The Piccadilly Hotel

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The Dilly London
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The hotel's front façade on Piccadilly
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Location within Central London
General information
Location21 Piccadilly, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°30′33.77″N0°8′11.54″W / 51.5093806°N 0.1365389°W / 51.5093806; -0.1365389
Opened1908;116 years ago (1908)
(as The Piccadilly Hotel)
OwnerFattal Hotels
Design and construction
Architect(s) Richard Norman Shaw
Other information
Number of rooms280
Number of restaurants2
Number of bars1
Website
thedillylondon.com

The Dilly London, known for over a hundred years as The Piccadilly Hotel, is a historic 5-star luxury hotel located at 21 Piccadilly in London, England.

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History

The hotel opened in 1908 as The Piccadilly Hotel. The building was designed by Richard Norman Shaw, and it was the first portion of the great scheme for the rebuilding of Piccadilly Circus and the Quadrant of Regent Street to be realised. The hotel was bought by Le Méridien in 1986 and renamed Le Méridien Piccadilly. [1]

In 2010, Starman Hotels, a joint venture between Starwood Capital Group and Lehman Brothers, [2] sold the hotel for £64 million to Host Hotels & Resorts, Dutch pension fund APG and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC. [3] In 2019, APG and GIC bought out Host's share, forming Archer Hotel Capital.

The hotel left the Marriott chain on 26 November 2020, [4] and it was subsequently renamed The Dilly London. In 2022, Archer Hotel Capital sold the hotel to Israel-based Fattal Hotels, which announced plans for a £90 million renovation to reposition the property as a luxury hotel. [5]

The hotel has a health club with an indoor swimming pool, steam room and massage facilities. It is also home to a dance studio where world-competitors practice, and two squash courts. One of the hotel's two restaurants is Terrace at The Dilly, a botanical oasis with views overlooking Piccadilly.

In the 1930s, the hotel had a resident orchestra which broadcast on the radio and was led by Sydney Kyte. [6] [7] They also appeared on commercial recordings, billed as Sydney Kyte and his Piccadilly Hotel Band. [8]

In 1969, the hotel hosted the first international symposium on gender identity, named "Aims, Functions and Clinical Problems of a Gender Identity Unit". [9]

Artist's rendering of The Piccadilly Hotel from 1906 Piccadilly Hotel 04.jpg
Artist's rendering of The Piccadilly Hotel from 1906
The hotel's rear facade, facing Regent Street Regent street facade.jpg
The hotel's rear façade, facing Regent Street

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