With the London games starting in a few days, every bedroom is filled by athletes, onlookers and Ministry of Defence troops. Every new room helps. That's why the South Place with its 80 luxurious rooms, 'secret' Garden, and rooftop seafood restaurant Angler, is a welcome addition to an already glutted market. Sure, it doesn't open until September, but sometimes it's the tortoise not the rabbit that takes gold.