The Goring – News

Now in its 28th year, The UK Tea Council’s Tea Guild Awards are considered to be The Oscars of the tea world, with world-famous London hotels and tea rooms competing for this highly coveted honour.
The Goring was judged by anonymous tea inspectors (on several occasions) on strict guidelines across 16 categories including décor, efficiency of service, tea appearance and flavour. The Goring received this award after gaining a near perfect score by the Tea Guild’s highly impressed judges.
In winter, tea at The Goring can be enjoyed in the comfortably opulent surrounding of the Lounge by the gently flickering open fire, or on the Terrace, overlooking the hotel’s large private garden. In more clement weather The Veranda, with its cheerful yellow and white striped awning, is one of the very few spots where afternoon tea can be enjoyed al fresco in the capital.
The Goring’s afternoon tea menu offers its guests a delectable selection of dainty finger sandwiches, homemade buttery scones and an abundance of irresistible home-made cakes and pastries, all served with an excellent selection of carefully-selected and perfectly-brewed teas. For special occasions, or just to add an extra spark to the afternoon, the exclusive Bollinger Champagne tea menu is an elegantly uplifting option.

Jeremy Goring, whose family built the Belgravia hotel over 100 years ago, said:
“We are hugely honoured to have been appointed a Royal Warrant holder by The Queen. To be able to display Her Majesty’s coat of arms is something that the staff will be enormously proud of. Without doubt this is the most important recognition their work could ever receive. It is made all the more special for us because I believe this is the first Royal Warrant The Queen has ever granted to an hotel.”
The Goring family continues to run the hotel 103 years after it was built by Jeremy’s great grandfather in 1910. Throughout that time it has continued to provide some of the very highest levels of hospitality to be found anywhere in the world. This 69 bedroom hotel employs over 160 of London’s best hotel staff to take care of guests’ every need. Located in Belgravia it is perfectly placed for theatre visits and dining in the famous restaurants of the West End or the shopping in Knightsbridge to the east.Over the past five years the family has invested heavily in the refurbishment of the whole hotel. Fabulously luxurious silks have been woven by Gainsborough Silks (also a Royal Warrant holder) for the walls of the bedrooms designed by Russell Sage. Linley has redesigned the Dining Room creating bespoke furniture as well as immense walnut columns juxtaposed by the (now notorious) Swarovski Blossom Chandeliers.
The Goring has welcomed Royal guests ever since it first opened its doors. The Coronations of George VI and our present Queen saw the hotel filled with foreign royalty attending these great occasions. In 2011 The Duchess of Cambridge famously stayed at the hotel the night prior to her wedding, leaving for Westminster Abbey on the morning of the 29th April. Receiving the Royal Warrant from The Queen marks the high point of these long associations.