Two plates, one evening: a pair from the edit who already know each other
A duo is not two bookings stacked on top of each other. It works when the pair have met, like each other's company and can carry a conversation between the three of you without anyone having to steer it. Rosie only suggests pairings she knows read well, which is why this page names pairs rather than simply listing names.
Each companion keeps her own figure from the usual ladder, so an evening with two is twice the length you book. Two hours is where most duos sensibly begin.
Pairs Rosie puts together most often
Luna and Cindy are the bright, talkative pairing, one auburn and one blonde, and are the version most guests mean when they ask for an easy evening. Tiffany and Jasmin are both petite, both in their early twenties and unmistakably friends rather than colleagues. Molly pairs happily with either half of the first two and is often the name Rosie adds when a guest cannot decide. Ask for a pairing rather than two separate names and the evening arrives already working.
Occasions that suit three at a table
A birthday, a last night in London, a celebration that would feel thin with two people at it. A duo also suits a guest who simply enjoys a room with more conversation in it, and there is nothing unusual about booking one on an ordinary Wednesday. Restaurants in Knightsbridge and around Sloane Square seat three without blinking, and a table for three in this part of town attracts precisely no attention at all.
Suites that hold three comfortably
A standard room is a tight fit for three people and an evening, and it shows. A suite or a one bedroom apartment changes the whole feel of it, because there is somewhere to sit that is not the end of a bed. The serviced flats around Victoria and the townhouse hotels of Belgravia both work well. If you are unsure whether your room suits a pair, describe it to Rosie and she will tell you honestly.
The arithmetic, plainly
Each companion is on the same tariff as every other booking on this site, so two hours with two companions is £750 twice over and a four hour dinner with a pair is £1,300 twice over. Nothing is added for the pairing and no discount is invented for it either. Each is settled with her personally when she arrives. The ladder in full sits on the rates page, and Rosie always writes both figures into the chat before either of them leaves.
Two diaries, one message
Booking a pair means clearing two diaries rather than one, which is the only real reason duos want more notice. A day ahead is comfortable, an afternoon is usually workable and the same evening sometimes is. Send one message with the hour, the address and the length; Rosie confirms both names, both arrival times and both figures in the same thread. They travel separately and arrive within a few minutes of each other unless you ask otherwise.
How a duo actually behaves
Two companions who know each other talk to each other as well as to you, which is what makes the evening feel like an evening rather than an arrangement. Everything on this site about time and company applies twice over and is not altered by there being two of them. A pairing is warmth and conversation with an extra chair in it, and guests who have booked one usually book another.
If one diary changes
Occasionally a name becomes unavailable at short notice. Rosie will tell you at once and offer an alternative from the same circle rather than quietly substituting someone. You are free to keep the evening with one companion at the ordinary figure, take the suggested pairing or move the whole thing to another night at no cost, provided there are three hours or more to go.
Faces for two plates, one evening
Chosen for this kind of evening from what each of them enjoys. Every face in the edit may still be asked for.
Two plates, one evening, explained
5 answers. Tap a question to open it; anything missing, ask Rosie directly.
Each companion is on the standard ladder for the length you book. Two hours with two companions is £750 each, a four hour dinner is £1,300 each, and both figures are written into the chat before either sets out.
You can ask, and Rosie will say honestly whether the pairing works. She would rather suggest a pair who genuinely enjoy each other's company than put two strangers in a room.
Not in this part of London. Rooms around Sloane Square, Motcomb Street and Knightsbridge seat three constantly and think nothing of it.
Yes. Rosie confirms the address once in the thread, as she would for any booking at a house or a flat rather than a hotel.
A day is comfortable because two diaries have to align. Same evening pairings do happen, particularly midweek, so it is always worth asking.
Other ways to spend the evening
- 01Around the terminus: Victoria's hotels, from grand to practical, in honest order5 min readFrom The Goring's garden to the railway hotel on the platforms, the hotels around Victoria station ranked for late arrivals, dawn trains to Gatwick and an easy evening.
- 02The Bulgari in Knightsbridge, mahogany and silver behind a door that never raises its voice5 min readThe Bulgari keeps its glamour indoors: dark wood, polished silver, a long pool and a private screen below street level. How to plan an evening date that suits its hush.
Describe the evening in a single line.
A dinner, a gala, a quiet night in the suite: describe it to Rosie and she will name whoever suits it best.