The Ritz Hotel - A Hotel in the Grand Manner Everyday 200,000 people pass the Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly. Less than half per cent pass through its elegant doors. What life of flunkeyed grandeur is held there? Come with us and see ... The Riveli Cocktail Bar facing Piccadilly was opened during the war. One of the first bar tenders was the famous Harry of Harry's New York Bar Paris, who had been dispossessed by the German occupation. Cocktails range in price from 3/6 up to 8/- for a champagne cocktail. 1950s