The Roster · Marylebone · W1U
Rosa, gallery to gallery along Cork Street
Chestnut curls, a relaxed laugh and a crate of soul records she will not lend.
Available todaySundays through Thursdays, from mid-afternoon
- Age
- 25
- Height
- 160 cm · 5 ft 3 in
- Hair
- long chestnut brown, curly
- Eyes
- brown
- Figure
- curvy
- Languages
- English
- Home district
- Marylebone · W1U, W1G
The full set
Four photographs, all of Rosa herself: glamour and lifestyle shots, some with the face softened, none with nudity. Tap any frame for the larger print. How we photograph.
Rosa, in brief
With Rosa in it, a hotel suite can feel like a kitchen table, in the best possible sense. She is 160 cm and curvy, with long chestnut brown curls and warm brown eyes, and her laugh is low and generous and arrives early. Her style is relaxed boho elegance, a patterned midi dress, layered necklaces, a soft leather jacket and shoes she could happily walk home in. Waiters tend to adopt her by the second course.
Earthy, warm and easygoing, she is impossible to feel awkward around. Mid twenties; English, spoken with a comfortable, friendly ease. Baking is her therapy, sourdough every week and cakes whenever there is an excuse. Record collecting is her treasure hunt, soul and jazz on vinyl for the most part. Galleries take her Saturday afternoons, and she looks at everything, old masters and student shows alike, with the same honest interest and the same willingness to be delighted.
Her perfect afternoon in Mayfair is spent on Cork Street, walking from gallery to gallery, each a small bright room with a different world on its walls. She has an honest opinion on every piece and is often funny about the pretentious ones. After a few rooms she proposes an early dinner nearby, somewhere relaxed where the bread is good and the conversation can wander. She will also know where the good cake is, and which afternoon it comes out of the oven.
Rosa lives in Marylebone and is free Sunday to Thursday, afternoons rolling into dinner. Cork Street sits a few minutes from Berkeley Square; Cressida arranges everything through booking.
The hours, priced
The Society's figures apply to Rosa as to everyone on the roster: stated in pounds, given to her yourself at the door, and with her journey inside Zones 1 and 2 already folded in.
| Hour | Length | Fee | Suits | Enquire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | One hourThe introduction | £600 | Long enough for a glass at the bar and a proper conversation, and a gentle way to begin. | Enquire |
| 23:00 | Ninety minutesThe nightcap | £900 | The hour with room left over for a second glass and an unhurried goodbye. | Enquire |
| 21:00 | Two hoursThe long drink | £1,100 | An evening in, or an opening two streets away, without anyone glancing at a watch. | Enquire |
| 22:00 | Three hoursThe second act | £1,500 | Supper somewhere small, then the remainder of the evening at a pace you set together. | Enquire |
| 20:00 | Four hoursThe table for two | £1,800 | Shaped around a single good table, from the first course to the last car home. | Enquire |
| 00:00 | Ten hoursUntil morning | £3,000 | From the first glass of the evening to breakfast in the suite. Ask a day ahead where you can. | Enquire |
| Fri | Two nights or moreThe weekend away | from £6,000 | In London or further afield, with one figure for the whole stay once the dates are fixed. | Enquire |
Past Zone 2, airports and changes of plan: Rates
Rosa, after dark
Rosa's best evenings start in the afternoon. She meets you at four for a slow wander through the galleries, pausing to laugh at a price tag or to fall silent before something that genuinely moves her. As the light fades, tea becomes wine and wine becomes dinner, somewhere with an easy atmosphere and an honest menu. She talks about the soul single she has hunted for four years and still not found, and the sourdough starter she has kept alive for three. She will insist on sharing dessert, and she will be right. She is warm, grounded and wonderfully easy company. Nothing feels scheduled, and nobody looks at a watch. The evening simply unfolds, and before long you feel you have known her for years.
Rosa answers
Time and a warm kitchen. The rest is flour, water and not panicking when the dough looks wrong on a Tuesday.
An early Aretha pressing in a charity shop in Kentish Town, for one pound. I nearly cried at the till.
Somewhere small on Cork Street. Big museums overwhelm people. One room, five paintings and a proper look is better than forty rooms at a trot.
Remarks in the book
The page is still blankNo remarks have been entered for Rosa yet. When a guest writes something worth keeping, and she agrees, it appears here beneath the guest's first name, with the month set beside it. Nothing on this page is ever composed by the Society.
Entered only after Cressida has read them · signed with a first name and the month only · withdrawn whenever Rosa asks
A line for Rosa
Rosa is already named. Fill in the brackets, send it, and Cressida answers every line in a single reply.
Good evening Cressida. May I book Rosa for [length] on [date], from [time]? I shall be at [hotel name], and will pass on the room number once you confirm.
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Send word about Rosa
Mention Rosa by name and the evening you have in mind. If she is spoken for, Cressida will say so plainly and suggest someone close in spirit.