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The Athenaeum
€246.60/ Night
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An independent, family-owned five-star Mayfair hotel opposite Green Park, known for its eight-storey living wall, townhouse residences and warm, family-friendly welcome.
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Need To Know
- 162 rooms, suites and townhouse residences, including new tenth-floor view suites
- An independent, family-owned five-star hotel on Piccadilly, opposite Green Park
- 116 at The Athenaeum: modern British dining under chef André Costa, plus afternoon tea
- The Bar and a Piccadilly terrace; The View lounge on the top floor for hotel guests
- An in-house spa with hot tub, sauna and steam room, and a 24-hour gym
- Eighteen townhouse residences with kitchens for families and longer stays
- Properly dog- and family-friendly, with a dedicated children's concierge
Check in - Check out
Check in from 14:00; check out before 12:00.
We Love
- The location — right on Piccadilly opposite Green Park, steps from Buckingham Palace, Bond Street and the Royal Academy, on the edge of Mayfair and St James's.
- The independence — family-owned and run, a personal five-star house among the big Mayfair brands, with long-serving staff who greet returning guests by name.
- The living wall — the hotel's signature, a curtain of foliage climbing all eight storeys at the corner of the building, a small landmark on Piccadilly in its own right.
- The residences — eighteen townhouse apartments with their own front doors, full kitchens and sitting rooms, plus hotel service, ideal for families and longer stays.
- The family touch — a dedicated children's concierge, toys and films on arrival, interconnecting rooms and a genuine welcome for dogs, rare at this end of Mayfair.
Key Features
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€246.60 for 1 Night
Location
Address
116 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London, W1J 7BJ
Travel Info
The Athenaeum stands at 116 Piccadilly in Mayfair, opposite Green Park, with Green Park Underground a short walk away. Buckingham Palace and Bond Street are within easy reach, and much of the West End is walkable. Valet parking can be arranged.
Nearby Places
The Gatwick Express is a nonstop 30-minute train ride between Gatwick Airport and Victoria train station, then it’s just a quick tube ride to Green Park. Alternately, car hire or a lift from the airport can be arranged.
38km
Buckingham Palace
580m
London Eye
2km
Last Updated: 2026-06-18
Expert Review
Origins
The Athenaeum occupies among the most storied addresses on Piccadilly. The building at number 116 began around 1850 as Hope House, the London home of an art-collecting Member of Parliament whose private gallery was among the finest in Europe; it later lent its name to a Victorian gentlemen's club, the Athenaeum, before being rebuilt in 1937 as an Art Deco apartment block. In 1971 the film company The Rank Organisation took it on, and in 1973 it reopened, gutted and rebuilt, as a hotel — one designed, through Rank's Hollywood connections, to house the film stars working at Britain's studios. For years it was among the most star-studded addresses in London.
What sets it apart now is something quieter: it is independent. Family-owned and run since the early 1990s, the Athenaeum has stayed a personal, privately held five-star house in a corner of Mayfair otherwise given over to the big international brands — the kind of place where long-serving doormen and concierges greet returning guests by name. Its most visible signature is the living wall, a vast curtain of foliage that climbs all eight storeys at the corner of the building, a genuine small landmark at the western end of Piccadilly.
Inside are 162 rooms, suites and residences, many looking straight onto the greenery of Green Park opposite, recently refurbished with velvet, marble bathrooms and floor-to-ceiling windows. The eighteen townhouse residences are the unusual part: full apartments with their own front doors, kitchens and sitting rooms, plus the run of the hotel — made for families and longer stays. There is a genuine in-house spa with a hot tub, sauna and steam room, a 24-hour gym, and a kitchen, 116, serving modern British food under chef André Costa. With Green Park across the road and Buckingham Palace, Bond Street and the Royal Academy all within a short walk, it is a warm, family-friendly base in one of London's grandest districts.
Top Secret
Head up to The View, the top-floor lounge reserved for hotel guests, where a complimentary early-evening drink and a snack come with one of the best private outlooks over Green Park and the Mayfair rooftops. Families are unusually well looked after here: a dedicated children's concierge lays on favourite toys and films, milk and biscuits at bedtime, and the hotel keeps kites and scooters for afternoons in the royal parks across the road. Dogs, too, are genuinely welcome — a rarity at this end of Mayfair.
The Review
The Athenaeum makes an unusual case for Mayfair: a five-star hotel on one of London's grandest stretches that is still family-owned, still personal, and genuinely warm in a way the big branded palaces nearby rarely manage. It stands right on Piccadilly, facing straight onto Green Park, behind a facade you cannot miss — an eight-storey living wall of foliage that has become a small Piccadilly landmark, and the easiest way to spot the place.
Inside, a recent refurbishment has dressed the 162 rooms, suites and residences in velvet, marble and floor-to-ceiling glass, many of them looking over the park. The townhouse residences set it apart from its neighbours: eighteen proper apartments with kitchens, sitting rooms and their own front doors, with hotel service on tap — a rare option in central London for families or anyone staying a while. There is a real in-house spa with a hot tub, sauna and steam room, a 24-hour gym, and the restaurant, 116, serving modern British cooking under a new chef. The View, a top-floor lounge kept for guests, is the insider's touch.
Above all it is family-friendly without being any less five-star — a dedicated children's concierge, interconnecting rooms, dogs made welcome, kites and scooters for the parks opposite. It suits families, longer-stay visitors and anyone who wants the Mayfair address and the park on the doorstep but prefers a hotel with a personality and a name at the door to a global flag. As an independent holdout among the brands, on one of the best addresses in London, it is a genuinely independent choice.
