the Ritz

Also the Ritz Hotel, Ritz

The hotel where Bertie lunches Emerald, wearing the Alpine hat to Jeeves's disapproval.

Scenes set here

1. Over lunch at the Ritz Emerald Stoker backs Bertie over the Alpine hat and reveals she is off to stay a month at Totleigh Towers, so Bertie briefs her on the Bassett menagerie and learns she thinks Gussie a lamb, leaving him with a presentiment of doom.Chapter 2, the Ritz, as Ritz

Talked about, but not there

1. Over a cheerful breakfast Bertie welcomes Jeeves back from Brinkley and is aghast to hear that Sir Watkyn Bassett, Madeline, Stiffy, Bartholomew and Gussie were among Aunt Dahlia's guests.Chapter 1, Bertie's flat
2. Aunt Dahlia phones to explain she invited Bassett to take Uncle Tom's mind off taxes, mentions the black amber statuette and invites herself to lunch, and Bertie defies Jeeves by wearing his new Alpine hat to the Ritz.Chapter 1, Bertie's flat, as the Ritz Hotel