Derek Small

Review of The May Fair Hotel

Cinematic splendour! Only experienced the in house...

Cinematic splendour! Only experienced the in house cinema for a special showing of the animated movie Missing Link, which has won the Golden Globe for best animated movie and has been nominated for the Oscar in the same category. We were honoured by the presence for a post showing Q and A session (along with two of the puppets starring in the movie!) of Chris Butler, writer and director of Missing Link . The Mayfair's cinema is off the lobby below ground level, and has to be the largest in-hotel screen and auditorium I have seen in London. Seats are comfortable and sufficiently spacious. Sound quality positively booming, high quality experience all around. Hotel lobby area is relaxed but for a five star a tad bland though modernist. I personally prefer more comfortable opulence, but each to their own what was quite cute was the attendance of a gathering of current students of the University for the Creative Arts, whose alumni include Chris Butler himself. The group swarmed around Chris after the question session in admiration for their past student colleague. He is indeed an inspiration to them all. A thoroughly enjoyable experience in a most respectable five star venue!