The lobby, and the long afternoon

Emperor Lounge

Restaurant

The lounge under four pierced-gold ceiling discs, claret armchairs grouped on a pale carpet and a bank of windows onto the garden.

The tea is the reason to sit here, and it is ordered by garden rather than by colour: Margaret's Hope and Jungpana out of Darjeeling, Harmutty and Halmari out of Assam, a Nilgiri off a single estate at Kodanad.

One herbal blend on the list was put together for this room.

The coffee is mostly Indian and mostly single-estate — Araku, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Wayanad, Travancore — with a monsooned Malabar low in acid that tastes of clove and cedar. Jamaica and Colombia are further down the same list.

After 4 the room turns. The tea and the coffee start showing up in the cocktails: a Darjeeling with bourbon and honey, a sencha with white rum and mint, an espresso martini.

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A Stack of Finger Sandwich
Keema Aloo Matar Pav Sliders
Quiche Lorraine
Dry Fruit Chaat
Smoked Salmon and Avocado Tartare

One herbal blend on the list was put together for this room.

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Laying the table.

The lobby, and the long afternoon

Emperor Lounge

Restaurant

One herbal blend on the list was put together for this room.

After 4 the room turns. The tea and the coffee start showing up in the cocktails: a Darjeeling with bourbon and honey, a sencha with white rum and mint, an espresso martini.

Kismet Recommends

A Stack of Finger Sandwich
Keema Aloo Matar Pav Sliders
Quiche Lorraine
Dry Fruit Chaat
Smoked Salmon and Avocado Tartare

One herbal blend on the list was put together for this room.

Also at the house

Choose a room →