The hotel was built in 1989 according to the design of Philippe Starck and consists of six floors with a total of 204 rooms, including suites and lofts with large windows. The design combines architectural features ranging from the modern to Baroque. Hotel facilities include a lobby with a 24-hour reception, a safe, currency exchange desk, cloakroom, conference room and lift access as well as a garage and car parking spaces. Dining options include a café, a popular bar featuring a unique design, lights shows and photographs from Jean Baptiste Mondino as well an exquisite and well-known air-conditioned restaurant with a separate non-smoking area. Hotel guests have the option of using the Internet access as well as the room and laundry services available. The Rum Bar is located at the edge of the restaurant and has a bar area serving over a hundred types of Rum. It is a standing bar and has a series of custom-designed high lean-on tables. St Martins Lanes lobby is a soaring and theatrical space that offers a provocative manipulation of dimension and proportion. Starck presents a visually stunning play on scale, with oversize columns and angled niches painted a deep fluorescent yellow, complemented by Portuguese limestone floors.From its acid-etched, double-height yellow glass facade to its unpredictable plays on vivid color to the dramatic series of columns that appear as shining towers, St Martins Lanes lobby is a triumph of color and light.

This hotel is situated at the heart of lively Covent Garden, in the theatre district and only a few minutes' walk from countless entertainment and shopping venues, restaurants and museums. Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, Soho and the commercial district are all to be found in the immediate vicinity of the hotel.

A breakfast buffet is available every morning. At midday and in the evenings meals may be selected from the sublime menu, a fusion of Asian and Latino cuisine, which is served in a sharing-style.