The Story
Paris probably has enough hotels, but there’s always room for one more at the top. Les Jardins du Faubourg styles itself a five-star boutique hotel, and while you know we’re not great believers in star ratings for hotels, the point is clear enough: small scale, big comforts, and the kind of impeccable style you would expect from a top-flight Parisian boutique hotel.
It’s a Haussmannian townhouse, tucked unassumingly into a quiet side street just off the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, a stone’s throw from the Place de La Concorde and the Champs-Elysées, surrounded by luxury retailers, embassies, and grand hotels. Inside, though, it’s anything but unassuming — its contemporary interiors are tastefully glamorous, combining historical architecture with Art Deco gestures and modern colors and artwork.
Meanwhile the Shiseido Spa is downright extravagant, as well as a jacuzzi, a hammam, and an indoor swimming pool in a towering space with columns and arched ceilings. And the restaurant is a similarly high-powered affair, where chef Davide Peccorella presides over a “Neapolitan” kitchen and a lovely garden courtyard bar. In sum, it features all the trappings of a grand hotel, in an intimate and delightfully stylish package — five-star boutique indeed.