Hard Rock Café

The Georgian House Hotel is a great place to stay if you are planning to visit the Hard Rock Cafe.  This famous restaurant is on Piccadilly and is easy to reach walking, by bus or underground.

The brainchild of Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, the first Hard Rock Cafe opened its doors in London, England June 14, 1971. Attracting customers with first-rate but moderately priced casual American fare, warm service and ubiquitous Rock 'n' Roll music and sensibility—Hard Rock Cafe became an instant classic.

Beginning global expansion in 1982, Tigrett and Morton agreed to develop their own Cafes in various parts of the world. Morton opened Hard Rock Cafes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Houston, while Tigrett opened New York, Dallas, Boston, Washington, D.C., Orlando, Paris and Berlin—then later sold his interest to Mecca Leisure. In 1990, The Rank Group, Plc., a London-based leisure company, acquired Mecca and continued expansion of the concept in their geographic territory. Later Rank acquired Hard Rock America from Morton, and Hard Rock Canada from Nick Bitove, then consolidated worldwide control of the Brand. With this came one of the most universally recognized trademarks on the globe.

Boasting more than 104 Hard Rock Cafes in over 36 countries, Hard Rock Cafe is a truly global phenomenon. From our launch in London, England, to major city expansion in New York, L.A, Paris and Tokyo, then onto exotic and far-flung locales such as Kuala Lumpur and Taipei, Hard Rock offers an amazing experience to our devoted and ever-expanding clientele. Our unparalleled memorabilia collection consists of 60,000+ pieces which rotate from restaurant to restaurant, providing the world's most comprehensive visual history of rock 'n' roll. This includes our awe-inspiring collection of classic guitars and other instruments, posters, costumes, music, lyric sheets, album art, platinum and gold LPs, photos and much more. Like any "living museum" worth its salt, Hard Rock Cafe's memorabilia collection remains very much a work in progress. Hence, we are constantly expanding our collection as new music and new music history is made every day!

For more information please visit www.hardrock.com