The Bar/Lounge at The Soho Hotel

"They have two cinemas – one done out in fake fur and scarlet leather, and the other with a 3D screen – while the bar, Refuel, is one of London’s coolest"

"Entering the Soho Hotel always gets our hearts racing: the fans waiting for whichever Hollywood star is staying this week; the sleek lobby with its giant cat sculpture and hip staff; the buzz from the bar and the restaurant"

"There's the bar-restaurant, Refuel, with its fun mural of a parking garage (this building's implausible former occupant), a great little gym, and two beauty-service rooms, two private movie theaters, and—on first entering the sunny brick-colored lobby with its river-stone–covered pillars—a ten-foot high welcome cat, which happens to be a bronze by Botero"

"The bar and restaurant, Refuel, is consistently excellent, and there are screening rooms downstairs (in case the wide-screen TVs in the bedrooms aren't big enough for you)"

"The quiet drawing room and other public spaces feature groovy colours – shocking pinks, acid greens – while Refuel, the loungey bar and restaurant, has an open kitchen and, yes, a car-themed mural"

"Featuring a log-burning fireplace and honesty bar, the drawing room pairs vibrant colors with manor house-style furnishings; of note here is the gin trolley for bespoke cocktails"

"Though the five-story building is a former multistory car park, there’s no evidence of its erstwhile incarnation, except a vehicle-inspired mural in the aptly named Refuel bar—which has fast become a buzzing local hangout"

"Also on-site: a gym, spa treatment rooms and a restaurant and bar that buzz with activity, especially on Sundays when the hotel’s film club offers a meal and a movie in one of two luxe screening rooms (one equipped for 3-D)"

"Separated by a wall of motoring artifacts , the lounge area has comfortable sofas and seating, plus a funky 1920s style motoring mural stretching behind the long bar that backdrops the dining area"

") A magnet for movers and shakers, the pony-skin seats of the screening room downstairs regularly hold the derrières of the most high-falutin’, and a daringly decorated cocktail lounge and function room hosts endless star-studded launches"