France holidays: A review of the Hotel Splendide Royal Paris located near the Champs-Elysees

The French abolished their monarchy in 1792 – however they definitely nonetheless know a factor or two about dwelling like royalty.

Some extent underscored with aplomb by Resort Splendide Royal Paris, which occupies a Nineteenth-century mansion home a stone’s throw from the Champs-Elysees and President Macron’s Parisien residence, the 365-room Elysee Palace.

Grand firm. However the Splendide Royal holds its personal. It solely has 12 suites, a drawing room and a restaurant, but it surely’s beautiful – a pocket-palace.

Ted’s lodging on the Resort Splendide Royal Paris was the Suite Elysee (pictured)

Ted describes the Suite Elysee as a ‘700-square-foot haven of hushed magnificence, soothingly luxurious with regal thrives’. Pictured is the suite’s lounge

Resort Splendide Royal Paris, pictured, occupies a Nineteenth-century mansion home a stone’s throw from the Champs-Elysees and the 365-room Elysee Palace

My companion and I, and our four-year-old daughter, spent the evening within the fourth-floor Suite Elysee (room 401), which might get the royal seal of approval from King Louis XVI and any French monarch earlier than him you care to say.

It was a 700-square-foot haven of hushed magnificence, soothingly luxurious with regal thrives – suppose ornate lampshades, oil work and delightful furnishings gildings – and hues that ebbed from white to cream to gold.

The primary order of enterprise was to soak all of it in whereas reclining on the plush couch in the lounge and quaffing Champagne supplied as a part of the checking-in course of.

This space contained a toilet and a giant wall-mounted TV, plus a kitchenette full with a sink, microwave, Nespresso machine and fridge.

By the couch was a mini wine fridge stocked with but extra Champagne and advantageous wines, together with two stylish Italian reds – Montepulciano and Barolo (70 and 100 euros respectively, although they retail for round £25 and £42).

The lounge contained a toilet and a giant wall-mounted TV, plus a kitchenette full with a sink, microwave, Nespresso espresso machine and fridge

Marble-ous: This picture exhibits the dressing room space, which leads via to an opulent en-suite 

The marble-clad en-suite lavatory has Lorenzo Villoresi toiletries, marshmallow-soft robes, a double sink, a (most invigorating) separate bathe (rain plus hose) and one other separate lavatory

Ted says his room ‘would get the royal seal of approval from King Louis XVI and any French monarch earlier than him’

The adjoining bed room housed a mammoth mattress smothered in advantageous linens and to the left a dressing room with double wardrobes resulting in a marble-clad en-suite lavatory with Lorenzo Villoresi toiletries, marshmallow-soft robes, a double sink, a (most invigorating) separate bathe (rain plus hose) and one other separate lavatory.

In some ways, a pocket-palace inside a pocket-palace.

What’s extra, the Wi-Fi for the room was in a category of its personal – all we needed to do was choose ‘Wi-Fi Room 401’ for instantaneous entry to a full-fat turbo-charged sign. No sign-in. No password.

Ted’s summation of his quarters? ‘A pocket-palace inside a pocket-palace’

Pictured right here is Resort Splendide Royal Paris’s Italian restaurant, Tosca. That is additionally the venue for breakfast

Downstairs is the lodge’s famend Italian restaurant – Tosca. Sadly, it was shut once we visited for the evening, however we did get to ensconce ourselves within the luxurious venue for breakfast, which was a pleasure.

Ache au chocolat and croissants have been supplied from a basket and as I sipped a perfectly clean espresso I perused the menu, which defined the provenance of the fare on provide.

The bread and pastries come from a neighborhood Parisian baker, the jams are by Lise Bienaime at La Chambre aux Confitures, the tea by Dammann Freres (King Louis XIV, I study, granted Sir Damame the ‘unique privilege’ to promote tea in France in 1692). And the milk? That is from the Laiterie cooperative de Verneuil courtesy of cows raised on the pastures of the ‘stunning Touraine area’. 

Ted describes the workers on the lodge as having impeccable manners. Pictured right here is the ‘refined’ drawing room

The Wi-Fi on the lodge, raves Ted, is ‘in a category of its personal’. In his room no sign up or password was wanted. Pictured is the drawing room

Rooms at Resort Splendide Royal Paris price from £520 an evening for a Junior Suite Saint Honoré

Mouthwatering: A dish served at Tosca

High quality produce – and I can vouch for the cheese omelette whipped up by the chef, too. 

The service, in the meantime, was faultless – our waitress and waiter impeccably well mannered. Younger, however their manners have been from one other period.

The reception workers, too, displayed old-school courtesy, standing up behind the desk when making dialog and serving to to make this fine-tuned lodge unimaginable to not fall for.

Splendide-ly royal certainly.