"For The Gondoliers-themed birthday dinner, the hotel obligingly flooded the courtyard to a depth of four feet to conjure the Grand Canal of Venice by the Thames. They painted frescoes in front of its walls, strung fairy lights up to...

"For The Gondoliers-themed birthday dinner, the hotel obligingly flooded the courtyard to conjure the Grand Canal of Venice. Dinner was served on a silk-lined floating gondola, real swans were swimming in the water, and as a final...