L'Hôtel
Style Lavish Left Bank boudoir
Setting Arty Saint-Germain
It may be the place where Oscar Wilde quipped his last, but opulent boutique hotel L’Hôtel, on Paris’ arty Left Bank, is so much more than a fin-de-siècle relic. With a glamorous underground pool, a Michelin-starred restaurant and a bar beloved of the French capital’s style set, it is as much of a destination stay as ever.
Need to know
- Rooms The hotel has 20 rooms, four of which are suites. Rooms are divided into Mignon, Bijou, Chic and Grand categories. The Apartment is a large suite with its own private terrace.
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Rates
Double rooms from $435.09 (€336), excluding tax at 7 per cent.
The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (€336) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
- More details Breakfast is an additional €18 a person.
- Facilities Indoor pool, spa treatments on request, steam room, library, CD/DVD library, free WiFi, laundry service. In rooms: flatscreen TV, CD/DVD player, iPod dock, air-conditioning, minibar.
- Poolside Guests can book time in the lovely subterranean pool, and staff will light candles around its edge so they can bob and float in the most peaceful environment imaginable.
- Check-out Midday, though this is flexible for a fee (50 per cent of the room cost). Earliest check-in, 3pm.
- Children Kids are welcome at L’Hôtel. Cots (€35 a night) and extra beds (€50 a night) are available, and a babysitting service is provided.
- Also The hotel is happy to accommodate small, well behaved pets.
Food and drink at L'Hôtel
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Hotel restaurant
Le Restaurant offers Michelin-starred seasonal French cuisine in a dark and romantic salon. Chef Philippe Bélissent prepares delights such as Lozère lamb with pumpkin, sweet chestnuts and salsify, and a marinated carpaccio of scallops with caviar for an adoring army of foodie fans. Reserve your table ahead – it's often fully booked two or three weeks in advance.
- Dress code Smart with a hint of loucheness – think taffeta dresses and your best jacket.
- Top table Ask for a table in the corner, so you can discreetly observe the comings and goings of your fellow diners. If the weather is fine, a place out on the small patio is a must.
- Last orders Dinner is served till 10pm; in the bar, drinks are poured until 1am.
- Room service Snacks and light meals are available from 7.30am to 11pm.
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Hotel bar
Next to the restaurant, the hotel bar is a decadent space of leopard-print carpets, Italian marble columns, black tables, and grey velvet chairs and banquettes. Le 13s (champagne cocktails made with violet liqueur and lime) are served up throughout the evening to a laid-back jazz-lounge soundtrack.
Also worth knowing
- Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...
L'Hôtel 13 rue des Beaux-Arts, 75006 Paris
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Smith extra at L'Hôtel
Either a glass of champagne each or, if you choose to eat in the restaurant, a bottle of wine selected by the maître d'.
In the know
Our favourite rooms
All 20 theatrical rooms have been individually decorated, and are inspired by a famous visitor to the hotel. We particularly love the art deco Mistinguette Room, which features the music-hall legend’s own bed and dressing table, and the Oscar Wilde Suite, where demands for payment of his hotel bill have been framed on the walls. His last words – ‘either that wallpaper goes, or I do’ – have, you’ll be glad to know, been heeded.
Packing tips
Bring a notebook in which to jot down your existential musings as you take coffee at nearby Café de Flore or Les Deux Magots.
Also
L’Hôtel wears its arty heritage on its paint-stained sleeve; original Jean Cocteau drawings hang in the lobby.
From the Guestbook…
This is a lovely hotel, really beautiful, and the area of St Germain des Pres is a lovely mix of antique shops and packed bars. I had a room on the fourth floor facing the street w...
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