We had a really lovely 2 days in the Mandarin Oriental. The rooms and facilities are great but what really makes the hotel so wonderful is the people. Everyone we met was so helpful and wanted us to have a great stay from the front desk team, to the team in the spa. A special call out to the team in the club lounge who deliver a relaxed, yet high quality service. The afternoon tea in the club lounge was one of the most interesting, and delicious that we have ever had. Yes this hotel is expensive, but you can see where the money is being spent, the quality of the food, the crockery, the lobby, its all there. There are far too many extra little touches to call out, but its this coupled with the teams attention to detail that makes it a truly 5 star experience. To give this review some balance we did have a small issue during our stay with external noise that was out of the hotels control, but it was dealt with quickly and to our satisfaction.