A 1718 townhouse on Frith Street, Soho, with no sign outside — just a brass plaque and the assumption that if you need to be told what Hazlitt's is, you probably shouldn't be staying here. Named after the essayist William Hazlitt, who died in this building in 1830 (his last words: "Well, I've had a happy life"), the hotel operates 30 rooms across three interconnected Georgian townhouses filled with antique furniture, original fireplaces, and the accumulated character of three centuries of Soho habitation. There is no restaurant, no gym, no spa, no concierge desk in the conventional sense — just rooms, each named after a former resident or notable, and the particular pleasure of sleeping in a building that has been receiving guests since before the United States existed. The location is Frith Street, which means Soho is not around you — you are in it.
Location
Soho, London
Insider Intel
The Hazlitt Suite for the full experience — original panelling, separate sitting room, the sense of sleeping in an 18th-century townhouse. Any room facing Frith Street for the Soho soundtrack. Request a room with an original fireplace. There is no restaurant — breakfast is served in your room.
Anytime you want a hotel that feels like staying in someone's very old, very interesting house rather than a hotel. Autumn and winter, when the fireplaces and the heavy curtains make the rooms feel like a refuge from Soho's noise.
No sign outside — look for the brass plaque at 6 Frith Street. 30 rooms across three Georgian townhouses. No restaurant, gym, spa, or lift (stairs only in some sections). Breakfast in-room. Tottenham Court Road and Leicester Square tubes. Rooms from £250. The location IS Soho — Bar Italia is across the street, Ronnie Scott's around the corner. Every room is different; request specifics when booking.