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Mandarin Oriental
Add: 251 Rue Saint-Honoré 75001 Paris
Tel: 01 70 98 78 88
Website: www.mandarinoriental.com/paris
Stone, lacquer, and gold leaf. Opulent materials in couture style. A harmonious blend of plum, grey, and ecru. Welcome to Mandarin Oriental Paris, the luxury hotel group’s first address in France and also the most recent addition to its hotel portfolio. Housed inside a 1930s Art Deco building on rue Saint-Honoré, Mandarin Oriental Paris has been designed* in sync with its haute-couture surroundings. Let’s take a tour and explore the shades, textures, and delicate details sprinkled throughout this stylish 8-storey space.
*Jean-Michel Wilmotte – Building façade and patio/ Sybille de Margerie – interior design and decoration of the rooms, suites, Spa and public spaces / Agence Jouin-Manku – bar and restaurants
Double height lobby, floor-to-ceiling windows, modern and airy.
Let’s start with the Food & Beverage. Mandarin Oriental Paris features two restaurants and a bar under the direction of Thierry Marx, who is both the Executive Chef and Director of F&B. Most notable is Sur Mesure par Thierry Marx, a two Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant. The fabric-themed decor is inspired by Parisian haute couture, while its menu, an invitation to experience new sensations, pays particular attention to shapes and colours, textures and temperatures. Soya risotto? Just one of the classics from Thierry Marx’s repertoire.
For something more casual and light-hearted, try Camélia. Named after the flower whose scent fills the garden during summer days, Camélia is intended as a continuation of the indoor landscaped garden, which is a really charming space when the weather is fair. The menu is French, with dishes along the lines of lobster bisque with gnocchi and green peas purée, cod roasted with sweet tomato and pepper stew and chorizo vinaigrette, and veal roasted with potatoes boulangère and ratatouille. Open for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner.
The adjoining cake shop has a beautiful display of desserts, which can be enjoyed at Camélia or taken to go.
Also on the ground floor is Bar 8, where the focal point is a nine-ton block of brown marble quarried in Spain and sculpted in Italy. The atmosphere is intimate with warm tones and dark wood walls inlaid with Lalique crystals, almost raindrops-like. Cocktails and snacks from 11am onwards.
Courtyard seats, accessible from both Bar 8 and Camélia, would be especially lovely on a nice day.
The hotel also has a 900 sqm spa, inclusive of 7 treatment suites, an indoor pool, and a 119 sqm fitness center. Both the single and couple spa suites have their own steam shower and changing room, ensuring that guests can enjoy Mandarin Oriental or Guerlain Signature treatments with utmost privacy.
But now, what we care most about a hotel is, of course, the rooms. Let’s first look at the Deluxe Room, a warm and plush space adorned with taupe silk cushions and embroidered taffeta in shades of orange, magenta and plum. What it comes with: goose down bedding and linens by Josephine Home, Nespresso coffee machine, Bang & Olufsen TV and audio system, just to name a few of the luxurious amenities.
The Kiss by Man Ray is reproduced on velvet, dressing both the alcove and the headboard.
View of the courtyard, a tranquil oasis at the heart of Paris.
The huge bathroom is definitely a highlight. Slick marble-clad features, round bathtub and walk-in shower, a mirror that transforms into a television, plush bathrobes by Frette, and luxurious toiletries by Diptyque!
Moving on to the suites. There are 39 suites at the hotel, seven of which are Duplex suites located on the highest floors. Here are some snapshots from Suite Royale Orientale which measures 162 sqm, making it the second largest suite in the hotel after Suite Royale Mandarin, which is 252 sqm.
Suite Royale Orientale extends over two levels in shades of white, beige, black and green, with Asian elements whimsically placed here and there.
The wall is hung with black and white photography by Jean-Baptiste Huynh and a specially commissioned quadriptych by Thierry Bisch.
Bang & Olufsen television and audio system.
A spacious private terrace offers sweeping views of Paris rooftops and L’Opera.
Upstairs, the large bedroom is decorated in elegant shades of bronze.
The adjoining bathroom incorporates a steam shower and stand-alone bathtub, and of course Diptyque toiletries.
If all that is not luxurious enough for you, there is an option to connect the Suite Royale Orientale with Premier Atelier and Cabochons suites, creating a lavish three-bedroom penthouse suite that would be the largest in Paris. And how much might this cost you? €6,000 + 4,900 + 3,000 = €13,900 per night. Meh, no biggie, right? The Suite Mandarin Orientale alone is €15,000 per night, just FYI.
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– Chris
My advice to all who read this article is to stay away from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel unless you like bedbugs.
Back in may, our family traveled to Paris on business. We arrived at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, late night. We checked into two rooms-one for my husband and I and one for our two adult children.
On the 20th, my daughter complained that has bedbugs and she had red blotches on her legs. I purchased some cortisone cream and had her use it on her legs, which helped. We again arrived back at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on the night of the 21th. My 22 year old daughter woke in the middle of the night to something crawling in her bed- She ran out of the room, down the hall to our room and banged on the door. She had bedbugs in her hair (she has long hair) and in her pajamas. We called down to the front desk and were told by Arina duty manager there was no other rooms available and that there was an ( ARAB FAMILy NIGHTS BEFORE ) and that they would have an exterminator come up and take care of the bedbugs IN THE MORNING!
Meanwhile, our two children spend the rest of the night in our room (thankfully we had two beds). Upon checkout on the 22nd, we woke up to find the rooms already charged to my credit card. I called a second time down to the front desk for the hotel manager. He as not in and the assistant manager was in a meeting (on a Sunday morning)…I tried to work out a discount or credit to my bill prior to my departure, but was informed I would have to speak to one of the managers.
Later that morning when I finally reached the same duty manager Arina, I was told I would not be receiving a credit for the bedbugs infested hotel room. Yes, there were bedbugs in the room, and yes, they did spray but I was told by Arina that no one is allergic to bedbugs. In essence, she told me I was lying.
We have been Mandarin Oriental guests since 2004. Our daughter was very traumatized over this experience.
Hotel Duty manager Arina: no way no how are we refunding you anything for your room-we have never heard of anyone experiencing an allergic reaction to bedbugs in a hotel rooms .
you should expect to find them there, after all it is sometime natural
No we cannot provide you with another room-it is the height of tourist season and we have no other rooms-you are simply trying to get out of paying for your rooms…at the end of the day our books have to balance.
Attached some pictures of bedbugs
Act of Racism at Mandarin Oriental Paris.
I was sitting in a common area (lobby)of the Mandarin Oriental Paris hotel on he phone with my Nigerian family ( may be a little loud) and was confronted by a hotel Chinese employee named Arina Phouthakhanty who said, “This place is for guests of the hotel. You must leave.” Room was registered under my assistant name.
The worker would hear none of my explanation that i was a guest. she insisted that i must leave immediately.
After it was established that indeed i was a distinguished guest of the Mandarin Oriental Paris Hotel and good friend of GM Philipe Leboeuf. She apologized by offering some complimentary drink and a later and try to explain hat she was part of the management team.
I asked for Mister Leboeuf and was told that he left few minutes ago. Not true , and i am sure he didn’t have any report of this incident.
This incident needs to be publicized as much as possible because i cannot believe it is an isolated incident. Let it be a warning to others that we are not going to allow people to get away with this kind of behavior in 2014. It is not simply a matter of sacking the employee Arina Phouthakhanty – it is about changing attitudes and training staff appropriately. And if that is not being done then the apology is worthless.
I think i can’t stay anywhere better than the famous George V in Paris. Also staying in a Four Seasons Hotel is a guarantee of quality and excellent service. I still consider that Mandarin Oriental Paris is a good hotel.
Not suprise by Mrs wallace comments