Originally Posted by
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Hotel de Crillon in Paris.
29e for one gin and tonic at the hotel bar, and ~25e for a G&T out of the minibar. I don't often get sticker shock, but I did this time.
The Crillon is not what it was 20 years ago. It is now famous for being famous. It was just purchased by a Saudi Royal for 250 million and will be managed by Kempinski. How the mighty have fallen! I cannot understand why people still go there, given the options in Paris.