When I first visited London years ago, I stayed here and loved it...for years after I received a lovely Christmas card...pure class...

I had an opportunity to stay at this landmark hotel when I visited England from Canada many years ago. I have always loved Art Deco so my partner at the time surprised me with booking us into Claridges. The history, architecture, afternoon tea with champagne lol. It was truly an amazing experience to have. It was my first time to have a lift (elevator) operator, and a beautifully plush fabric bench to sit on while you were whisked up 3 floors. Lol. And the doormen with top hats calling you “mam” everytime you went near the door......Over the top for me to do on any regular basis, but a truly amazing experience to have at least once in a lifetime.

@Mogamishu

2 жыл бұрын

Did you fall in love with a tall English man?

@javicaballero99

7 ай бұрын

Please boycott this hotel: it is owned by the dictatorial family from Qatar. Apart from all the classics (no freedom of speech, no free press, tortures…), LGBT people are persecuted and women are second class citizens. If all that is not enough, migrant workers from poor asian countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India…) work there in near-slavery conditions , specially during the construction of the infrastructures of the recent football cup. Give your money to someone else. Javi Caballero (Spain)

Fantastic hotel with great history… was here in 2011 for my cousin’s wedding. An unforgettable experience….. 🇳🇬

@javicaballero99

7 ай бұрын

Please boycott this hotel: it is owned by the dictatorial family from Qatar. Apart from all the classics (no freedom of speech, no free press, tortures…), LGBT people are persecuted and women are second class citizens. If all that is not enough, migrant workers from poor asian countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India…) work there in near-slavery conditions , specially during the construction of the infrastructures of the recent football cup. Give your money to someone else. Javi Caballero (Spain)

Worked for The Savoy Group back in 76 to 77 (back in the good ole era 😃 Savoy Grill worked my way up to Chef de Parti ... Then Lived the life in America since 🤸🌴🌻 😃 Chef Tony Anthonio .

@adespade119

3 жыл бұрын

impressive. took my boys to both, they loved it.

The restaurant looked SO MUCH better when it used to look like "this", with style and elegance with those pillars and those classic chandeliers that actually looked good.

@mscott3918

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you. I have been staying at Claridge's since I first went with my parents in the sixties. The restaurant was a treasure, but Gordon Ramsay ruined it.

Thank you! I appreciate these insights about the great houses of London. I plan to dine there sometime this year.

@normasouthwood3182

Жыл бұрын

Oh! May I come with you?!!

My first visit to Claridges was 1972 Every visit to the U.K. always includes a visit here

@javicaballero99

7 ай бұрын

Please boycott this hotel: it is owned by the dictatorial family from Qatar. Apart from all the classics (no freedom of speech, no free press, tortures…), LGBT people are persecuted and women are second class citizens. If all that is not enough, migrant workers from poor asian countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India…) work there in near-slavery conditions , specially during the construction of the infrastructures of the recent football cup. Give your money to someone else. Javi Caballero (Spain)

Ah, a nice old fashioned hotel , so rare these days~

Great video!! 🧬🗝🖋🔭🍾🍿🥗🍯🥥🌶🥬💐🥧🍫☕🍍🍓🎂

I have been for afternoon tea. Historic!

lovely doc and great commentary, great humour

Great video, thank you!

Thank you for the Great video

Absolutly gorgeous,i love learning about the history of the hotel,makes it much better

Costs as much for a week as 3 days at Disney's new Star-Wars themed hotel. Oddly, willing to bet it's a much nicer experience.

I have been to Claridge's, a nice hotel, but the Ritz is in a class of its own

@adespade119

3 жыл бұрын

oh yes, but I wouldn't say no to either.

@charlesfenwick6554

2 жыл бұрын

Claridges's is somewhat dowdy like much of the English aristocracy. The Ritz is more elegant.

I love your opening, snarky, narrative. The best.

vie stayed at 5*+ in Dubai and they still don't have the class of this one

@ProFettMoHaMett

4 жыл бұрын

ISlam has no class.

Really really grand guests. Wow 😯

BRAVO !

i love to live in a hotel the rooms always clean bed is well prepared bathrooms are very clean. always u go out and return back you find your room as you found it when you checked in. good food always nice restaurants. hotel life is amazing.

Very nice.

Very nice....Very nice...

At 1:30 "a person may throw off his periwink in gay abandon", I have no idea what on earth that means but it sounds good and I will take two please!

@lydon65

3 жыл бұрын

I think he said ‘Periwig’, which is/was the type of wig still worn by solicitors in courts

Love it ❤️❤️❤️

Love this hotel because of the Art Deco.

@agnesbutterbun

4 жыл бұрын

@Harold Amiss I also stay at the Ritz in Paris and London, also lovely hotels.

@agnesbutterbun

4 жыл бұрын

Of course I have to mention our favorite hotel in New York, The Carlyle.

Oh . . I still do Seasons in New Orleans and am a Traveling Chef but based on my property now in California. I personally think that tight So So Rich Classic French Cuisine is excellent for training but very dated for these days . . 😃 🛀 😉 💂 👍

all fancy restaurants have a problem with the small portions the food is very little. i dont feel that i had enough of food to make me feel full.

Sweet is so funny😁

Is it the same one I saw on PBS in the United States where they gave the keys to the hotel to this lady and her husband that was been going there for over 40 years

@debbiesunlight7047

Жыл бұрын

It’s been a year since you asked but the answer is ……drum roll …….yes 🎉😊

$776 a night, currently.

Guessing this was from around 98? Saw that year on one of the flags, thought it could be later though.

@gabrielamayorga-kintanar6729

5 ай бұрын

The description says 2005.

The best place to stay

Do they have a KZread channel

😊 love his name / Matthew sweet 😅

I miss the Causerie. It was a lovely less formal restaurant where the bar is now.

Imagine having to dust that lobby light fixture

What is the music at 00:37?

@mryrius

3 жыл бұрын

Minuets For Piano No. 2 In G Major, WoO. 10 (bit late, no?)

I could have done without the urinal scene. At least we did not need the reinactment.

@SciFiGirl007

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Totally high school-ish

will your suit fit you one day ?

😍😍😍

I am not of the Royal class & not been to UK or anywhere near there so I’m happy the young man has a job & is working & choose not to “troll” & be rude on the internet! I had NO idea this place even existed! It would NOW be on my list to at least visit if not stay if I make it there one day!!

Nice

Good joke: "How long are you staying?" "Until they ring my bank."

This video is a bit out of date. The art deco dining room has been completely restored and looks nothing like as shown here and Ramsay is no longer there.

@sandie157

6 жыл бұрын

cameronpaul 😏

@sandie157

6 жыл бұрын

Is it much better?

@M500VYN

6 жыл бұрын

Memories of 2005

@mscott3918

6 жыл бұрын

bvsg s Yes! It had been ruined.

@TheVaughan5

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a hell of a lot better and very expensive - lol

Anyone notice the black and white checkered floors? Hmmm…

..."throw off his periwig with gay abandon..." arf, arf!!!

His suit doesn’t fit him 👎🤪.

@normasouthwood3182

Жыл бұрын

His is a bit too sarcastic, and no one pronounces the word "valet" correctly. The "t" is not silent!

From a "royal adultery nest" to the most aristocrat hotel in the world👌👌👌 What a journey 🤭🤗

@resnonverba137

Жыл бұрын

Aristrocratic...

I loved the urinal bit xD

A Tel-e-fone-ist? HA

get a suit that fits you.......

@carolmurray1927

3 жыл бұрын

Who cares about his suit!🤣

Did he just pee on the floor of that bathroom during filming??!!!

@avalondreaming1433

4 жыл бұрын

BT Trade Completely disgusting.

No apostrophe in Claridges. Tut tut.

@cbrusharmy

5 жыл бұрын

0:20 It's there, plain to see.

@mscott3918

4 жыл бұрын

There is an apostrophe. It was originally owned by Mr and Mrs Claridge. Hence Claridge's. Education has taken a nose dive.

I think I saw in this hotel Mr. Stephen Hawking and his wife about two years ago.

@tessla4546

5 жыл бұрын

I loved it. They are irrelevant. Oh, sorry, is this Harry or William?

Scruffy Sweet as always....

I thought the Royals stay in the Goring?

@mscott3918

2 жыл бұрын

Some do, but Claridge's used to be known as the annex of Buckingham Palace. I've been going to Claridge's since the 1960s and have seen members of just about every European Royal Family there. The Queen Mother was a regular as was King Constantine, who had his London office in the next street. Once saw him, the Kings of Norway and Sweden and the Queen of Denmark lunching together. Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia was born there and still stays in the same suite. There used to be a special royal rate of £25 a night.

but its very expensive too. thats is the problem.

It's 'VALET' with the 'T'. i.e. wallet

@thomaslowdon5510

2 жыл бұрын

No it isn't In the best English circles It's Valey pronounced it is a french derived word t no sounded

@debbiesunlight7047

Жыл бұрын

Yes. No t sound . French and English are intermixed languages.

Medusa on the wall and the freemasons checker floor says it all.

They don’t allow dogs😫

@voldr0n

5 жыл бұрын

Why would they

@michaelmontagu3979

2 жыл бұрын

They do.

Why would they put this host on camera with such a hideous and misfitting suit? His pants aren't even properly hemmed and his jacket is far too long.

@carolmurray1927

3 жыл бұрын

Who cares!!!!🤣

Ramsey would not be allowed in a good hoterl

Dont try and book for 2021.It will be closed !! Total refurb .

I don't like the fact that he called the smokers "addicts". That's picking on them because they like to smoke. What about the guests that like to drink? Why aren't they being called "alcoholic"? What about the guests who like to eat at the buffet? Are they "bulimic"?

@woofolliesmydog8628

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, stop looking for something to be offended by. Honestly, with all the info given you hone in on something to be outraged by. People like you are ruining the world.

@thecook8964

Жыл бұрын

🙄

Would have been superb if not for your persistent insults and snide remarks about the royal family. So very cheap and common of you... ...

the time of the pointless royals is over. Hello 21st century

Much of this, although interesting, is rather disrespectful. Also, the word "valet" does NOT have a silent t.

@debbiesunlight7047

Жыл бұрын

Your American aren’t you.

@normasouthwood3182

Жыл бұрын

@@debbiesunlight7047 Certainly not. English born and bred.

Deeper NOT more deep. Did you go to school??

I do not like that 21st century's gallery art. It looks like a bunch of worms.

@sandie157

6 жыл бұрын

Sonia Hamilton Looks dusty too

@sandie157

6 жыл бұрын

Chiluli's work looks better when he uses coloured glass

@catherinewalsh2978

6 жыл бұрын

Sonia Hamilton q

@kevinkelleher9323

5 жыл бұрын

Peasant. Tend your cabbage. Weed the corn. Cuddle your really fresh onions.

@kevinkelleher9323

5 жыл бұрын

Your goat is calling you.

His bad opening remark about the Royal Family gave the whole video a bad taste. It was unnecessary. Relevance?

@DeltaStar777

Жыл бұрын

Dont be so stiff :-)

@Akenaten1

Жыл бұрын

I agree! People who say things like that don’t know anything about the royals. You only have to see any number of docos here on KZread about what the monarch does day in day out to know how hard it can be.

@karensinclair4189

Жыл бұрын

Think he was being ‘sarcastic.’ Not serious.

@skontheroad

Жыл бұрын

It is telling you the story of George IV and how the hotel was established.

@kairigby9117

8 ай бұрын

Don't be ridiculous. @@Akenaten1

Scruffy as always...

@mscott3918

5 жыл бұрын

Stephen Charles When I was there one evening, probably 40 years ago, I was just gazing up at the ceiling. The porter said 'don't worry, we have dusted up there. We just call it faded elegance.' I rather preferred that to the way it was renovated.

@romeo9017

5 жыл бұрын

I was referring to the presenter!

@carolmurray1927

3 жыл бұрын

Scruffy is ok!

How could someone as vulgar as Ramsey be allowed inside let alone cook there

@mscott3918

5 жыл бұрын

TrailLady Beyond I agree. Fortunately he didn't last too long.

@jslasher1

5 жыл бұрын

He might be vulgar as Hell but he's a bloody great chef.

@turdferguson74

5 жыл бұрын

Lots of ppl have achieved success that have no class

Good Grief!!!! Does Mr. Sweet believe that anyone in the KZread universe really wants to see him standing in front of a urinal? ...And pretending to tinkle? (...He was pretending, wasn't he??) Even Donald Trump, the quintessence of self-absorbed vulgarity, would (probably) not stoop so low!

Why is that oik presenter wearing his big brother's suit?

What an annoying presenter!

@romeo9017

5 жыл бұрын

And scruffy with it....

OK, we get it, you don’t like royals and aristos. Tone down the snark.

Please boycott this hotel: it is owned by the dictatorial family from Qatar. Apart from all the classics (no freedom of speech, no free press, tortures…), LGBT people are persecuted and women are second class citizens. If all that is not enough, migrant workers from poor asian countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India…) work there in near-slavery conditions , specially during the construction of the infrastructures of the recent football cup. Give your money to someone else. Javi Caballero (Spain)

It’s a fucking shithole full of sycophants being fucking takien advantage of by arseholes with money so go fuck urself you drip 💧

@woofolliesmydog8628

2 жыл бұрын

Charming. Sigh. You're not welcome.

@michaelmontagu3979

2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely, erudite, sensible contribution.

Awful script and presenter. Did you make this for the Americans. All that smug snarking - tiresome.

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Lees robbed me 😅

U was until lee pettengell and a coat of arms robbed u

Scruffy as always...

@carolmurray1927

3 жыл бұрын

Not a problem is it?😃