The Egerton House Hotel

What the classifiers highlight

Two Victorian red-brick townhouses in Knightsbridge make up this 28-room Red Carnation property, staffed at a ratio of two to every guest. Forbes counts Picassos in room 36 and the V&A Suite, an original Charles Schulz Snoopy sketch behind the bar, and Toulouse-Lautrec lithographs in the lobby. Dogs get afternoon tea, peanut butter cookies served on a tiered stand.