The Blakes Hotel London is a seductive design journey through India, China, Indonesia,
Thailand, Cambodia and on to the Pyramids back through Italy ending up in the heart of London.
An elegant, eclectic, ethnic picture reflected in the abundance and luxury of accessories,
furniture, and artifacts found all over the world by Anouska Hempel herself over the many
years of her far flung travels. The Blakes is the first boutique hotel of its kind in London.
The world even evokes past and current intrigues and dark mysteries. 

The Opium Den that is the Chinese Room that sits in subterranean splendor next to the
critically acclaimed restaurant. The room itself the epitome of decadence and comfort
dedicated to the likes of Chanel and Dietrich is the place to be before or after enjoying the
delights of an evening in London. Marlene herself is rumored to appear under certain lights
and influences leaning seductively on the piano. The bar is also hugely popular with Londons
fashionable it crowd who regularly pop in for a sharpener. 

All rooms are dramatic interpretations of deep- rich tones and subtle contrasts. The
compositions are startling, luxurious, and operatic. Some of the most astonishing interiors in
the world can be found here as countless design magazine features have proven. What might have
easily slipped into being over the top is somehow neither too saccharine nor too precious.
Rather these interiors are fascinating exercises in design imagination, choreographed by the
masterly eye of Anouska Hempel herself. Right down to the smallest scale of carefully placed
accessories or cushions, the relationship between objects and between forms and fields is
studied and carefully resolved. Around each corner there is a surprise and the chance to
discover more of the mystery and magic that has been created here.