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The Ritz London

César Ritz opened his London hotel eight years after the one in Paris, and had the same architects design it. The name became an English word.

Class
Five-star hotel
Opened
1906
Rooms
111 rooms and 25 suites
Area
Piccadilly, beside Green Park

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    What sets The Ritz London apart

    1. The Palm Court

      A raised room of mirrors, gilded trellis and a marble fountain in the middle of the hotel, where afternoon tea has been served since it opened. It needs booking weeks ahead, and a jacket and tie.

    2. The building

      Charles Mewès and Arthur Davis gave it a steel frame, among the first in London, behind a front of Norwegian granite and Portland stone. The arcade along Piccadilly is copied from the rue de Rivoli in Paris.

    3. The restaurant

      A long room in the style of Louis XVI, with painted ceilings, bronze chandeliers hung on garlands and windows over Green Park. It is often called the most beautiful dining room in London.

    4. Piccadilly

      The Royal Academy and Fortnum and Mason are five minutes east along Piccadilly, and Buckingham Palace ten minutes away across the park.

    What it has

    • Afternoon tea in the Palm Court
    • The Ritz Restaurant
    • The Rivoli Bar
    • Private garden
    • Hair salon

    Where The Ritz London is

    Address

    150 Piccadilly
    London W1J 9BR, United Kingdom

    Nearest Tube

    Green Park, on the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria lines, at the door

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.

    Ritz's last hotel

    The hotel opened on 24 May 1906. Ritz himself had retired through illness by then, but it was built as he had planned it, with a bathroom for every bedroom and brass beds in place of wooden ones, which he thought unclean.

    It is a listed building, and in 2002 it became the first hotel to hold a royal warrant, for banqueting and catering.

    The Ritz London: common questions

    Where is The Ritz London?
    At 150 Piccadilly, in St James's, London. The nearest Tube station is Green Park, on the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria lines, at the door.
    Which museums and sights are near The Ritz London?
    The National Gallery is 950 m away, Westminster Abbey is 1.3 km away, London Eye is 1.6 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.
    Does The Ritz London have a swimming pool?
    No. The Ritz London has no swimming pool.
    When did The Ritz London open?
    In 1906. It has 111 rooms and 25 suites.

    What visitors say about The Ritz London

    Rating from Google

    4.6

    7,904 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 8 October 2026.

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