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33 Roland Gardens
London
800/926-3173 or 44-207/370-6701

COST: $$$$

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From Travel + Leisure, May 2004

“At Blakes, famous for its haute-boho interior design, Koda almost gags when he sees a guest room, a riot of black lacquer and Biedermeier. 'It's giving me a migraine,' he moans. So we descend to the restaurant, where Koda is happier, especially when he begins popping scallops into his mouth...” MORE>>

–Lynn Yaeger, “A Koda Moment”

From Travel + Leisure, Oct 2003

“The answer was a super-upmarket bed-and-breakfast celebrated for guest rooms that were as different from one another as Vivienne Westwood is from, say, Hardy Amies. With the mid-eighties addition of two more town houses and a mews, Blakes gently morphed into a full-tilt hotel with two spin-offs, Blakes Amsterdam and, in London, the Hempel (which it no longer manages). But the commitment to making sure every room in the flagship provides a different decorative joyride is undiminished....” MORE>>

–Christopher Petkanas, “Grand Designs”

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