We’re huge fans of staycationing in our own city, checking in for a cheeky night of luxury or finding a cheap and cheerful joint when the family is in town
And even if you’re not staying, London’s hotels are increasingly home to the city’s best restaurants so it’s worth having them on your radar. Here’s the most exciting London hotel openings for 2026, including a big ticket opening (with the restaurants to match) and a UK debut from one of our fave international hotel groups. Get these on your list pronto.
The Newman
The debut hotel from hospo management company Kinsfolk & Co, The Newman will be opening its doors on its namesake street in Fitzrovia in February. There’ll be 81 rooms and suites, including the four-bedroom rooftop floor with a private terrace that can be booked out as a whole. One of the hotel’s other floors will house a spa, complete with a gym, a halotherapy room, an ice lounge, a hydrotherapy pool, a sauna and a steam room. The hotel will also be home to Brasserie Angelica (a European-inspired, all-day restaurant) and Gambit Bar (an underground cocktail bar).
Opens: February 2026
Zetter Bloomsbury
The third Zetter hotel is opening close to the British Museum this spring. The Georgian-inspired design extends across 68 bedrooms – think four-poster beds and claw-foot tubs – with communal spaces including a gym, a parlour, and a garden terrace.
Opens: March 2026
St. Regis London
Marriot is bringing the St. Regis brand to London, redoing the old Westbury hotel in Mayfair and turning it into the St. Regis London. The £90 million redevelopment has included adding an eighth floor and extending the rear of the property, taking it to 196 bedrooms and suites. The Polo Bar, designed for the Phipps family who created the Westbury, is staying put and it’ll be joined by a restaurant, a speakeasy jazz bar, a spa and a fitness centre.
Opens: spring 2026
The Shepherd Mayfair
Set in the historic Shepherd’s Market, The Shepherd Mayfair is promising quiet luxury and an experiencing akin to staying in your own private mansion. Along with 82 rooms, the hotel includes a drawing room cafe, all-day restaurant Fayre, and speakeasy-style bar Teddy’s.
Opens: 2026
Six Senses London
£1 billion is being spent on the redevelopment of the old Whiteleys shopping centre, which opened in Bayswater in 1911 and was one the city’s first department stores. Now the former shopping centre is being transformed into The Whiteley, a luxury development featuring a Six Senses hotel (the first in the UK) with 110 rooms and 14 residencies, a lobby bar and lounge, an all-day dining restaurant and a Six Senses spa, along with a wellness centre and 20-metre pool.
Opens: April 2026
The Other House Covent Garden
Hotel and residents’ club The Other House, which already has a location in South Kensington, is opening a second London site close to the Covent Garden piazza in 2026. It’ll have 146 rooms and Club Flats, which come with fully-equipped kitchenettes and living spaces, a private members’ club, and wellness facilities including a gym, a pool, a sound bath and treatment rooms. The Covent Garden property will also be home to outposts of all-day brasserie The Other Kitchen and cocktail bar Owl & Monkey, with exclusive bar The Peacock Lounge on the roof.
Opens: 2026
Cambridge House
Grade I-listed townhouse and Georgian mansion Cambridge House in Mayfair, the former home of Prime Minister Lord Palmerston, the Duke of Cambridge and Lord Cholmondeley, and the former site of the Naval and Military Club, is being turned into an Auberge Resorts Collection hotel. The 102-bedroom property (part of the Reuben Brothers’ £1 billion regeneration of 1.3 acres of the Piccadilly Estate) will also feature a private members’ club, a brasserie restaurant, and a double level spa with several hydrotherapy facilities, two heated pools, seven treatment rooms and a gym.
Opens: 2026
Admiralty Arch Waldorf Astoria
At the other end of the Mall from Buckingham Palace, Admiralty Arch, which was commissioned by King Edward VII in memory of Queen Victoria and has been home to the Admiralty and other government departments in its time, is being turned into a high end hotel. The 100-bedroom Admiralty Arch Waldorf Astoria, which is being developed by Hilton in partnership with the Reuben Brothers, will feature a ballroom, a spa, and an underground bar that nods to some of the building’s historic residents like Winston Churchill and Ian Fleming. There’ll also be two headline restaurants, Coreus from Clare Smyth and Café Boulud from Daniel Boulud.
Opens: 2026
St Clement Hotel
After founding Soho House in 1995 and growing it into an international empire, Nick Jones stepped down as CEO of the company in 2022. Last summer, under his new Jones & Co group, he opened Corner Shop at the 180 the Thames complex on the Strand. Now he’s getting back into the hotel game and opening the St. Clement Hotel above the shop in 2026. The property will boast 90 bedrooms, 15 apartments, a gym and a rooftop restaurant.
Opens: 2026
Delano London
Hotel group Ennismore is bringing the Delano brand to London in late 2026, opening a 67-room property close to Kensington Gardens. Ennismore’s F&B Platform will be bringing one of its signature concepts to operate the ground-floor restaurant, with Miami’s Rose Bar also making its debut at the hotel.
Opens: late 2026
