The Restaurant at Town Hall Hotel

"Echoing corridors retain more than a touch of bureaucratic architectural aloofness (it may be the only hotel in the world where an intact council meeting hall lies just off the restaurant/lounge area), but everything has been spruced up with attention-catching artwork and a knowing crowd"

"There's wit, too: the "Town Hall Tea Lady" goes door to door in the early evening, offering cocktails from her cart, while the excellent restaurant is named the Typing Room in honor of its clerical forebears"

"A cheaper, more laid-back alternative is the Corner Room restaurant, where a two-course lunch costs around $25"

"Hotel amenities include a nice indoor pool, a fitness room, and a stylish restaurant"

"Locals, meanwhile, are coming to sample Viajante, Town Hall's restaurant, where chef Nuno Mendes is turning out consistently imaginative, delicious, seasonal food (despite London's critics meting out only the thinnest, most begrudging praise, as is their bitchy wont)"