Four Seasons George V Paris - Truly Great or Overhyped?
Dec 20, 2012 | 3:32 pm
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Dec 20, 2012 | 6:39 pm
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I just booked for a stay next year to try it out. How is the F&B quality standard in this hotel? What about room service?
Dec 21, 2012 | 8:55 am
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Fabulous wine lists.
Rooms service is good, but it's a pity to eat in when the restaurants are so lovely. Courtyard dining in the summer months is superb.
Mar 16, 2013 | 12:39 pm
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updated earlier financials post with 2011 net of $11,872,000
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...l#post13542264
looking at 2011 financials >
alwaleed going to sell more stakes in FS hotels - 78% marrakech, 50% mauritius, 19% paris
(that would leave the following stakes in FS hotels - 90% langkawi, 57% beirut, 55% damascus)
thats kingdom hotels, while kingdom holding owns FS toronto, and presumably owns 75% of paris?
kingdom holding lists as asset and current PR mentions. article and release from 1996 >
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...v-1313074.html
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-rel...156038605.html
new childrens offering in oct 2012 >
http://press.fourseasons.com/paris/2...eorge-v-paris/
family/childrens recreation manager >
http://www.fourseasons.com/paris/my_...audia_caringi/
http://press.fourseasons.com/paris/h...ests-features/
seems she was appointed in 2007
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...l#post13542264
looking at 2011 financials >
alwaleed going to sell more stakes in FS hotels - 78% marrakech, 50% mauritius, 19% paris
(that would leave the following stakes in FS hotels - 90% langkawi, 57% beirut, 55% damascus)
thats kingdom hotels, while kingdom holding owns FS toronto, and presumably owns 75% of paris?
kingdom holding lists as asset and current PR mentions. article and release from 1996 >
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...v-1313074.html
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-rel...156038605.html
new childrens offering in oct 2012 >
http://press.fourseasons.com/paris/2...eorge-v-paris/
family/childrens recreation manager >
http://www.fourseasons.com/paris/my_...audia_caringi/
http://press.fourseasons.com/paris/h...ests-features/
seems she was appointed in 2007
Last edited by Kagehitokiri; Mar 18, 2013 at 11:06 pm
Jun 4, 2013 | 11:05 am
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Le Cinq is sublime--highly encourage a meal here, not just at La Galerie, as lovely as the courtyard is during the summer. If price is of concern, try the prix fixe lunch, which is a steal at ~95 EUR per person.
Jun 6, 2013 | 11:51 am
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What did you like there ? The food ? The service ? both ?
I did love the room and that's about it.
Jun 6, 2013 | 12:03 pm
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Eric Briffard's cuisine is masterful. He manages to combine the most subtle herbs and spices so that they taste just-picked and perfectly complement the food being cooked. Even his sorbets taste fresher and fruitier. I would say that his expertise majors on the delicacy of scents and flavours coupled with an understanding that today's high-end guests quite like knowing what they are eating. The meat melted, it was so soft. Much as I loved Philippe Legendre's food, I think I prefer Briffard's as it is less tricksy, yet somehow more accomplished, if that makes sense.
When Philippe Legendre was at le Cinq, with his 3 stars, I did not dine better than when Eric Briffard joined with the 2 stars...For me, Briffard's cuisine is more approachable and the flavours are incredibly subtle. It is interesting that since Briffard joined, more tables in le Cinq are occupied by locals, who appear to bring the whole family. To me, this speaks volumes.
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Jun 6, 2013 | 3:56 pm
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However, for a hotel restaurant, the quality is still phenomenal, especially when you compare it to other 5 star hotels in major cities.
Jun 6, 2013 | 4:20 pm
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Jun 6, 2013 | 4:54 pm
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I need to try l'Epicure at le Bristol but it's supposed to be among the best experiences in term of food within Paris.
Allno at le Meurice was oustanding but he left 6 months ago (to Le cheval blanc in Courchevel i believe) so I don't know how it has evolved.
Ducasse at le Plaza is a classical interpretation of a 3 star restaurant. You can't go wrong with this place, and I would advise it compared to Le Cinq at GV.
Le Royal Monceau used to have a wonderful restaurant with a "jardin d'hiver" and a harpist playing at nights but they scrapped it when they did the remodeling, and the new restaurant is a joke compared to before.
L'Abeille at Shangri La and the MO restaurant are not in the same league.
Food is a personal experience, so just my taste. However, there are some restaurants not within hotels in Paris that shouldn't be missed.
Allno at le Meurice was oustanding but he left 6 months ago (to Le cheval blanc in Courchevel i believe) so I don't know how it has evolved.
Ducasse at le Plaza is a classical interpretation of a 3 star restaurant. You can't go wrong with this place, and I would advise it compared to Le Cinq at GV.
Le Royal Monceau used to have a wonderful restaurant with a "jardin d'hiver" and a harpist playing at nights but they scrapped it when they did the remodeling, and the new restaurant is a joke compared to before.
L'Abeille at Shangri La and the MO restaurant are not in the same league.
Food is a personal experience, so just my taste. However, there are some restaurants not within hotels in Paris that shouldn't be missed.
Jun 6, 2013 | 5:19 pm
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). My last lunch there lasted 4 hours and cost EUR 2000 however. Le Meurice (yet another hotel restaurant) is also in the "shouldn't be missed" category. Finally a non-hotel restaurant is Senderens, which is in a class by itself (rejected Michelin rating but forced to be 2 star as simply too good to be unclassified) and you can have a great lunch there with interesting wine matchings for EUR 150 making it the bargain of Paris for this kind of dining.
Jun 7, 2013 | 5:16 am
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Pierre Gagnaire is in that category (though technically in a hotel ). My last lunch there lasted 4 hours and cost EUR 2000 however. Le Meurice (yet another hotel restaurant) is also in the "shouldn't be missed" category. Finally a non-hotel restaurant is Senderens, which is in a class by itself (rejected Michelin rating but forced to be 2 star as simply too good to be unclassified) and you can have a great lunch there with interesting wine matchings for EUR 150 making it the bargain of Paris for this kind of dining.
). My last lunch there lasted 4 hours and cost EUR 2000 however. Le Meurice (yet another hotel restaurant) is also in the "shouldn't be missed" category. Finally a non-hotel restaurant is Senderens, which is in a class by itself (rejected Michelin rating but forced to be 2 star as simply too good to be unclassified) and you can have a great lunch there with interesting wine matchings for EUR 150 making it the bargain of Paris for this kind of dining.