To celebrate Pears being chosen for London’s coolest lifestyle hotel, The Hoxton, we’ve got two night’s stay for one lucky winner and a friend, plus a Pears Gift Pack to give away. 5 Runners Up will also receive a Pears Gift Pack each.
(The hotel's owner, Sinclair Beecham, has always loved the Pears brand and there was no question in his mind that his hotel would be stocked with the amber soap - lush!) Enter the competition here
We visited the Hoxton Hotel to see what the fuss was all about...
There are a number of happening hotspots that spring to mind when you’re asked the age-old question – “where’s best to stay when I’m visiting London?” Personally I’d tell them anything but the truth – after all, us East Londoners don’t want the whole world getting wise to our secret.
If we really must share though, we might as well admit that Hoxton’s where “it’s at”. Surrounded by unique, hidden and not so hidden, loud and welcoming or quiet and inconspicuous bars and restaurants, Shoreditch holds the key to a cooler slice of London that visitors as recently as the last decade, knew little to nothing about.
The Hoxton hotel, known now as London's most innovative new business hotel is a place “where urban living aims to meet country lodge lounging”. It only opened its doors last September but its rooms are pretty hard to book already. Not because they’re expensive – far from it in fact. It’s just that when something new, cool and relatively inexpensive opens in the hippest part of town, everybody (me included!) wants a piece of the action.
Close to Old Street tube and the City of London, the hotel is staggering distance from some of London's best bars, restaurants and clubs. And trust us, you will stagger if you’re out to experience Hoxton in its truest form. In fact, with roaring fires and cool cocktails, Frette linen and flat screen TVs, sumptuous duck down duvets and free WiFi, the Hoxton Hotel has it all. But it had me at the word ‘cocktail’, obviously.
I took some friends to the Hoxton Grille for dinner a few weeks ago. Nestled inside the hotel it holds the bustle and bounce of the Big Apple, mixed with delectable Parisian bistro chic. Tres awesom
e. Open all day every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the classic dishes and bistro faves will set you drooling, but leave you full - ready for another cocktail perhaps? Try the potted shrimps with lime mayonnaise, and the Gloucester old spot sausage and mash. To die for!
If you fancy brekkie in your room however as you lounge about in bed and drink your free fresh milk or mineral water, you can always get a free Lite Pret breakfast delivered right to your door - another little gift from Sinclair. With breakfast in your Egyptian cotton bed you don’t need to miss a second of Celebrity BB on your sexy flat screen TV.
If you really want to, you can head to the Market Sports Gym across the road for a fiver – use the pool, relax in the sauna or treadmill your tummy into rumbling mode for another visit to the Hoxton Grille. Well,… you might as well make the most of it.
After your visit to the Hoxton Hotel, when anyone asks you where’s best to stay in London, don’t feel bad if you find your finger pointing to Brixton on their German tourist map. After all, some things are just too good to share.
To be in with your chance to win a weekend at the Hoxton, plus Pears goodies, enter our competition here.
**Pears soap is specially formulated to take care of even delicate and sensitive skin, cleansing thoroughly yet gently rinsing skin clean. It is hypoallergenic and contains a mild cleansing formula. They are also non-comedeogenic, so they won’t clog pores.
The Hoxton embodies everything the body needs - style, food, drink, sllep, ambiance and good company
Posted by: Michael Hewens | 26/01/2007 at 08:57 PM
The Hoxton embodies everything the body needs - style, food, drink, sllep, ambiance and good company
Posted by: Michael Hewens | 26/01/2007 at 08:58 PM