With countless grand establishments to choose from – The Landmark in Marylebone, Claridge’s in Mayfair, the Shangri-La in the Shard and the Ritz in Piccadilly, to name just a few – you’d think London has no need for even more luxury hotels. Yet, there are new five-star accommodations opening in the capital every year, that are no less magnificent than their older counterparts. And now, two hotels that have opened in London in the last 12 months have been named among the best new hotels in the world.
For its list of the 100 Best New Hotels of the Year, Travel Leisure (T L) sent its editors and writers to test out nearly 250 properties across 40 different countries that opened (or unveiled a significant renovation) between February 2025 and February 2026. The pair of London establishments that made the cut were the Chancery Rosewood and The Newman.
The best new hotels in the world in 2026
Chancery Rosewood
The Chancery Rosewood is Rosewood’s second London outpost (after the Rosewood in Holborn) and launched in September inside the magnificent Grade II-listed old US embassy on Grosvenor Square. It’s home to eight restaurants and bars (including one Japanese, one Mediterranean and one British), a roof terrace, huge pool and an extremely swanky spa. T L wrote that ‘on the terrace, you can down a martini at lunch next to the former embassy’s iconic golden eagle, a 35-foot-wide symbol of hegemony and hard power, beadily surveying all of London’. All of the Chancery’s rooms are suites, which makes it a particularly pricey stay. The cost per night starts at a staggering £1,280.
The Newman
The other new London hotel to make the list was The Newman, an independently owned hotel that launched in Fitzrovia in February this year. T L called it a ‘jazzy little design number’, citing the ‘Art Deco–adjacent geometrics, swirly marbles, and a coffeehouse palette of rich espressos and chocolatey mochas’ across its 81 rooms. Beyond that, the hotel has a seriously good restaurant in the form of Brasserie Angelica, a sprawling wellness floor with a gym, a sauna, a hydrotherapy pool, a steam room, an ice room, and a halotherapy room, and a plush bar.
Time Out contributor Anya Ryan stayed at the new hotel earlier this year and said: ‘Somehow, despite its location, The Newman manages to be the definition of rest and relaxation: staff greet you in smiley but gentle tones, while soft lighting and lush scents complete the sense of zen.’
This is the second year in a row that two London hotels have made T L’s it-list. In 2025, the new hotels that made the cut were The Emory and Mandarin Oriental, Mayfair.
Take a look at all of London’s finest five-star hotels here.
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