Le Bar 228 at the grand Le Meurice hotel in Paris is often topping the city’s “Best bar” lists. The cause may be the 50-plus whiskies on the list, or the 300 or so specialty cocktails, like the “228 or the “Starcky.” Which leads us conveniently to yet an additional attainable explanation: the opulent and masculine interiors, nicely re-imagined by Philippe Starck.
Le Meurice is a palace hotel overlooking the Tuileries Garden. For two centuries, it has been a single of the most sophisticated hotels in Europe, and one with close ties with the artistic and inventive planet. Starck was invited to awaken this sleeping beauty from its slumber and he did it by infusing a sexy, contemporary dynamic however letting the strong 18th century magnificence re-claim its glory days. Starck’s skilful touch is seen throughout the hotel, not just in Le Bar 228.
Le Meurice is part of the Dorchester Collection of luxury hotels group of hotels that contains among other individuals The Beverly Hills Hotel, Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan, The New York Palace, 45 Park Lane in London. – Bill Tikos
Le Bar 228 – Paris
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