That's right, a whole weekend of total gorgeousness on us and our friends at London's newest and flashiest hotel, The Cumberland. Enter here to win, and here's more about it, through the eyes of... well,... a special sort of customer:
"I don’t know about you, but once I’ve fed Mitty and Pookums-trixibelle and we’re done with our leisurely stroll around the park; after afternoon tea and some casual shopping in Harrods with my personal assistant, I like to unwind properly, in a place where I can be proud to call myself a lady. So imagine my luck when I realised there was a lovely, brand new hotel just around the corner from my Central London mansion.
The Cumberland appears to be the perfect base for a stay in London, (aside from my own darling house, of course.) If you’re renovating all nine bedrooms and kitchens at once like Gerald and I, it would be the ultimate place to stay - just a stone's throw from Park Lane, Oxford Street and Mayfair, so you can still get on with things. The hotel has over 1,000 designer bedrooms, a state of the art gym to work off all those Christmas calories, and a mouthwatering array of restaurants that, quite frankly, left me wondering as to the future of my cooking staff back at the mansion. Gary Rhodes’ has done wonders in the Cumberland, with his latest bar and brasserie, Rhodes W1. The place is practically a “trendy” nightclub – not my usual haunt at all, but as soon as I tell the ladies at the lunch club they’ll be down there like a shot. Branching out is the new black, don’t you know. Oh, we’ve got two bars to explore next time, too, (don’t tell Gerald).
After a gorgeous dinner I retired to my room, to find that everything inside calmed my senses. Well, that shopping malrkey was more than enough to stress me out - do you know, they didn't even have the Jimmy Choos I wanted in my size. (tut). In my room however I felt inspired, contented, relaxed even. Those Egyptian cotton sheets were first class, I don’t know they do it – first they build the pyramids and then they expand to interior design enhancements. I was very impressed and we were well looked after. Well, I was. Naughty Gerald. The huge shower was amazing, but I’m not so sure about the plasma screen television. He couldn’t keep his eyes of Carol Vorderman on the late night repeats.
I don’t like to cheapen my own home, but The Cumberland experience begins the moment you enter the lobby - something we should all inspire to achieve in our own delightful, mammoth abodes. A large, open space at the front is more a gallery than hotel reception, although they kindly declined my offer of a Mitty and Pookums picture, which I thought would look jolly marvelous blown up to a billboard behind the front desk.
Gerald’s already decided to come back and use one of The Cumberland’s 26 meeting and function rooms with the gentlemen from “the business”, and I hate to admit it but I’m almost sorry that the renovations are complete on the mansion. I do hope to visit again soon, even if it’s only for a cheeky cocktail at the Kua Bar. I can hardly wait!
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