AA-listed five-star hotels

11 February 2009

STAR STANDARDS

Red star (as opposed to black star) hotels represent the most outstanding examples in each star category

One star Staff provide a prompt, polite and informal service. The majority of rooms are en suite and there is a designated eating area serving breakfast everyday and dinner most evenings.

Two star Staff are smartly presented and provide a well-informed service. Rooms are generously proportioned. Breakfast and dinner are available seven days a week.

Three star An ample number of easily identified staff, who are able to anticipate requirements. All rooms have en suite bathrooms. Meals are cooked and presented to a good standard, using good quality ingredients.

Four star Attentive staff provide a very good level of service. At least half of the rooms will have an en suite bath and a shower. At least one restaurant offering a good range of hot and cold skilfully prepared food.

Five star Impeccably dressed staff provide attentive and unobtrusive service. All bedrooms will have an en suite bathroom with a bath and thermostatically controlled shower. Meals are cooked and presented to an excellent standard using high quality ingredients.

All AA-listed hotels can be found on the AA website.

AA-LISTED FIVE-STAR HOTELS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

\* denotes a black star, not a red star, hotel

LONDON
51 Buckingham Gate](http://www.51-buckinghamgate.com/)\*, London SW1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378283) entry
[Andaz](http://london.liverpoolstreet.andaz.com/hyatt/hotels/andaz/index.jsp)\*, London EC2	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/377930) entry
[Athenaeum ](http://www.athenaeumhotel.com/)hotel and apartments, London W1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378398) entry
[Baglioni hotel](http://www.baglionihotellondon.com/), London SW7	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379054) entry
[The Bentley Kempinski hotel](http://www.thebentley-hotel.com/)\*, London SW7	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378970) entry
[The Berkeley](http://www.maybourne.com/), London SW1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378476) entry
[Brown's hotel](http://www.roccofortehotels.com/)\*, London W1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378394) entry
[The Capital](http://www.capitalhotel.co.uk/), London SW3	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378418) entry
[Claridge's](http://www.savoy-group.co.uk/), London W1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378416) entry
[The Connaught](http://www.the-connaught.com/), London W1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378415) entry
[The Dorchester](http://www.dorchesterhotel.com/), London W1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378406) entry
[The Draycott hotel](http://www.draycotthotel.com/)\*, London SW3	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/377556) entry
[Dukes hotel](http://www.dukeshotel.com/)\*, London SW1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/551159) entry
[The Egerton House hotel](http://www.egertonhousehotel.com/)\*, London SW3	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378029) entry
[Four Seasons Hotel Canary Wharf](http://www.fourseasons.com/canarywharf), London E14	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/380354) entry
[The Goring](http://www.goringhotel.co.uk/), London SW1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379738) entry
[Grosvenor House](http://www.londongrosvenorhouse.co.uk/)\*, London W1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378405) entry
[The Halkin hotel](http://www.halkin.como.bz/), London SW1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379508) entry
[Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill](http://www.london.churchill.hyatt.com/)\*, London W1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379722) entry
[InterContinental London Park Lane](http://www.london.intercontinental.com)\*, London W1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378403) entry
[Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel](http://www.carltontower.com/), London SW1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378427) entry
[The Landmark London](http://www.landmarklondon.co.uk/), London NW1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/377119) entry
[The Lanesborough](http://www.lanesborough.com/), London SW1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/380020) entry
[Langham hotel](http://www.langhamlondon.com/)\*, London W1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/381087) entry
[London Marriott Hotel County Hall](http://www.londonmarriottcountyhall.co.uk/)\*, London SE1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379339) entry
[London Marriott Hotel Park Lane](http://www.londonmarriottparklane.co.uk/)\*, London W1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379157) entry
[London Marriott West India Quay](http://www.londonmarriottwestindiaquay.co.uk/)\*, London E14	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378070) entry
[Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park](http://www.mandarinoriental.com/london), London SW1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379740) entry
[The Metropolitan](http://www.metropolitan.como.bz/)\*, London W1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/381013) entry
[Milestone](http://www.milestonehotel.com/) hotel & apartments, London W8	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379021) entry
[No 41](http://www.41hotel.com/), London SW1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379503) entry
[One Aldwych](http://www.onealdwych.com/), London WC2	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379319) entry
[Plaza on the River - Club & Residence](http://www.plazaontheriver.co.uk)\*, London SE1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/102/551851) entry
[Renaissance Chancery Court London](http://www.renaissancechancerycourt.com/)\*, London WC1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/381179) entry
[The Ritz](http://www.theritzlondon.com/), London W1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378400) entry
[Royal Garden hotel](http://www.royalgardenhotel.co.uk/), London W8	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/377199) entry
[The Savoy](http://www.fairmont.com/savoy)\*, London WC2R	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/102/377223) entry
[Sheraton Park Tower](http://www.luxurycollection.com/parktowerlondon)\*, London SW1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379320) entry
[Sofitel St James London](http://www.sofitelstjames.com/)\*, London SW1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378266) entry
[The Stafford,](http://www.thestaffordhotel.co.uk/) London SW1	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/102/379735) entry
[Swissotel The Howard, London](http://www.swissotel-london.com/)\*, London WC2	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/377340) entry
[Wyndham Grand London Chelsea Harbour\*, ](http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/LHRHT/main.wnt)London SW10	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378974) entry

ENGLAND
[Bovey Castle](http://www.boveycastle.com)\*, Moretonhampstead, Devon	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/102/450022) entry
[The Chester Grosvenor & Spa](http://www.chestergrosvenor.com/), Chester, Cheshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/377774) entry
[Chewton Glen hotel](http://www.chewtonglen.com/), New Milton, Hampshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/380905) entry
[Cliveden](http://www.vonessenhotels.co.uk/), Taplow, Buckinghamshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379458) entry
[The De Vere Grand](http://www.devereonline.co.uk/)\*, Brighton, Brighton, East Sussex	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/377455) entry
[De Vere Grand Harbour](http://www.devere.co.uk/)\*, Southampton, Hampshire	[AA ](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/381090)entry
[De Vere Oulton Hall](http://www.devereonline.co.uk/)\*, Leeds, West Yorkshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379363) entry
[Forbury hotel](http://www.slh.com/england/reading/reafor.html)\*, Reading, Berkshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/102/654022) entry
[Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire](http://www.fourseasons.com/hampshire/), Dogmersfield, Hook	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/102/530667) entry
[The Grand hotel](http://www.grandeastbourne.com/), Eastbourne\*, East Sussex	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379695) entry
[The Grove](http://www.thegrove.co.uk/)\*, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/377192) entry
[The Lowry hotel](http://www.roccofortehotels.com/)\*, Manchester	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/380869) entry
[Lucknam Park](http://www.lucknampark.co.uk/), Colerne, Wiltshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/381106) entry
[Luton Hoo hotel, golf and spa](http://www.lutonhoo.co.uk/)\*, Luton	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/102/530136) entry
[Macdonald Bath Spa](http://www.bathspahotel.com/)\*, Bath, Somerset	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/380062) entry
[Macdonald Randolph hotel](http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/randolph/index.htm?macd_source_link=http://)\*, Oxford	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/102/378546) entry
[Le Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons](http://www.manoir.com/), Great Milton, Oxfordshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/377819) entry
[Marriott Hanbury Manor hotel](http://www.marriotthanburymanor.co.uk/) & Country Club\*, Ware, Hertfordshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/377251) entry
[Pennyhill Park hotel](http://www.exclusivehotels.co.uk/) & The Spa, Bagshot, Surrey	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/380583) entry
[The Royal Crescent hotel](http://www.vonessenhotels.co.uk/)\*, Bath, Somerset	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379231) entry
[Seaham Hall hotel](http://www.seaham-hall.com/), Seaham, County Durham	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/381180) entry
[South Lodge hotel](http://www.exclusivehotels.co.uk/exclusive_hotels/home.aspx)\*, Lower Beeding, West Sussex	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/102/380050) entry
[The Vineyard at Stockcross](http://www.the-vineyard.co.uk/), Newbury, Berkshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379047) entry
[Whatley Manor](http://www.whatleymanor.com/), Malmesbury, Wiltshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378086) entry

CHANNEL ISLANDS
[Longueville Manor House hotel](http://www.longuevillemanor.com/), St Saviour, Jersey	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/102/377632) entry

WALES
[The Celtic Manor Resort](http://www.celtic-manor.com/)\*, Newport	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/380098) entry
[The St David's hotel & Spa](http://www.roccofortehotels.com/)\*, Cardiff	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378778) entry

SCOTLAND
[The Balmoral](http://www.roccofortehotels.com/)\*, Edinburgh	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379737) entry
[De Vere Deluxe Cameron House](http://www.devere.co.uk/)\*, Balloch, West Dunbartonshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/377782) entry
[The Gleneagles hotel](http://www.gleneagles.com/), Auchterarder, Perth & Kinross	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378500) entry
[Glenapp Castle](http://www.glenappcastle.com), Ballantrae, South Ayrshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/102/380332) entry
[The Howard hotel](http://www.townhousecompany.com/the_howard/)\*, Edinburgh	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/102/381063) entry
[Inverlochy Castle hotel](http://www.inverlochycastlehotel.com/), Fortwilliam, Highland	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/381250) entry
[Isle of Eriska](http://www.eriska-hotel.co.uk/), Eriska, Argyll & Bute	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/377894) entry
[The Old Course hotel](http://www.oldcoursehotel.co.uk/), Golf Resort & Spa, St Andrews, Fife	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/380910) entry
[Prestonfield](http://www.prestonfield.com/), Edinburgh	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/380590) entry
[The Scotsman](http://www.thescotsmanhotel.co.uk/)\*, Edinburgh	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379882) entry
[The Sheraton Grand hotel & Spa](http://www.sheraton.com/grandedinburgh)\*, Edinburgh	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/378737) entry
[The Westin Turnberry Resort](http://www.westin.com/turnberry), Turnberry, South Ayrshire	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379746) entry

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
[Aghadoe Heights hotel & Spa](http://www.aghadoeheights.com/), Killarney, Kerry	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379268) entry
[Ashford Castle](http://www.ashford.ie/)\*, Cong, Mayo	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/380622) entry
[Dromoland Castle hotel](http://www.dromoland.ie/), Newmarket-on-Fergus, Clare	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/379142) entry
[The K Club](http://www.kclub.ie/), Straffan, Kildare	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/377844) entry
[The Merrion hotel](http://www.merrionhotel.com/), Dublin	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/380031) entry
[Sheen Falls Lodge](http://www.sheenfallslodge.ie)\*, Kenmare, Country Kerry	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/102/377564) entry
[The Westbury hotel](http://www.jurys-dublin-hotels.com/thewestbury_dublin)\*, Dublin	[AA](http://www.theaa.com/travel/details/hotel/446436) entry