Master Suite: inside London's most expensive hotel suite

What does £24,000 a night get you, and is it worth it?
In the first of a new series on the word's most luxurious hotel suites, the FT's travel editor Tom Robbins visits the Langham Hotel's Sterling Suite in London.
He uncovers a world of grand pianos, marble bathrooms and bespoke minibars.
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[@gregoryambres1897]

That music is perfect.

[@fragosa]

And it's for free... as the mini bar.

[@gingerteddy618]

@@fragosa 🤭

[@elizabethtimothy4776]

Over 2m pounds for 3 months stay! As expensive as London is, you can get a good 6bedroom for double that amount and you can enjoy it forever. You can employ permanent housekeeper to maintain it for less than 100k per year. What a waste of money!

[@CommandoMaster]

Royalty or Billionaires that have so much money, $24,000 is like $24 to them.

[@atharsuhail7735]

Must be family swimming in oil.

[@fragosa]

@@CommandoMaster I believe he was refering to arab royalty.

[@hollypusheen7651]

People pay for the service, location, and reputation- not just the room

[@IceKoldKilla]

For a multi millionaire or billionaire they don't care. Why go through the hassle of getting a property when you are always traveling and can afford it. For us? A complete waste, I agree. Overpriced.

[@davidkeogh1570]

A free mini bar I did not know if I should laugh or cry when I heard that.

[@misspotofgoldstv7699]

David Keogh 🤣🤣

[@izakmizrahi8569]

KZbin is a rare place where people who make ~100k/yr debate whether a 24k/night hotel suits their needs.

[@dannymcafee4552]

Can you get this on Groupon? I'm coming down to London for a drug deal very soon.

[@jackiebayliss]

Lol💯🤣

[@gardenroom65]

Idiot

[@alexistarr]

If I sold my one bedroom London flat, the leasehold of which entitles me to live there until 2179, paying a modest annual service charge, I could afford to stay in this suite for a week..... From my point of view I think I'm currently getting a better deal.

[@ediapaff8858]

with six bedrooms, that's only like 4k per room per night, which is still a relatively normal price for a 5star exec suite. so grab your five richest friends and book this room :D

[@chapeauvelu]

When you sleep there, I hope very sweet dreams are included

[@Predikant]

Whisper quiet and tranquil, the only sound that pierces the silence is that of your wallet shrinking.

[@MALLOSMARs]

That is wow, the art cabinets and details on every piece of furniture is just astounding!! That designer gets huge praise as well as the hotel for maintaining that picture

[@ilyasiii]

Have you heard something called Dubai even two star hotel have similar features with less than £50 a night

[@zpaztrik1418]

@@ilyasiii thanks to the poor labourers that constructed pretty much everything in Dubai, only to have their passports taken off them so that they do not return home.

[@jessicasarahliddell8883]

Yes I love the artwork too

[@erique_k]

The furniture looks so very cheap.

[@valvlog4665]

6 double bedrooms, split 12 ways = 2000 per night. If you're entertaining guests for business op's this is an impressive deal. Plus in house pianist. And a full English Breaky included in a nice setting. 20 pounds per head at the Wolsey. (240) And a few bottles of wine from the complementary mini-bar. Looking like 1500 per head. Langham top class room around 800 per night -- and pay 5 pounds a Diet Coke from the mini-bar. (Tip -- there's Waitrose on Cavendish Sq, 80 yds.)

[@NitayNostrasifu]

there is literally no reason ever to pay 24k per night on a room.

[@uioplkhj]

@@jahshebahhottat1080 Where?

[@mscott3918]

The only reason is to show off that you can spend that much.

[@ccyoutube8793]

Very filthy wealthy people usually don't need a reason 😂

[@dv9239]

If you're a billionaire that's nothing

[@jasonvo7851]

I'm sure you can negotiate a discount if you stay for 3 months. :)

[@stevieg6418]

It really is one of the nicest suites I have seen - I really do feel London has some of the most if not THE most offerings of high quality suites on the world. Sure in the middle east they have eye catching showy and to my eye overley done spaces but London has real class in its offerings.

[@garima__sri]

I am so so excited to visit this !

[@pintthereof4598]

“Is breakfast included?” “Yes”

[@danielligayi]

24000 can change my life literally

[@xyz987123abc]

Can change anyone's life if they have the skills.

[@FlashyFade]

Yeah

[@CommandoMaster]

That's like a year salary on Min Wage.

[@kakaomogbai3398]

Exactly

[@annecraig8257]

The Sterling Suite is STUN.NING!!!! Even when it forays into the arguably obnoxious luxury suite ""arms race'" The Langham retains the understated opulence that distinguishes it from all other hotels.

[@kerrya2128]

I loved THE LANGHAM one of the most luxury hotel in London♥️💕👌

[@adam_p99]

Why did the butler keep sitting down?! I’d tell him to get tf up.

[@angeladallimore8079]

Lol

[@y.suhendraprimadiesel3219]

Yasssss....👍

[@Ventura2050]

Ask yourself: Is there anyone who deserves this kind of luxury as long as there are children starving on this planet?

[@annecarrick7227]

Well said.

[@iggybarrato9009]

For such people life is cheap with misplaced values and they are breed that way in that environment.

[@janedoe3648]

Exactly

[@annonymously331]

Ask yourself: Who are you to determine whether someone deserves something or not?

[@Roollaayy]

price per night is a day light robbery!!!!!! years salary for a uk worker

[@noonenooo2843]

Big Roollaayy well those who’s yearly salary is worth hotels might they don’t stay there

[@rolandochavez1839]

12.5 years of salary of a mexican worker

[@ChelseaRanger1983]

Why wouldn't they show the mini bar?

[@Soda3000Pop]

It's excellent!

[@UbaidullahRayaVideo]

what a fancy in london.. stunning

[@CommandoMaster]

Now I feel like a rockstar booking a room in the Marriott or Hilton.

[@ariantaitt2651]

Beautiful

[@alexspearing3191]

Probably get lots of rich Russians. The Langham is amazing and they have a bar with the largest selection of vodkas in London.

[@KateHen]

No place is worth that much a night. Greedy.

[@kevinhoughton9134]

Totally agree.

[@leesimmons9091]

Fly EASYJET 4 MUCH LESS

[@arkadiuszlee407]

1st of all... it has 6 bedrooms so 24 k / 12 ppl = 2k per night per person... For private apartament in center of London with team of butlers 24/7 and dining form Michele Rou a 3 star Micheline chef known world wide. It isnt so greedy as you think.. Second thing is that ppl who pay for it can spend 1000x more and still dont even notice the money... its like you go to shop and you dont look on price tag for a pack of gums thats the same for the high money ppl its just 0.05% of there wealth. And for the last, ppl who rent apartments like that go to London to make buisness.. they will make more money than they spend on it.

[@HDY0903]

10k to sleep 7 hours. Scam.

[@ohwhatworld5851]

The people who stayed there for 3 months paid £2,250,000, that is $2,960,934. That will literally be like pocket change for these people...

[@ncfo20]

I highly doubt they would charge £24,000 a night for someone staying as long as 3 months - I think they would happily offer a special rate for that. But yeah, that's still crazy.

[@JonSmith-cx7gr]

I stayed in easyhotel Luton a few weeks back. It was a similar experience. Not exactly the same but similar.

[@mscott3918]

It's still somewhere to sleep.

[@JonSmith-cx7gr]

@@mscott3918 Absolutely! And so is easyhotel Luton.

[@festimelutisoska3155]

Nice

[@hastensavoir7782]

British Elegance is unmatched.

[@user-qo7sc3dw5v]

We have almost the same appartment in Sankt-Peterburg, even we thinking now, that our designer took idea from this hotel🤭

[@mikemushipe6023]

Waste of money.

[@jeffreyadams648]

What’s the occupancy?

[@lafemmerowena]

Other than the gold details not worth 24,000 for me.. Per month, maybe. Not per night.

[@nikkil764]

Gorgeous. I love the chinoiserie panels. Refined elegance.

[@vsboy2577]

That place looks to nice to stay in

[@patricedecourcy4505]

I have all of it at home...

[@saiarajahan1307]

Legend

[@OfftoShambala]

Well it is very well done compared to a lot of other high end hotel rooms I've seen, in features.

[@michellemarie1197]

Its gorgeous

[@thefonzkiss]

They don’t EXPECT it to be occupied. It’s a marketing thing. They can say that they have the most expensive room in London and people want to stay in the building in a cheaper one. That’s marketing.

[@markfrazier7442]

True, I worked for a luxury hotel. We would show the luxury Suite on the top floor often. Of course, it was large, on the top floor with great views, with a grand piano, large sitting room, dining room, multiple bedrooms. We would let them know which presidents and rockstars had stayed there. Everybody loved it. Then they would book a different Suite. LOL!

[@journalologyandcoofficial]

That's basically a luxury apartment

[@josephhapp9]

And then you have the Tax Minimisation Team of Accountants. Of course.

[@armandoortiz3175]

Why does my KZbin keep freezing?is it just me like it freezes time to time

[@Sylvia44now]

The most spectacular thing about the suite is the price. The rest is quite tacky and average at best. Welcome to London!

[@Humayunkabir-nn4rh]

Oh Lord, take me to the Langham!!!!!

[@huub1989]

Sick.

[@mattdeans9873]

I'd rather stay at Claridge's in London. There are at least a few videos on YT that are about the hotel.

[@mscott3918]

I would have agreed with you until Claridge's was modernised. I first remember it from the 1960s, when it was nicknamed the annex of Buckingham Palace. It used to have a lovely small restaurant called the Causerie where the bar is now, and the main restaurant was magnificent. There was no such thing as a bar. You ordered a drink from a liveried footman and he brought it to you. It was old fashioned luxury. Now, unfortunately, it is aiming at a new market. I still go there occasionally, but the last hotel in the old grand style now is the Ritz.

[@mattdeans9873]

Thanks for the update. The vidoe I saw on KZbin showed what would have been the 'old' standard and that's what I fell in love with. Love seeing real estate sites of gracious townhouses in London but them hate when they show the super modernized interiors. I just love the old grand style you referenced.

[@BEACHLIFE78]

Looks amazing such a fantastic experience to stay here.YES im available for a free weekends stay ha ha ha 😉 great video 👍

[@Krfran14]

wowww

[@peacefulwife5199]

For my taste, it's a tad pretentious.

[@th3azscorpio]

Then you must not have much taste at all.

[@charlesprice925]

Obscene amounts of money, gained through obscene means, is spent in obscene ways, because the lives of those who spend it are obscenely shallow.

[@sanghoonlee5171]

24,000 pounds a night. 1 day is 86,400 seconds long, so they are charging 3 pounds 60 pence EACH SECOND.

[@rosemarymonty5399]

A beautiful set of rooms. Just a bit out of my price range for a hotel suite. If you are “Royalty” this would probably be within their budget!

[@mscott3918]

Royalty wouldn't be silly enough to pay the price for this suite. At least European royalty wouldn't. It is aimed more at the Middle and Far East and North America.

[@mattkim421]

24,000 pounds per night. That amount will give me about 72,000 pounds in 30days if i invest it with my broker.

[@kang-dae7619]

What do you trade on?

[@mattkim421]

Stock and fx market.

[@kurtsebastian8174]

@@mattkim421 who's your broker ?

[@mattkim421]

@@kurtsebastian8174 expert Jeffrey Matthew.

[@coga4822]

Expert Jeffrey Matthew of the financial market?

[@doctorcrusher2918]

I’d want the mattress new Beautiful

[@avcomth]

They wouldn't be charging you 24,000 pounds for the extended stay, the rate goes down quite a bit for double digit number of days you stay.

[@myspace5671]

is not that luxurious tf??

[@fr13]

An IlU-Yahweh it is for London.. the more expensive the area the less the luxury factor

[@alexistarr]

3:35 - The contents of your bespoke drinks cabinet are not 'for free', you're paying through the nose for everything in the suite....

[@tinniefresheats888]

Absolutely Amazing Review of the Finest Suite in all of London!!!

[@eleanorryanryan2442]

It is very teastifully decorated, quite beautiful really, can't imagine having that much money that you could afford to stay there... 😊🍀🇮🇪

[@iggybarrato9009]

Very cramped an dark , for that sort of money. It is an apartment of six rooms which means used by lots of people so it will be cheap that way.

[@gwinyaidhliwayo4878]

3 Frigging Months1?£$$ Why Not Just Buy An Apartment1?£$$

[@alexistarr]

2:10 - I once met Haile Selassie's brother, Fairly Selassie..... nice chap! 😉

[@avayu2289]

Um it’s 2020 and I am surprised that Langham London is still marketing 1999 luxury. Water resistant remote control? 😂😂 Everything should be on voice command. They had butlers back in the day cuz they had no technology! Sorry, but a hard pass!

[@dionlindsay2]

Nope. Just because there's something more recent it doesn't mean there's something better. I'd feel a complete dickhead talking to the machinery.

[@gingerteddy618]

I choose butler

[@carolhodson6353]

I can only dream.

[@angeladallimore8079]

Lovely

[@vivienmcnaul109]

Beautiful. Very tastefully decorated. Must be nice to be able to afford🍸

[@mscott3918]

Really? Well, we all have different ideas of what is tasteful. Too much gold for me.

[@glenn20081965]

Similar to the Leeds central Travelodge.

[@elizabethtimothy4776]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mscott3918]

Very, except this one has a bit more gold.

[@nanopartikel]

This is for people who don't earn their money, but receive the money on their bank account while they are sleeping.

[@SARISS80]

Yes beautiful I wish it was my penthouse

[@ginafriend1690]

Certainly for the Elite

[@OlymPigs2010]

...So Early 1960's Style Decor is Popular Now ?

[@th3azscorpio]

As in mid century modern? Yes.

[@mscott3918]

It's a style my father would have called Early Brothel or Tart's Boudoir.

[@OlymPigs2010]

@@mscott3918 ...Father had a Point !

[@austind3459]

The bed could be a little tighter.. and lets not call it an arms race.. lol.. its hotel decorating not WW3..

[@EndikaPorter]

Imagine what £20m could do

[@Tomahawk1999]

24000 pounds might sound outrageous for one night but not for the dignitaries who book the suite because they do so on others (taxpayer money whether legit or illegitimate) in the name of some supposed public interest.

[@osmanm6672]

I worked Langham hotel

[@strongforu]

I stayed at the Langham Hotel in Boston and it was nowhere near that nice!

[@FlashyFade]

$24K Per Night Yo That’s Crazy Jarvis

[@NitayNostrasifu]

3 months is 2.25million. Youd have to be mad. though i doubt they pay full price for that long.

[@deepu55536]

I would like to live in this room once I win em

[@cjjuddaustralianartist]

Oscar Wilde was highly elastic? LOL

[@NitayNostrasifu]

imagine if it wasn't a complimentary minibar, you stay 3 months, about to check out for 2.25Million, then your card declines because your girl HAD TO TAKE THE KIT KAT.

[@BonBon-nm3js]

Call maintenance, paint and brush require on stairs situated just beyond entrance door!

[@zubaidakablan6782]

It's like aside from the palace,amazing wall panting, I like it so beautiful,Congratulations.

[@mscott3918]

Not a European Palace.

[@humbleonemoretime7025]

It's basically half a million dollars a month rental its affordable

Exclusivity and privacy are both priceless luxuries. So yes, it is absolutely worth the cost.

[@karldelavigne8134]

All in very poor taste. There are better options for the mega-rich and royalty and nothing like as expensive.

[@mscott3918]

European royalty wouldn't touch this place with a barge pole. For them it is the Ritz, the Goring, the Berkeley or Claridge's.

[@Grizzlyx9]

24,000 X 30 days =720,000 quid.

[@atharsuhail7735]

So a family stay here for 3 months straight , cool 3.5 million dollar bill.

[@tineseinen5998]

This is not a suite, this is a complete floor.

[@ketolife591]

very nice but too fancy for my taste

[@kakaomogbai3398]

Some people spend up to 3 months? and am here starving

[@RodinThink28]

Meh

[@Thingybob]

If you can afford to pay it without sacrificing anything , are willing to pay that amount of money for it, happen to be in London, need a hotel, and like the decoration... of course it is worth it!

[@manctube2024]

a little over the top....... not the price but the suite.... prefer to stay at the Savoy..

[@valeriejones1378]

i would rather go to pontins lol

[@jeffreyadams648]

3 months. 90x24,000=£2,160,000 they may ask for a discount..

[@eyeofthetiger6002]

If you can afford that, you don't need a discount!

[@olivia6063]

£24.000 /night 😅 Ridiculous.