The Berkeley Bar & Terrace

The Berkeley Bar & Terrace opened at the hotel on Wilton Place in July 2019, the first London hospitality project of the Irish designer Bryan O'Sullivan. The room is cream, soft pink and coral, panelled in walnut from the Fulbeck Walnut, a tree on a Lincolnshire estate that came down in the Great Storm of 2007. A plasterwork frieze of plants and animals runs above the panelling, and a run of arches, a nod to the Grenadiers' stables that once stood on the site, frames a half-moon marble-topped bar. There is a fireplace at the far end and a small terrace beyond the glass doors.

The bar seats around 40, takes no reservations and is open until 1am from Monday to Saturday and until midnight on Sunday. The current cocktail list is written for the hotel's Belgravia neighbours, one drink to each.

For a private occasion there are two routes. The Snug, a hideaway for up to nine guests under a mural of women's faces painted with the New York artist TM Davy, has its own sound system and a call button for service. The whole bar can also be taken for an exclusive evening of up to 50 standing.