La Réserve Paris

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  A private mansion built in 1854 for Napoleon III's half-brother, near the Champs-Élysées, with 40 rooms and suites and a three-Michelin-star restaurant.

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• Built in 1854 as a private mansion for the Duc de Morny, Napoleon III's half-brother, and discreetly set back from Avenue Gabriel — herringbone oak parquet and Carrara and Turquin blue marble run throughout, closer to a private house than a hotel lobby.
• Le Gabriel, the restaurant, holds three Michelin stars, awarded in March 2024 — chef Jérôme Banctel, previously of Le Jules Verne, Les Ambassadeurs at Hôtel de Crillon and Lucas Carton, serves two tasting menus: Virée, built around his native Brittany, and Périple, drawing on Japan and Turkey. La Pagode de Cos, also under Banctel, serves Asian spice-route cooking in a separate dining room.

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  Le Gaspard, the bar and lounge, serves wine, champagne and cocktails with small plates through most of the day; the mirrored Honesty Bar is stocked in part from proprietor Michel Reybier's own Bordeaux estate, Cos d'Estournel.

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• The spa is built around a 16-metre indoor pool, with a hammam, three treatment rooms and Nescens-Swiss anti-ageing treatments developed with the Clinique de Genolier — plus a fitness area with a personal trainer on request.

• 40 rooms and suites in total, 25 of them suites, ranging from 40 to 225 square metres — every room includes a personal butler, a Nespresso machine and a stocked minibar, and two Prestige Junior Suites are wheelchair-adapted.
• The Imperial Suite, on the fifth floor, has its own private balcony looking over the Eiffel Tower, the Grand Palais and Notre-Dame, decorated in black lacquer, gold filigree and Damascene silk brocade, with its own wine cellar.

A long-standing partner hotel, well suited to guests who want a smaller, more private address than the grand Right Bank palaces — the size cuts both ways: it suits a couple or a small family who don't need a large public lobby or several restaurants, less so a large group that wants a bigger stage. Where available, we can arrange upgrades, priority dining at Le Gabriel and longer-stay rates.