The Drawing Room
Tea is the centrepiece, but the room keeps longer hours - breakfast in morning light, music and drinks as the evening arrives.
At the ceremonial heart of London, The OWO marks the turning seasons with a year-round programme of events, openings and encounters. Whatever the moment – a launch, a tasting, a private gathering – something is always taking shape behind these historic walls.
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A residence at The OWO is private, considered, entirely one’s own. Behind the walls of one of London’s most storied buildings, life is lived quietly and completely, on your own terms, with everything you might ask for close at hand. The hospitality of Raffles is always present yet never intrudes, attending to the details of daily life so that yours unfolds exactly as you wish.
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The London social season draws the world to the city, and to The OWO. This summer, Raffles London welcomes gatherings of every kind – generations beneath one historic roof, every detail considered, every guest cared for. A stay shaped around the people who matter most.
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This summer, Langosteria made its London debut at The OWO. The celebrated Milanese house – born in 2007, now in Paris, St. Moritz and here – brings its art of seafood and Italian craft to Whitehall. A first taste of something long awaited.
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Step into the world of wartime intelligence. Operation Mincemeat, the new afternoon tea in The Drawing Room, tells the story of 1943’s daring deception through five cakes – each a clue, a character, a moment. Heritage, served one secret at a time.
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Tea is the centrepiece, but the room keeps longer hours - breakfast in morning light, music and drinks as the evening arrives.
Tea is the centrepiece, but the room keeps longer hours - breakfast in morning light, music and drinks as the evening arrives.
Classically British, deeply comfortable. Contemporary furnishings set against original wood panelling, a restored fireplace, a grand piano and four mahogany sash windows overlooking the mounted Household Cavalry. Home to Secrets & Spies – the Raffles London Afternoon Tea that reads the building’s intelligence history through pastry and pot.
Open daily.
Breakfast: 8.00 – 11.30am.
Afternoon Tea: 12.00 – 5.30pm.
Drinks and dinner: 6.00 – 10.00pm.
Live music every day.
Cancellations: 24 hours
£50 per person thereafter.
A relaxed lounge overlooking Whitehall - light breakfast and lunch by day, afternoon tea and supper beyond.
A seasonal Afternoon Tea drawn from the wartime deception, told through five cakes beneath the grand ceilings.
The British drawing room, reimagined - a place to pause, gather and linger at any hour.
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