THE BERKELEY HOTELS UNCOMPROMISING SERVICE AND ELEGANT SURROUNDINGS CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF THE TRADITION OF OUR NAMESAKES, ENGLANDS BERKELEY CASTLE AND VIRGINIAS BERKELEY HOTEL STANDS AT THE CROSSROADS OF RICHMONDS BUSINESS DISTRICT AND HISTORIC SHOCKOE SLIP. THE BERKELEY HOTELS AMBIANCE EXUDES SERENITY AND WARMTH. DARK WOOD PANELING IN THE BOUTIQUE LOBBY AND ITS ADJACENT DINING ROOM BOASTS A EUROPEAN FLAIR WHERE DRAMATIC WINDOWS PUSH TO THE CEILING, OFFERING DINERS A VIEW OF THE SLIPS COBBLESTONE AND LAMPLIGHTS. FIFTY FIVE ELEGANTLY APPOINTED GUESTROOMS DISPLAY STYLISH DECOR AND TRADITIONAL FURNISHINGS FROM WHICH SCENES OF REVITALIZED SHOCKOE SLIP MAY BE ENJOYED WITH ITS BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED TOBACCO WAREHOUSES PUT TO USE AS STYLISH NEW CONDOMINIUMS, RESTAURANTS AND BOUTIQUES. THE BERKELEY HOTEL OFFERS UNCOMPROMISING AAA FOUR DIAMOND SERVICE INCLUDING COMPLIMENTARY MORNING NEWSPAPER, HEALTH CLUB PRIVILEGES AT THE CAPITAL CLUB, CABLE TELE VISION, IN ROOM COFFEE MAKERS, NIGHTLY TURNDOWN SERVICE, IN ROOM DINING, AND SAME DAY LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING SERVICES. THE BERKELEY HOTEL ITSELF IS REMINISCENT OF THAT TIME, MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, WHEN SHOCKOE SLIP WAS THE CENTER OF COMMERCE AND POLITICS. THE HOTELS APPOINTMENTS, THE GRACIOUSNESS OF ITS CLASSIC RESTAURANT AND THE TASTEFUL FURNISHINGS OF ITS GUESTROOMS TAKE YOU BACK TO AN ERA WHEN INN KEEPING WAS AN ART.