The Soho Grand is so cool it doesn’t bother with a proper restaurant – why have a boring old meal when you can sip martinis and sustain yourself on olives and trendy bar food? The nightlife isn’t the only hip thang – there’s the vast iron work staircase with rivets and sweeping handrail, a huge pencil sketch of warehouses hinting at Soho’s industrial past, and dogs… everywhere. Live ones, bronze ones, this is a pet-friendly hotel that welcomes canines of all sizes – from handbag Chihuahuas to the pony-sized Great Dane that passed me on the stairs.
Not wishing to shackle you to a boring-old-restaurant, breakfast can be taken anywhere – bedroom, lounge, bar, trendy armchair…
Buffet: none
Hot stuff: The fact that the Continental breakfast comes with banana bread immediately endeared me to this trendy hotel. The $15 is steep, but not for New York. Juice of the day ($8), carrot and ginger, was fresh and perfectly spiced, while the power shake of pineapple, banana and whey protein ($9) was breakfast in a glass.
Nevertheless, I powered on… there was much to like – French toast with orange butter ($16), ricotta pancakes with lemon and sugar ($16) and the Sex-and-the-City favourite, egg white omelette with herbs and vegetable ratatouille ($15). I plumped for soft poached egg with toasted sourdough and roasted mushrooms ($15). Tasty on both counts with just-poached-enough eggs and tasty mushrooms.
As you’d expect in this part of the world, the sourdough was top notch – a crisp crust and doughy centre. I’m assured the granola of toasted seeds and oats ($9) was tasty, although I felt the extra $2 for yoghurt a little steep. Fun and frivolous, if a little bank-breaking (our bill with tax, service and drinks came to $78), worth it for a mooch around the hotel and cheaper than a round of cocktails.
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