Question 1

Which Accor hotel in London is best for a trip together?

Accepted Answer

Sofitel London St James, our pick in “Best hotels for couples in London”. One MICHELIN Key in the 2026 selection, a starred table and a spa for two in the same 1923 bank building on Waterloo Place. Wild Honey St James, chef Anthony Demetre, holds one MICHELIN star and serves dinner Tuesday to Saturday 17:00 to 21:30, with lunch Wednesday to Friday 12:00 to 15:00. The Sofitel Spa keeps four treatment rooms, among them a private couples' suite, a Turkish hammam, a steam room and a jacuzzi for two, open Monday 10:00 to 17:00 and Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:30. Piccadilly Circus is 300 m away, a 5-minute walk. No pool, no sauna listed, a gym for hotel guests only, and the starred room dark on Sunday and Monday.

Question 2

Does Sofitel London St James have a treatment room for two?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Sofitel Spa at Sofitel London St James keeps four treatment rooms, one of them a private couples' suite, alongside a Turkish hammam, a steam room and a jacuzzi for two, and opens Monday 10:00 to 17:00 and Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:30. No treatment for two is named on the hotel's own pages. The hotel has no pool and lists no sauna, so a swim has to happen somewhere else.

Question 3

Which nights is Wild Honey St James closed?

Accepted Answer

Wild Honey St James, the one-MICHELIN-star restaurant inside Sofitel London St James, closes on Sunday and Monday. Dinner runs Tuesday to Saturday 17:00 to 21:30 and lunch Wednesday to Friday 12:00 to 15:00. The hotel keeps the Bistrot at Wild Honey and The Rose Lounge for the other days, and the Bistrot on the Terrace is a summer pop-up from May to September.

Question 4

Can you book the Guerlain Spa at Raffles London at The OWO without staying the night?

Accepted Answer

Yes, with conditions. Raffles London at The OWO opens the Guerlain Spa to hotel guests, residents and people booking a spa experience, and sells a limited number of memberships, so the 20 m pool and the thermal suite are not open to walk-ins. Treatments run daily 10:00 to 19:00, and a treatment of 90 minutes or more includes an hour of facility access before and after.

Question 5

Which of these London hotels have a pool?

Accepted Answer

Four of the twelve. Raffles London at The OWO has a 20 m indoor pool, open 06:30 to 21:00 Monday to Friday and 08:00 to 20:00 at weekends. The Savoy has an indoor atrium pool on the third floor, 07:00 to 21:00 on weekdays and 08:00 to 20:00 at weekends, with its length not published. Novotel London Blackfriars has an indoor heated pool 12 m wide and 1.2 m deep with a whirlpool waterjet, and Novotel London Canary Wharf lists an indoor pool with neither size nor hours published. Sofitel London St James has none.

Question 6

Which hotel in this ranking is closest to the Eurostar?

Accepted Answer

Pullman London St Pancras, at 100-110 Euston Road. Accor puts King's Cross St Pancras 200 m away, a 1-minute walk, and London Euston 500 m; the hotel's own site says St Pancras International is five minutes on foot. For comparison, Sofitel London St James publishes 12 minutes by car to St Pancras International, and TRIBE London Canary Wharf about 35 minutes by Underground.

Rank	Hotel	Why it is here	Check rates
1	Sofitel London St JamesSt James'sOur pick	One MICHELIN Key in the 2026 selection, a starred table and a spa for two in the same 1923 bank building on Waterloo Place.	Check rates (opens in a new tab)
2	Raffles London at The OWOWhitehall	Nine treatment rooms, two double VIP suites and a 20 m indoor pool across 2,500 m² make the Guerlain Spa the largest in this ranking, and its Couples Retreat puts two therapists together in a private suite.	Check rates (opens in a new tab)
3	The Savoy, A Fairmont HotelStrand / Covent Garden	Opened on 6 August 1889 on the Strand, with three Gordon Ramsay restaurants.	Check rates (opens in a new tab)
4	St Martins Lane London, a Morgans Originals hotelCovent Garden	Philippe Starck designed this 1999 conversion of a 1960s office block, Ian Schrager's first London hotel, and its One Bedroom Suite and Penthouse look onto the London Eye.	Check rates (opens in a new tab)
5	Pullman London St PancrasKing's Cross / Somers Town	Two hundred metres from King's Cross St Pancras on Accor's figure, a 1-minute walk, which makes it the Eurostar arrival in this list; the hotel's own site says five minutes on foot.	Check rates (opens in a new tab)

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