Originally Posted by
stevens397
Still waiting to hear how Platinums are treated there. Been there twice pre-renovation and received a wonderful suite each time. Just book for next June- boy, lots of points! Could stay at a guaranteed suite on points at the PH but then would have to spring for the wonderful but ridiculously expensive breakfast.
So let's hear about Platinum breakfast and suite upgrades!
Lotsa points, yeah.
Just finished a 2 night stay with C&P (USD250) and used suite awards to maximise chances (although we've been upgraded to a suite the last two times)
Upgraded to Macassar suite. Nice, but preferred the old design. New Art Deco is very severe, very male.
In fact B&W photos on the walls are all of women, installed intentionally as everyone thought it was too "male" when the refurb was taking shape.
It's more of "oh yeah, another hotel" now than it was.
Meals used be in the swans restaurant. Lovely decadent (champagne at brekky) and is now in bar. Admittedly main resto was closed for the summer (what is it with the French and closing during max tourism time anyway?)
Basic brekky was free to SPG plat (menu indicated 36 euro) and was juice, coffee, tea or chocolate and pastries/bread.
We could upgrade to bacon and eggs etc for 10 euro, which we did first day. Eggs Benedict Florentine was selected and what came was poached eggs on spinach on a muffin (as expected) but covered in a white sludge that claimed to be Hollandaise.
Erk
Needless to say, we stayed with the basic free menu for the second day.
Service and Suite were gorgeous, despite the assault on our architectural preferences.
But, amazingly, minibar is complimentary for suites. Amazing. Pass the Laurent Perrier please. Oh? None left? Then I guess we'll have to do Billiecart Salmon.
Still a great place, but it's one that you do once, rather than the old design which you kept coming back to for its charm.
Pity
Martin