Pan Pacific London - A Quiet Geometry of Calm

By the time you glide past the polished marble and into the stillness of the lobby, something begins to shift.
It’s not a grand gesture, nor the kind of opulence that announces itself with gleaming logos or ostentatious flourishes. Rather, it’s a hum - a quiet, calibrated elegance -that defines Pan Pacific London. This is a hotel that doesn’t try to be your favourite place in the city. It simply becomes it.

The Arrival: Stillness in the Square Mile

London’s City Centre doesn’t naturally lend itself to softness. It’s a place of hard lines, sharp suits, swiped Oyster cards, and clipped conversation. But at One Bishopsgate Plaza, Pan Pacific London offers a compelling contradiction: an oasis of calm in the beating, caffeinated heart of the City.

This is the Singaporean brand’s first European outpost, and it glows - not in a brash, look-at-us way, but in the meticulous execution of small things. This is not concierge service, this is choreography.

You’re greeted before you speak. Your name remembered without repetition. A forgotten request reappears without fuss, folded into your day as if it was always part of the plan.

Design: Minimalism with Intention

Interiors by Yabu Pushelberg blend international polish with warm Asian restraint - muted greys, brushed golds, and delicate screens that echo Japanese shoji panels without tipping into pastiche. The building is a vertical sweep of glass and steel, reflecting the surrounding towers, yet inside the mood shifts: softer lighting, rounded edges, and a generosity of space that invites breath.The rooms, like the lobby, are designed for stillness. Hypnos beds. Textured throws. Floor-to-ceiling views framing the Gherkin or the Shard like paintings rather than spectacles. Even the bedside bottled water, an elegant Hildon, signals the hotel’s meticulous attention to detail.

Location: The City’s Soft Underbelly

It’s tempting to see the City as purely functional - finance, forex, fast-walking. But Pan Pacific London sits at a curious crossroads. Spitalfields Market is minutes away, buzzing beneath Victorian ironwork. Brick Lane offers curry houses and cobbled grit. The Tower of London and Sky Garden are within walking distance. Liverpool Street station is just two minutes away, yet its noise never breaches the calm.

The sleight of hand: a hotel embedded in the City’s geometry, yet somehow outside of it.

Straits Kitchen: Where Comfort Becomes Ceremony

Recent recipient of the prestigious AA Two Rosettes, Straits Kitchen brings the vibrant flavours of Southeast Asia to the City - marrying seasonal British produce and Western techniques with the sophistication that defines Pan Pacific hospitality.

Executive Head Chef Adam Bateman’s 25 years of experience infuse the menu with both polish and purpose, underpinned by a commitment to sustainability and deep supplier relationships. His industry roles range from the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts to leading the Level 3 Pastry Chef Trailblazer initiative.

A Showcase of Seasonal Ingredients and Bold Flavour

The menu celebrates seasonal British ingredients with global accents. Highlights include a two-day braised Hereford Beef Short Rib and Cornish Crab Pappardelle with caviar and laksa emulsion.

The Experience Menu (£59pp) guides diners through a five-course journey, with dishes such as Suffolk pork skewers with aromatic char siu glaze, and Native Scallop with soy and red curry crisp. Wine pairing (£35pp) is hand-selected from Straits Kitchen’s award-winning list.

À la carte offerings range from glazed truffled Hispi cabbage to whole lemongrass-steamed sea bass, finishing with pink grapefruit and blood orange set custard.

“A sustainable kitchen is just as vital as a great kitchen. The two are inseparable.”  Adam Bateman

Ginger Lily: From Dusk to Tea

By day, Ginger Lily Bar & Lounge offers comforting classics such as the signature “Triple Cheese Toastie.” By night, it transforms into a jewel-toned cocktail bar with Singapore-inspired creations - highballs, lychee-spiked riffs-designed for unhurried evenings.

It’s intimate without being cloying. The kind of bar that knows you don’t always want a playlist.

Wellness: Not a Feature, But a Philosophy

On the Wellbeing Floor, the tone shifts from luxury to ritual. The 18.5-metre pool hovers above the skyline. Saunas, steam rooms, relaxation beds, an interactive gym, and a private yoga studio await.

There’s no influencer lighting, no spa-selfie corner- only space, silence, and time.

A Global Stillness

Across Singapore, Vancouver, and Perth, Pan Pacific delivers variations of the same essence: unhurried, attentive service, sanctuary-grade beds, and food that honours origin. London distills this DNA into something sharper - serenity wrapped in the City’s glass and steel.

The Pan Pacific Signature

Pan Pacific is less a hotel brand than a tone - a way of inhabiting space that makes it kinder, lighter, less effortful. Here, you’re impressed yet soothed. And in a city that demands constant alertness, that is the greatest luxury of all.

No gimmicks. No themes. Just the quiet assurance of pillows adjusted without request and glass bottles placed by the bed - details that feel like everything.