770 cognac, a mere snip at £5,000 a shot"

"Hotel highlights include fine dining at Celeste restaurant, the Library Bar, and traditional afternoon tea"

"Visitors can enjoy refined cuisine under the conservatory roof in the grand dining room at Céleste; as well, not to be missed moments include The Lanesborough’s elegant afternoon tea service, a snifter of vintage cognac in The Library Bar or a cigar in The Garden Room"

"The oak-paneled Library Bar stocks hard-to-find whiskeys and Cognacs (including some dating back to 1770)"

"In this cigar lounge, a secret gem among visitors and locals, you'll be welcomed into the walk-in humidor by cigar sommelier Luca Tramontana, who will expertly guide you through the hotel’s 200-strong selection"

"A traditional English afternoon tea of scones and clotted cream is served at Apsleys, and smokers can indulge in London’s finest cigar bar, the Garden Room, which boasts the capital’s largest humidor, Cuban and pre-Castro cigars, and a selection of the finest cognacs"

"For smokers, the hotel is a boon, offering one of only a small handful of smoking lounges in a hotel—even if it is technically outdoors, and it just happens to have Cuban cigars on hand for purchase"

"The hotel is smoke-free except in the cigar lounge, which is separate from the rest of the property"