Bookings must be made using an eligible Card and must be paid using that Card, or another American Express ® Card, in the eligible Card Member's name, and that Card Member must be traveling on the itinerary booked.
Consumer and Business Gold Card, Platinum Card ® and Centurion ® Members (Delta SkyMiles ® Gold and Platinum Card Members are not eligible). The Hotel Collection: The Hotel Collection benefits are available for new bookings of two consecutive nights or more made through American Express Travel with participating properties and are valid only for eligible U.S. Benefits, participating properties, and availability and amenities at those properties are subject to change. Any credits applicable are applied at check-out in USD or the local currency equivalent. Benefits must be used during the stay booked. Benefits cannot be redeemed for cash and are not combinable with other offers unless indicated. Benefits are applied per room, per stay (with a three-room limit per stay) back-to-back stays within a 24-hour period at the same property are considered one stay. If the cost of Wi-Fi is included in a mandatory property fee, a daily credit of that amount will be applied at check-out. Advance reservations are recommended for certain experience credits. The type of experience credit and daily breakfast (for two) varies by property the experience credit will be applied to eligible charges up to the amount of the experience credit.
Noon check-in and room upgrade are subject to availability and are provided at check-in certain room categories are not eligible for upgrade. The average total value of the program benefits is based on prior-year bookings for stays of two nights the actual value varies. Consumer, Business, and Corporate Platinum Card ® Members and Centurion ® Members (Delta SkyMiles ® Platinum Card Members are not eligible). More adventurous ingredients include truffled vodka and lobster essence.Īs for the air of mysticism, well it practically permeates from the weird and wonderful artworks filling up the space (the likes of Peter-John de Villiers and Jeff Koons feature). It’s almost unsurprising to belatedly learn that the entrepreneur responsible for the hotel’s concept and construct, Rami Fustok, is the son of the surrealist sculptor, Bushra Fakhoury.Fine Hotels + Resorts: Fine Hotels + Resorts ® program benefits are available for new bookings made through American Express Travel with participating properties and are valid only for eligible U.S. There’s even a glasshouse brimming with medicinal flowers (tucked away on the first-floor terrace), while cocktails feature plant-based twists such as the rhubarb cordial and sea buckthorn tincture lacing my Campari-based concoction.
The botanical inspiration finds root in the hotel’s striking aesthetics too, with hanging gardens of jasmines and passion vines encircling the central courtyard.
Situated unprepossessingly on Fitzrovia’s Newman Street, the alluringly-elusive Mandrake Hotel takes its name from a hallucinogenic plant, which was lauded by Mediterannean mystics back in the day. There’s a buzz-worthy new hangout in town and it’s the perfect bolthole if you’re looking to escape the ordinary on your next night out…