Claridge's: Checking Into History

[@sjacquelin5610]

When I first visited London years ago, I stayed here and loved it...for years after I received a lovely Christmas card...pure class...

[@s.k.2017]

I had an opportunity to stay at this landmark hotel when I visited England from Canada many years ago. I have always loved Art Deco so my partner at the time surprised me with booking us into Claridges. The history, architecture, afternoon tea with champagne lol. It was truly an amazing experience to have. It was my first time to have a lift (elevator) operator, and a beautifully plush fabric bench to sit on while you were whisked up 3 floors. Lol. And the doormen with top hats calling you “mam” everytime you went near the door......Over the top for me to do on any regular basis, but a truly amazing experience to have at least once in a lifetime.

[@Mogamishu]

Did you fall in love with a tall English man?

[@javicaballero99]

Please boycott this hotel: it is owned by the dictatorial family from Qatar. Apart from all the classics (no freedom of speech, no free press, tortures…), LGBT people are persecuted and women are second class citizens. If all that is not enough, migrant workers from poor asian countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India…) work there in near-slavery conditions , specially during the construction of the infrastructures of the recent football cup. Give your money to someone else. Javi Caballero (Spain)

[@2222947]

Fantastic hotel with great history… was here in 2011 for my cousin’s wedding. An unforgettable experience….. 🇳🇬

[@javicaballero99]

Please boycott this hotel: it is owned by the dictatorial family from Qatar. Apart from all the classics (no freedom of speech, no free press, tortures…), LGBT people are persecuted and women are second class citizens. If all that is not enough, migrant workers from poor asian countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India…) work there in near-slavery conditions , specially during the construction of the infrastructures of the recent football cup. Give your money to someone else. Javi Caballero (Spain)

[@RedcoatsReturn]

Thank you! I appreciate these insights about the great houses of London. I plan to dine there sometime this year.

[@normasouthwood3182]

Oh! May I come with you?!!

[@anthonyposso3764]

Worked for The Savoy Group back in 76 to 77 (back in the good ole era 😃 Savoy Grill worked my way up to Chef de Parti ... Then Lived the life in America since 🤸🌴🌻 😃 Chef Tony Anthonio .

[@adespade119]

impressive. took my boys to both, they loved it.

[@arthurborden394]

My first visit to Claridges was 1972 Every visit to the U.K. always includes a visit here

[@javicaballero99]

Please boycott this hotel: it is owned by the dictatorial family from Qatar. Apart from all the classics (no freedom of speech, no free press, tortures…), LGBT people are persecuted and women are second class citizens. If all that is not enough, migrant workers from poor asian countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India…) work there in near-slavery conditions , specially during the construction of the infrastructures of the recent football cup. Give your money to someone else. Javi Caballero (Spain)

[@fayecox9401]

@@javicaballero99to be honest they own half Great Britain they have ruined harrods it’s lots it’s original charm they havnt got clue about our history

[@sallyroddy6566]

lovely doc and great commentary, great humour

[@bttrade6286]

The restaurant looked SO MUCH better when it used to look like "this", with style and elegance with those pillars and those classic chandeliers that actually looked good.

[@mscott3918]

Totally agree with you. I have been staying at Claridge's since I first went with my parents in the sixties. The restaurant was a treasure, but Gordon Ramsay ruined it.

[@michaelplunkett8059]

Agreed. From pillars, chandeliers and red velvet drapes to a conference room at a lampshade factory. Somebody has to say no to some decorators.

[@heidirobinson6406]

Great video!! 🧬🗝🖋🔭🍾🍿🥗🍯🥥🌶🥬💐🥧🍫☕🍍🍓🎂

[@PamelaTitterington]

Absolutly gorgeous,i love learning about the history of the hotel,makes it much better

[@carlosc3768]

Great video, thank you!

[@MsMcmoe]

Ah, a nice old fashioned hotel , so rare these days~

[@regplate4139]

I have been for afternoon tea. Historic!

[@robertsilva8097]

Thank you for the Great video

[@danielvandersall6756]

Costs as much for a week as 3 days at Disney's new Star-Wars themed hotel. Oddly, willing to bet it's a much nicer experience.

[@valebene2186]

I have been to Claridge's, a nice hotel, but the Ritz is in a class of its own

[@adespade119]

oh yes, but I wouldn't say no to either.

[@charlesfenwick6554]

Claridges's is somewhat dowdy like much of the English aristocracy. The Ritz is more elegant.

[@colingooch8841]

vie stayed at 5*+ in Dubai and they still don't have the class of this one

[@ProFettMoHaMett]

ISlam has no class.

[@danielkim7841]

At 1:30 "a person may throw off his periwink in gay abandon", I have no idea what on earth that means but it sounds good and I will take two please!

[@lydon65]

I think he said ‘Periwig’, which is/was the type of wig still worn by solicitors in courts

[@tessla4546]

I love your opening, snarky, narrative. The best.

[@ignaciojauregui2057]

What is the music at 00:37?

[@mryrius]

Minuets For Piano No. 2 In G Major, WoO. 10 (bit late, no?)

[@anwerabdallah569]

i love to live in a hotel the rooms always clean bed is well prepared bathrooms are very clean. always u go out and return back you find your room as you found it when you checked in. good food always nice restaurants. hotel life is amazing.

[@robertsilva8097]

Is it the same one I saw on PBS in the United States where they gave the keys to the hotel to this lady and her husband that was been going there for over 40 years

[@debbiesunlight7047]

It’s been a year since you asked but the answer is ……drum roll …….yes 🎉😊

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Very nice....Very nice...

[@anwerabdallah569]

all fancy restaurants have a problem with the small portions the food is very little. i dont feel that i had enough of food to make me feel full.

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

BRAVO !

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Very nice.

[@leoleo6692]

Guessing this was from around 98? Saw that year on one of the flags, thought it could be later though.

[@gabrielamayorga-kintanar6729]

The description says 2005.

[@robertsilva8097]

Do they have a KZbin channel

[@anthonyposso3764]

Oh . . I still do Seasons in New Orleans and am a Traveling Chef but based on my property now in California. I personally think that tight So So Rich Classic French Cuisine is excellent for training but very dated for these days . . 😃 🛀 😉 💂 👍

[@TheVaughan5]

This video is a bit out of date. The art deco dining room has been completely restored and looks nothing like as shown here and Ramsay is no longer there.

[@sandie157]

cameronpaul 😏

[@sandie157]

Is it much better?

[@M500VYN]

Memories of 2005

[@mscott3918]

bvsg s Yes! It had been ruined.

[@TheVaughan5]

Yeah, it's a hell of a lot better and very expensive - lol

[@sqrd3536]

Beautiful classic.@12.03 Did the presenter just piss all over the floor😂😂😂😂😂. What an end to a career😅

[@RachelLeynes]

Really really grand guests. Wow 😯

[@agnesbutterbun]

Love this hotel because of the Art Deco.

[@agnesbutterbun]

@Harold Amiss I also stay at the Ritz in Paris and London, also lovely hotels.

[@agnesbutterbun]

Of course I have to mention our favorite hotel in New York, The Carlyle.

[@privatepilot4064]

Anyone notice the black and white checkered floors? Hmmm…

[@loriparsley1914]

Imagine having to dust that lobby light fixture

[@carolmurray1927]

Sweet is so funny😁

[@tdmccoy1211]

I could have done without the urinal scene. At least we did not need the reinactment.

[@SciFiGirl007]

Yes. Totally high school-ish

[@Lerberget]

The best place to stay

[@alejandroolvera2]

Love it ❤️❤️❤️

[@avalondreaming1433]

$776 a night, currently.

[@RachelLeynes]

😊 love his name / Matthew sweet 😅

[@ritadaniels3175]

I am not of the Royal class & not been to UK or anywhere near there so I’m happy the young man has a job & is working & choose not to “troll” & be rude on the internet! I had NO idea this place even existed! It would NOW be on my list to at least visit if not stay if I make it there one day!!

[@sharjeelkhan7437]

His suit doesn’t fit him 👎🤪.

[@normasouthwood3182]

His is a bit too sarcastic, and no one pronounces the word "valet" correctly. The "t" is not silent!

[@mscott3918]

I miss the Causerie. It was a lovely less formal restaurant where the bar is now.

[@martinroper6692]

will your suit fit you one day ?

[@nanaksinghchaudhary5595]

😍😍😍

[@stevendaniel5649]

Would have been superb if not for your persistent insults and snide remarks about the royal family. So very cheap and common of you... ...

[@maryharris8939]

Medusa on the wall and the freemasons checker floor says it all.

[@TheMrFarkle]

Good joke: "How long are you staying?" "Until they ring my bank."

[@cookiealexd123]

I thought the Royals stay in the Goring?

[@mscott3918]

Some do, but Claridge's used to be known as the annex of Buckingham Palace. I've been going to Claridge's since the 1960s and have seen members of just about every European Royal Family there. The Queen Mother was a regular as was King Constantine, who had his London office in the next street. Once saw him, the Kings of Norway and Sweden and the Queen of Denmark lunching together. Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia was born there and still stays in the same suite. There used to be a special royal rate of £25 a night.

[@thelastmedici4764]

From a "royal adultery nest" to the most aristocrat hotel in the world👌👌👌 What a journey 🤭🤗

[@resnonverba137]

Aristrocratic...

[@andrewthornhill7042]

..."throw off his periwig with gay abandon..." arf, arf!!!

[@bttrade6286]

Did he just pee on the floor of that bathroom during filming??!!!

[@avalondreaming1433]

BT Trade Completely disgusting.

[@posbus4105]

His bad opening remark about the Royal Family gave the whole video a bad taste. It was unnecessary. Relevance?

[@DeltaStar777]

Dont be so stiff :-)

[@Akenaten1]

I agree! People who say things like that don’t know anything about the royals. You only have to see any number of docos here on KZbin about what the monarch does day in day out to know how hard it can be.

[@karensinclair4189]

Think he was being ‘sarcastic.’ Not serious.

[@skontheroad]

It is telling you the story of George IV and how the hotel was established.

[@kairigby9117]

Don't be ridiculous. @@Akenaten1

[@manctube2024]

get a suit that fits you.......

[@carolmurray1927]

Who cares about his suit!🤣

[@anwerabdallah569]

but its very expensive too. thats is the problem.

[@mattyjmar10]

Why would they put this host on camera with such a hideous and misfitting suit? His pants aren't even properly hemmed and his jacket is far too long.

[@carolmurray1927]

Who cares!!!!🤣

[@easilydistracted5192]

I loved the urinal bit xD

[@jocelyndecastro6334]

It's 'VALET' with the 'T'. i.e. wallet

[@thomaslowdon5510]

No it isn't In the best English circles It's Valey pronounced it is a french derived word t no sounded

[@debbiesunlight7047]

Yes. No t sound . French and English are intermixed languages.

[@xyzllii]

No apostrophe in Claridges. Tut tut.

[@cbrusharmy]

0:20 It's there, plain to see.

[@mscott3918]

There is an apostrophe. It was originally owned by Mr and Mrs Claridge. Hence Claridge's. Education has taken a nose dive.

[@Chrisoula17]

I don't like the fact that he called the smokers "addicts". That's picking on them because they like to smoke. What about the guests that like to drink? Why aren't they being called "alcoholic"? What about the guests who like to eat at the buffet? Are they "bulimic"?

[@woofolliesmydog8628]

Oh, stop looking for something to be offended by. Honestly, with all the info given you hone in on something to be outraged by. People like you are ruining the world.

[@thecook8964]

🙄

[@AvaT42]

I do not like that 21st century's gallery art. It looks like a bunch of worms.

[@sandie157]

Sonia Hamilton Looks dusty too

[@sandie157]

Chiluli's work looks better when he uses coloured glass

[@catherinewalsh2978]

Sonia Hamilton q

[@kevinkelleher9323]

Peasant. Tend your cabbage. Weed the corn. Cuddle your really fresh onions.

[@kevinkelleher9323]

Your goat is calling you.

[@magnhorme9478]

I think I saw in this hotel Mr. Stephen Hawking and his wife about two years ago.

[@tessla4546]

I loved it. They are irrelevant. Oh, sorry, is this Harry or William?

[@romeo9017]

Scruffy Sweet as always....

[@drivenhome7840]

A Tel-e-fone-ist? HA

[@amosmaclin4665]

Nice

[@regplate4139]

They don’t allow dogs😫

[@voldr0n]

Why would they

[@michaelmontagu3979]

They do.

[@ronaldschultenover8137]

Ramsey would not be allowed in a good hoterl

[@normasouthwood3182]

Much of this, although interesting, is rather disrespectful. Also, the word "valet" does NOT have a silent t.

[@debbiesunlight7047]

Your American aren’t you.

[@normasouthwood3182]

@@debbiesunlight7047 Certainly not. English born and bred.

[@wazitSomethingISaid]

the time of the pointless royals is over. Hello 21st century

[@carforumwanker]

Dont try and book for 2021.It will be closed !! Total refurb .

[@jakehaymes4438]

Deeper NOT more deep. Did you go to school??

[@007EnglishAcademy]

Why is that oik presenter wearing his big brother's suit?

[@Toledo1940]

Good Grief!!!! Does Mr. Sweet believe that anyone in the KZbin universe really wants to see him standing in front of a urinal? ...And pretending to tinkle? (...He was pretending, wasn't he??) Even Donald Trump, the quintessence of self-absorbed vulgarity, would (probably) not stoop so low!

[@baysideharpy8350]

OK, we get it, you don’t like royals and aristos. Tone down the snark.

[@elizabethblackwell6242]

Awful script and presenter. Did you make this for the Americans. All that smug snarking - tiresome.

[@romeo9017]

Scruffy as always...

[@mscott3918]

Stephen Charles When I was there one evening, probably 40 years ago, I was just gazing up at the ceiling. The porter said 'don't worry, we have dusted up there. We just call it faded elegance.' I rather preferred that to the way it was renovated.

[@romeo9017]

I was referring to the presenter!

[@carolmurray1927]

Scruffy is ok!

[@timelord8888]

How could someone as vulgar as Ramsey be allowed inside let alone cook there

[@mscott3918]

TrailLady Beyond I agree. Fortunately he didn't last too long.

[@jslasher1]

He might be vulgar as Hell but he's a bloody great chef.

[@turdferguson74]

Lots of ppl have achieved success that have no class

[@javicaballero99]

Please boycott this hotel: it is owned by the dictatorial family from Qatar. Apart from all the classics (no freedom of speech, no free press, tortures…), LGBT people are persecuted and women are second class citizens. If all that is not enough, migrant workers from poor asian countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India…) work there in near-slavery conditions , specially during the construction of the infrastructures of the recent football cup. Give your money to someone else. Javi Caballero (Spain)

[@NoHateNoDrama]

What an annoying presenter!

[@romeo9017]

And scruffy with it....

[@johnobrien8398]

It’s a fucking shithole full of sycophants being fucking takien advantage of by arseholes with money so go fuck urself you drip 💧

[@woofolliesmydog8628]

Charming. Sigh. You're not welcome.

[@michaelmontagu3979]

What a lovely, erudite, sensible contribution.

[@sujrana2241]

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[@romeo9017]

Scruffy as always...

[@carolmurray1927]

Not a problem is it?😃