The Berkeley

Pétrus - Hotel guests get priority booking at this exclusive and intimate Michelin-starred French restaurant. Tall burgundy-leather chairs offer comfort and subdued lighting completes the hushed, reverential atmosphere. Serves lunch and dinner. Sample dishes might include a carpaccio of foie gras served with truffle toast. A chef''s table offers the chance to watch the chef at work.

Boxwood Café - Stylish New York-inspired café. Ingredients, such as Norcia prosciutto and Arctic herrings, are seasonal and expertly sourced. Leaf green, bittersweet brown, and silver tea-paper decor reflects the Boxwood greenery, a classic of the English garden that changes to reflect the seasonal menus. Dark-wood latticed screens segment the split-level dining areas. A private dining room seats 16. Serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

The Caramel Room - This lounge/café is open early-morning until late evening. Aproned waiters discreetly serve miniature doughnuts, Illy coffee, afternoon tea, or specialty champagnes. Subtle low-lighting, chocolate-colored walls and leather-studded chairs with faux crocodile skin backs add intimacy to this all-day lounge room.

The Blue Bar - Immediately to the left of the lobby and up a couple of steps, The Blue Bar is a cluster of pale-blue armchairs on a small square platform of black crocodile skin. Painted entirely in Lutyens Blue in honor of the original designer of the first Berkeley Hotel, the walls also have Chinese red silk light boxes and 18th-century cherub wood carvings. A cocktail bar of dark mahogany offers Gingerpine Cosmos, Orange and Lime Caiperoskas, and a selection of malt whiskies.