Jasmin is petite, 160 cm, with chestnut hair that hangs long and straight and eyes, brown and bright, that give away every joke a second before she tells it. She dresses in boutique hotel chic, which in practice means a satin skirt, a fitted knit, a small bag worn across the body and heels that add exactly enough. In her early twenties, bubbly without being loud, she is the companion who makes a quiet lobby feel like the start of a good night rather than the end of a long day.
Curiosity runs everything. She wants to know what you do, where you flew in from and what the airline served, and she remembers your answers an hour later. Salsa is her way of burning off a week; perfume is her way of remembering one, with a scent chosen for each season and a firm opinion on which ones are wasted in hotel corridors. Mixology is the hobby that makes her useful at any bar, since she can read a cocktail list in thirty seconds flat. Her English is quick, friendly and full of questions.
From Soho she boards the Elizabeth line at Tottenham Court Road and steps off at Paddington about five minutes later, which makes a late start simple. Her W2 evening then heads west to Portobello Star, a narrow cocktail bar on Portobello Road with a serious gin shelf, where she will talk bitters with the bartender while you find two stools. One drink there, a second somewhere quieter, then a taxi back towards your hotel, window down if the night is warm.
Late starts suit Jasmin, so after 9pm she meets guests at hotels around Bayswater without any fuss. Pick an hour, name your hotel and send it to the desk; the reply follows within fifteen minutes.