The 148-room Graduate Cambridge is the former Doubletree by Hilton Cambridge which has had a complete interior renovation including all rooms, common spaces, fitness club and pool. A ground floor conversion has seen the addition of a café and bar, as well as the renovation of the full-service restaurant.
The hotel’s new design “incorporates the history of the city, with colour palettes, patterns and textures in the public areas reflecting the green surroundings of fields”. Full-size punting boats have been incorporated in the bookshelves in the lobby and there is a hanging DNA installation to celebrate Rosalind Franklin, a pioneer in the development of DNA at the University of Cambridge. The hotel’s new restaurant is called Garden House with head chef Adam Wood, formerly of London’s award winning Perilla. It takes its name from the Garden House Hotel which stood on the same site.