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\n<\/a>The Victorian architecture of the Andaz London<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve talked to you about the\u00a0Hyatt Group Hotels\u00a0<\/em>several times, right? You know it’s one of my favorite hotel groups and one of I use most when I travel, right? But what you still don’t know is that one of the group’s categories, one of the most recent, has one of the best concepts ever, a concept that makes us fell unique, part of the family, special. And all that was quite present in our stay at the\u00a0Andaz London Liverpool Street<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As I previously mentioned, I was missing London quite a bit, and so we headed towards Her Majesty lands, and the Andaz<\/em> was one of our choices as\u00a0mandatory hotel. And what a rightful bet!<\/p>\n

Located in one of the most important and busy streets in town (everything in London is a bustle!), Liverpool Street, right next to the Liverpool Station, we found a centenary building (more than one, to be correct), with years and years of history, and delighting its guests after the renovation by the Hyatt Group and more particularly of its Andaz<\/em> concept.<\/p>\n

The concept of this category of hotels is not having any barriers between guests and employees, making all of our necessities, from A to Z, to be met and all our tastes known by the staff, making us feel at our families and friend’s homes, with nothing, but really nothing, left to chance.<\/p>\n

I can assure you that’s what I felt during my stay, but so you can\u00a0understand\u00a0what I mean, I’ll tell you all about my experience.<\/p>\n

\"andaz2\"<\/a>The Lobby without reception of the Andaz*<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

First Impression:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nWhen we left the Liverpool Station we searched around for the hotel and immediatly found it, a beautiful Victorian building, with its orange tones rivaling with the blue sky (yes, it was sunny during the London winter!). Along the building there are several luxury stores, some entrances to bars and restaurants (some of which of the hotel) and an elegant entrance, and quite modern, to the hotel.<\/p>\n

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Right away, with a building so big, so many stores, so much confusion to the mix, would make an impersonal reception probable, right? Wrong! As soon as we entered\u00a0Andaz<\/em>, we had at least three employees attending us (they were a lot, and each client entering the hotel has its own “personal” staff!), we were asked how we were doing, accompanied to comfortably seat and served some coffee, to me they’ve already won! Only after this warm welcome they did our check-in, because the most imporant at Andaz<\/em> is for the guest to feel at home.<\/p>\n

There’s not a specific reception desk, there are no barriers between guests and employees, the check-in is calm and only after the client is well installed!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0A lovely spiral between the several floors\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I observed everything around me, a quite modern and sophisticated decoration, very charming and with details that make us feel at home, also giving identity to the hotel. On the lobby, above our heads, I was able to enjoy the spiral that unfolds along the hotel, giving access to each floor.<\/p>\n

We were told that the building on its total was the combination of three buildings, one from 1884, the main and entirely Victorian, another from 1901, and a more modern one, connecting the previous two.<\/p>\n

Also an highlight to the indications to the several areas of the hotel not being written on the walls, but projected by light beams, we saw some at the lobby, and we would find out many more in the hotel.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The modern side of the hotel<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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While waiting for our room, we were accompanied to a more intimate area of the lobby, a sort of living room with a table and chairs with an amazing design, of rustic style, but at the same time cosmopolitan, where we were served tea, biscuits and fruit. Moreover, this area is one of the places, or lounges (yes, I said one, here’s more!) of the hotel where we can serve ourselves during the day, without having to pay! Yes, for free! Here we find coffee, tea, non alcoholic beverages, biscuits and fruits. And for those not convinced already, in the evening, this area transforms itselft and serves the guests small snacks and wines, and that obviously delighted me on the evenings!<\/p>\n

Convinced? No? Let’s move on to the bedrooms then!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Room With a View<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Bedrooms:<\/strong>
\nThere are 267, including 15 suites. How is it possible for an hotel so big to have so much personality? At Andaz<\/em>\u00a0is possible!<\/p>\n

We stayed in a wonderful\u00a0Room With a View<\/em>, and what is that, you ask?!
\nA\u00a0Room With a View<\/em>\u00a0is a room inspired in Urban Art, in which one of the walls of the bedroom is amazingly painted, to bring us street art, it’s an anthem to the artists, and a way to get closer to art and the artistic culture of London, mainly in the East area of the city.<\/p>\n

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For me, it’s a perfect combination, proving once again the clever way the hotel acts, assuring not only the inclusion of it in the dinamics of the surrounding area, but also the approach to the London life. One of the maxims of\u00a0Andaz<\/em>\u00a0is precisely that:\u00a0Arrive a Visitor Depart a Local<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Returning to the bedroom itself, the bed was huge, but really huge, comfortable and soft, the contemporary bedroom was able to transmit comfort in every detail. The bathroom was beautiful, and I must warn you if you decide to have an immersion bath, pay attention because it’s one of the fastest bathtubs to fill up I ever saw!<\/p>\n

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One of the most interesting details of the bedroom is the fact of the mini bar being completly free, similarly to the Lounge areas, filled with juices, waters, fries, biscuits, coffee and teas.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The breakfast in the restaurant 1901<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Restaurants \/Bars:<\/strong>
\nWell, the Andaz<\/em>\u00a0is one of the most complete in terms of gastronomical options! There are seven spaces, two of them being Lounges.<\/p>\n

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So, we have the\u00a01901 <\/em>that serves as restaurant and wine bar to the several meals of the day, for a typically British five o’clock tea, an evening with a good wine or a calm dinner with some of the best European gastronomy. In this space we had the chance to have a delicious breakfast.<\/p>\n

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During this year, the 1901 will suffer some changes, ceasing to be a restaurant to embrace another dynamic inside the hotel.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Catch Champagne Bar & Lounge<\/em>\u00a0is one of the places if you want a joyful night and full of gaiety, where we relaxed a bit in a party night, full of happy people and quite drunk! A true example of the London crazyness, full of guests and locals.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sashimi and nigiri at Miyako<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

We also had a great dinner at\u00a0Miyako<\/em>, the Japanese restaurant of the hotel. Decorated in a simple way, with contemporary and oriental details. Great sushi, with highlight to the scallops shashimi, the tuna nigiri and the spicy tuna rolls.<\/p>\n