 I generally do not eat breakfast in the hotel partly because Carluccio s is close at hand and I am more interested in Italian cuisine than a more conservative English hotel cuisine I hesitate to say that I am unhappy with the dining room or the bar because the hotel is so wonderful in other respects Nevertheless these might be the only parts of the Russell that would benefit from change That being said however few hotels manage change successfully and I would hate to see the Russell lose its undoubted charm 
 The Russell is one of my favourite hotels in London perhaps my favourite The architecture and the decoration of the ground floor in particular is interesting as well as charming the view over Russell Square is lovely the staff especially the concierges are very helpful and the proximity of the hotel to the British Library extremely convenient 