Le Meurice

I return to the Meurice a few times a year. The service from the front door and throughout is so professional, welcoming and polite. A touch of the old-fashioned about their standards and the rooms are fitted to very high standards, beautifully clean and full of indulgent touches which one can expect at their prices, but not always find delivered elsewhere. The location suits us hugely and perhaps the food choices in the general restaurant are not quite as traditional as one would like when trying to ‘feel at home’, but the service is great. Outstanding breakfasts with great staff. Money well-spent I find and congratulations to the management for finding and training such outstanding staff.

Went yesterday for afternoon tea with my daughter. Firstly I must congratulate the staff who were absolutely excellent. Charming, efficient and discreet. However I do have a suggestion that they explain the "menu" a little bit at the beginning of the service. We started with a selection of delicious sandwiches and were then bought a beautiful presentation of sweet and savoury mousses formed into the shapes of fruits or nuts according to their flavour. The advice was to start with the sweet and then continue with the savoury. They really were little works of art and the sweet ones (apple, mango, lemon) were very very sweet... It was enough to eat one and share one each of the others and then a break was needed before trying the savoury (I actually didn't even get that far)... after a while a chef appeared with some (plainer, drier) cakes.. a kugelhof, then some madeleines, a muffin, a cookie... these were all perfectly acceptable and very good to accompany the sweet mousses, if only we'd had them at the same time or understood that they were coming.. It was a shame that I couldn't enjoy eating them after the sweet mousses. I certainly had enough to eat ! I just wish that I'd been given an idea of what to expect so that I could fully appreciate what was on offer ! They had lovely little egg timers to tell you how long to leave the tea bag in the pot depending on the strength you like your tea... word of advice to the British.. leave the teabag in ! And, again, the service was excellent !

I have been to this hotel now twice, and I doubt there will be a third time. It is a lovely sanctuary on one side, with the beautiful bar a sleek service, but it just does not quite catch the mark of some of the other high end places. Decor of the rooms was historic style, which is fine, but I do wish to have a nice warm shower, and that was not quite possible without standing in a tub spraying the whole (quite large) bathroom soaking wet. What prompted me for the review however, was how on both times my breakfast was charged a bit whatever style, with all kinds of items we did not order. Same with the room service and minibar. It really leaves a foul taste when you need to double check your bill. Not about the few euros, but the principle. Sleep quality was excellent and bed magnificent.

Le Meurice embodies Parisian refinement through its artistic decor and bright, luxurious rooms, and the overall experience felt both grand and welcoming, especially thanks to the courteous and professional staff.

Wow - this place is really quite something. My wife and I greatly enjoyed out stay here and the hotel achieves perfection (which is oh so rare...) on many dimensions: Decor, public spaces, food and drink. The service was one of the best I have every received - just the right mix of formal, attentive, and personal. Their staff is truly exceptional. And, of course, the location is beautiful and convenient. There are also a few things they can improve: For a hotel in this league the gym is a joke (it was half the size of the admittedly generous living room in our suite); I would have appreciated a pool - ideally a lap pool; a light fixture had fallen out of the ceiling in our shower, loosely dangling there, and did not get fixed for 4 days...