How to spend Easter 2025 in Knightsbridge

With the Easter holidays fast approaching (Monday 7 April to Monday 21 April) and a double bank holiday for us adults, we take a look at how you can make this Easter particularly sweet. From overflowing baskets of chocolate to Sunday pub lunches, activities in Hyde Park and revitalising spa days, here are our top picks.

The egg is the symbol of the Easter season, so could there be anything more on theme than eggs for breakfast? Tucked away down Park Close, Co. London is a stunning café space with a whimsical tree adorned with fairy lights suspended over its indoor seating. The menu features eggs in every form, from Mediterranean eggs with spinach, feta and dill and crispy chilli oil to salt beef brisket hash with poached eggs, chervil hollandaise and pickled celery.

Co. London, 5-6 Park Close, SW1X 7PQ; co-london.co.uk

Easter would not be complete without revelling in truffles, bonbons and buttercups galore. Knightsbridge’s very own Willy Wonka wonderland, the Chocolate Hall at Harrods is home to the finest chocolatiers, including Läderach, William Curley and Charbonnel et Walker, as well as the Harrods Chocolaterie where in-house confectioners make chocolate live on site.

Pick up an Easter egg treat bag, praline egg box, luxury Easter egg from Venchi 1878 or even the Harrods Chocolaterie Showstopper. An annual attraction, this year’s creation is as decadent as ever. Inspired by Harrods’ iconic dome, the 2025 Showstopper features a bread and butter base, a selection of handcrafted rochers – milk, dark, milk raisin, pistachio and dark almond cherry – and its iconic golden egg centre filled with Ivy House salted caramel, aerated chocolate mousse and chocolate buscuit. Taking 48 hours to perfect and with a £200 price tag, it really is the ultimate Easter indulgence.

Harrods, Ground Floor, 87-135 Brompton Road, SW1X 7XL; harrods.com

In case you haven’t satiated your sweet tooth, Knoops’s luxury hot chocolate is on stand-by. Founded by chocolate sommelier Jens Knoop, the café lets you choose from a specially curated percentage chocolate menu to help create your perfect hot chocolate.

The menu ranges from Colombian 35 per cent single origin white chocolate to 100 per cent dark chocolate from the Philippines. Last year, the brand even introduced the hot cross bun marshmallow with cinnamon and hints of citrus for a true taste of Easter.

Knoops, 130 Brompton Road, SW3 1JD; knoops.co.uk

As a Christian festival that dates back to the 2nd century, Easter has long traditions, including an annual feast. Who better, then, than OBE recipient and author of Historic Heston (a book that charts the history of British gastronomy from the medieval to late-Victorian period), Heston Blumenthal, to serve the ultimate Easter Sunday lunch?

The two-Michelin-star restaurant Dinner by Heston Blumenthal offers a Sunday lunch menu that is the chef’s take on the traditional Sunday roast. In true Blumenthal style, its Sunday Roast Potato Time menu offers a twist on an otherwise classic. Roast potato makes an appearance in the form of a hors d’oeuvre served with grelot emulsion and caviar, as well as a starring role in the main in its natural form – a crispy, golden exterior with a fluffy centre.

And, exclusively for Easter, enjoy Blumenthal’s take on Eggs in Verjuice for dessert, a reimagining of 1726 recipe.

Served 12pm-2.30pm exclusively on Sundays, Sunday Roast Potato Time features age-old recipes, from the famous meat fruit (c.1500) to roasted beef (c.1830) and Tipsy Cake (c.1858).

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, 66 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LA; dinnerbyheston.co.uk

Feel like royalty as you settle in for afternoon tea at The Park Tower, beneath a silk-draped canopy of hand-painted magnolia blossoms and a dazzling 18-foot teardrop glass chandelier. Chef Gautam takes inspiration from the hotel’s grand architecture and prime location to serve up a spread fit for kings and queens.

From only £49 per person, you can indulge in a banquet of savory and sweet treats, from the much-loved choux pastry swans to the newest addition, homemade matcha shortbread. But the true crowning glory? A velvety Belgian dark chocolate tower infused with aromatic notes of Earl Grey tea.

Tea at The Tower must be booked at least 24 hours in advance and is available to book every day between 2pm and 6pm, running from 1 April to 31 September 2025.

Book here

The Park Tower, 101 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7RN

If you’re after a little reset over the Easter break, spoil you and yours with a spa treatment at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park. With facials, mini massages and manicures suitable for children aged 5-18, the mini M.O. treatments are designed to nourish young skin and help promote a healthy microbiome and manage blemishes.

For the adults, there’s a host of signature therapies and packages for some deep tissue TLC. Check yourself in for a Rasul Ritual or Oskia Sub-Zero Cryotherapy facial before spending the afternoon lazing in the amethyst crystal steam room, sauna, vitality pool and a zen colour therapy relaxation area.

Mandarin Oriental, Hyde Park, 66 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LA; mandarinoriental.com

As your social feeds fill with pastel painted Easter eggs and colourful springtime celebrations, The Knot Churros serves up an afternoon tea just as vibrant. Proudly holding the title of the world’s first churros afternoon tea, it’s a feast for both the eyes and the taste buds.

For £30 per person, expect a table bursting with snap-worthy treats; from blue cotton candy, pink lattes and rainbow bagels to ice-cream drenched in sprinkles. There’s even a box of glitter popcorn and, of course, its signature churros.

The Knot Churros, 36 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7JN; theknotchurros.com

There’s no better feeling than spring-fresh interiors and scents. Bringing the green outdoors inside your home, Aesop’s Olous Aromatique Room Spray beautifully balances citrus botanicals with ripples of cedar for a fresh woody interior fragrance. The brand even has verdant eau de parfums, such as its newly released Virēre, with a herbaceous, peppery green spice that evokes balmy afternoons beneath a bower of fig trees.

Aesop, 43 Brompton Road, SW3 1DE; aesop.com

With two whole weeks to fill, keeping the little ones entertained during the Easter break can be a challenge. Luckily, the Paradox Museum has it covered. Packed with mind-bending illusions and interactive exhibits, it’s adding to the fun this April with a selection of Easter-themed activities for all ages.

Take the kids to have their faces painted before setting off on a scavenger hunt, exploring the museum’s playful, reality-defying spaces in search of hidden surprises for the chance to collect a mini gift at the museum’s gift shop. Just £3 to take part, it’s the perfect Easter activity.

The Paradox Museum, 90 Brompton Road, SW3 1JJ; paradoxmuseumlondon.com