Delano London is taking bookings for stays from 21 December at soft-opening rates from £495 per night. Delano’s first UK hotel on Hyde Park offers first access before the finished Archer Humphryes redesign in early 2027. The 67-room-and-suite property sits in a Georgian-era building overlooking Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, with more than half the key count configured as suites and 14 overlooking the park (Business Traveller) (Business Traveller1).
Delano London takes bookings from 21 December at soft-opening rates from £495 per night, with the official opening set for early 2027. Delano London offers location, room category and early access for December or January London trips before it becomes a fully settled operation (Business Traveller) (Business Traveller1).
Why Delano London Belongs on the Hyde Park Short List
Delano London matters because Hyde Park is already one of London’s toughest luxury hotel corridors. The hotel enters a ring that includes Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park at 66 Knightsbridge, Bvlgari Hotel London at 177 Knightsbridge, The Lanesborough on Hyde Park Corner, The Peninsula London on Grosvenor Place, The Dorchester on Park Lane and The Chancery Rosewood near the top of Park Lane. In that context, a 67-room Delano with a £495 soft-opening rate is a practical alternative to the larger, more established addresses (Business Traveller).
Delano London overlooks Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, placing it close to the park, Knightsbridge and the cultural circuit around Kensington Palace and the Royal Albert Hall. The address is positioned for shopping, park access and West End dinners by taxi. If you need Mayfair at your front door, choose The Dorchester or The Chancery Rosewood instead.
Delano London has 67 rooms and suites. Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park has 181 rooms, The Lanesborough has 93, and InterContinental London Park Lane has 449. Delano London’s 67 rooms and suites put it closer to a smaller luxury townhouse rhythm, though the Delano brand brings a louder Miami lineage than a traditional London private-house hotel. Delano London is more appealing for guests who want Hyde Park without choosing the most formal option in the area (Business Traveller1).
Bvlgari Hotel London is nearby and has a pool, private cinema and Sette, with rates reported from around £1,200 per night. Delano London’s £495 soft-opening entry is an early-booking rate for Knightsbridge-adjacent geography before its official early-2027 opening, not a like-for-like comparison with mature hotels (Business Traveller1).
The Building: Former Baglioni, Now a 67-Key Delano
Delano London takes over a Georgian-era building formerly operated as Baglioni Hotel London and later briefly as 60 Hyde Park Gate Hotel. That history matters because this is a known luxury address being recut under Delano. Archer Humphryes Architects leads the redesign before the official early-2027 opening.
The 67-key scale should help Delano London avoid the convention-hotel feel that can creep into some larger London properties. More than half of the rooms are suites, and 14 overlook the park. In the opening months, a suite or park-facing room carries more of the hotel’s value than the £495 rate alone. A park-facing room overlooks Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park.
Early access offers a first look at Delano in London before the broader luxury-travel crowd arrives. The soft launch is less suited to a high-stakes anniversary weekend requiring every restaurant, bar, wellness and service detail to run at final tempo. For those trips, wait for the early-2027 opening window.
Archer Humphryes Architects gives Delano London a London hospitality credential rather than a pure import from Miami. The Delano name brings the brand code; the building brings the Hyde Park address; the redesign has to make those two things feel coherent. The coherence of the brand code, Hyde Park address and redesign will be tested when the hotel moves from soft launch to full opening.
Lana Lusa, Rose Bar and the Miami Signal
The food and drink proposition is unusually clear for an early hotel opening. Delano London will include the UK debut of Lana Lusa, a Portuguese restaurant concept with established Dubai locations at SO/ Uptown Dubai and Four Seasons Private Residences Dubai at Jumeirah. The Dubai menus point to the format: salted codfish, roasted octopus and pastel de nata. That gives the hotel a more specific dining identity than the generic all-day hotel restaurant that too often fills prime London real estate.
Delano London pairs Portuguese dining with a restaurant identity beyond breakfast and club sandwiches. The Dorchester has the stronger Michelin dining headline with Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, a three-Michelin-starred French restaurant. Delano’s food angle is more about bringing Lana Lusa to London and giving hotel guests a new Portuguese option by Hyde Park.
Delano London will include a London version of the Rose Bar, reimagined from the Delano Miami Beach venue. That matters because the Delano brand has always carried more bar energy than the average luxury hotel flag. The Lanesborough is the more obvious choice for a quiet, heritage-heavy London stay. Delano is positioned as a Hyde Park hotel with a sharper evening proposition.
The Source by Delano wellness centre rounds out the offer, but wellness remains unproven until the hotel is open and operating. Bvlgari Hotel London and The Peninsula London have clearer pool credentials: Bvlgari has a pool, and The Peninsula London has a 25-metre pool. Delano’s current draw is the package of Lana Lusa, Rose Bar, park-facing rooms and early pricing.
The Art and Brand Context Are Part of the Value
Delano London’s art collection has been selected by London-based Cramer & Bell, with works by Kimathi Mafafo, Isaac Andrews, Hormazd Narielwalla and Gergei Erdei. The hotel has a named cultural layer, not anonymous lobby art.
Delano is part of Ennismore, the hospitality group behind brands including The Hoxton, Mondrian, SLS and SO/. That matters most if you care about bar programming, restaurant positioning and a less formal service mood than the classic Park Lane set.
Delano London is part of a broader Delano network. The brand already has a renewed presence beyond Miami, with Delano Paris and Delano Dubai in the mix, and forthcoming Delano hotels under development in New York, Marrakech and Puglia. London is the UK debut, but it fits into a broader Delano push across high-spend cities and resort markets.
For repeat London visitors, the room, restaurant and location matter more than the brand context. For hotel watchers, it matters because Delano is testing whether its Miami-coded identity can work beside Hyde Park, where the competitive set is heavy with heritage names, formal service and expensive renovations. The first UK hotel gives Ennismore and Delano a visible London address without trying to enter Mayfair directly.
What to Book, and What to Skip
Book from 21 December if you want the soft-opening price, a smaller room count and a Hyde Park address before the official early-2027 opening. The starting rate is £495. It gives you access to a luxury location where nearby names can run far higher, though the comparison is clearest if you accept that soft openings come with a different rhythm than fully launched hotels.
Book a suite if you can. More than half of the rooms are configured as suites, and only 14 overlook the park. For a hotel whose address is part of the point, a park-facing room is the category to chase. A standard room may still make sense at the opening rate, but the strongest version of the stay is likely to be one where you actually see Kensington Gardens or Hyde Park from the room.
Skip the soft-opening window if you are choosing London for a guaranteed, fully settled hotel weekend. The Peninsula London, which opened in September 2023, gives you a newer fully open luxury hotel with a 25-metre pool and Brooklands restaurant. The Chancery Rosewood, which opened in September 2025, gives you an all-suite format with seven restaurants and bars, including Tobi Masa from three-Michelin-starred chef Masayoshi “Masa” Takayama. The Dorchester gives you the established Park Lane address and Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester.
Choose Delano London over those names if you want the early-access story, the smaller 67-key scale, Lana Lusa’s UK debut and a London Rose Bar under one roof. Choose the established hotels if your trip depends on a specific pool, a known Michelin dining room, an all-suite setup or a larger property with fully settled routines.
The next test comes between the December soft opening and the launch. The speed of bookings for the park-facing rooms, Lana Lusa's London debut and Rose Bar's late-evening role will determine whether the hotel gives Hyde Park a sharper option without losing the ease that makes the address valuable.
