Located close to Tower Bridge in the heart of city, The Lalit London is the first overseas property for the Lalit Suri Group.
The 180-year-old building that once housed the St. Olave’s Grammar School has entered a new life as The Lalit London, a boutique hotel whose 70 luxury rooms are each ornamented with bespoke Indian art which the owners say will combine “Indian culture with British charm”.
Located close to Tower Bridge in the heart of city, The Lalit London is the first overseas property for the Lalit Suri Group.
Currently the hotel group has 11 luxury properties in India on its books
Managing director Dr Jyotsna Suri, widow of the anglophile founder of the company, Lalit Suri, said, “There has never before been an Indian brand that has come to Britain and flown its own flag under its own brand.”
She said the experience at the London hotel would be as authentic as possible. “We will not be offering Anglicised Indian food. It will be genuine Indian food,” she added.
The Lalit family bought the site for £15m (US$18.8m) in 2012 and have spent more than £30m million on restoration and conversion. The former Governors’ Room is being turned into a cocktail bar and the headmaster’s study into a suite.
No word on whether guests who misbehave will be taken to the headmaster’s study for a good talking to.