Detailed Review
Upon entering Hotel Paris in Prague, you will be submerged by the splendor of this luxury hotel. The stairway is probably one of the most elegant parts. The preserved window panels, with its rosette and citrus motives, are complemented by hand-painted motifs. The decorative cast-iron railing leading you to the hotel corridors are also an exquisite characteristic of Hotel Paris.
Hotel Paris is superbly located just next to the Powder Tower, medieval gate of entry to Prague, where remarkable King’s Road starts. This road leads directly to the Prague castle, and in medieval times, it was the only road served for King’s retinue. If you take this road, you will see many of the most beautiful Prague sights: Old Town Square,
Astronomical Clock, Charles Bridge and Nerudova Street.
The facilities
The restaurant called Brasserie Sarah Bernhardt is a masterpiece of architecture. It is named after Sarah Bernhardt, an actress and singer. The interior is classic Art Nouveau: blue cleft mosaic with original lighting fixtures, wooden wainscoting and gilded stuccowork. This makes the restaurant a pearl amongst its Prague rivals. The Sarah Bernhardt gourmet restaurant features outstanding French, Czech and international cuisine.
Brasserie Sarah Bernhardt gently ties French gourmet cuisine and advanced Czech gastronomy in one outstanding experience. Our Head Chef Mr. Jan Mošna, a student of Mr. Gordon Ramsay, the world-famous head chef and owner of many Michelin star-winning restaurants, prepares for you real exquisite dainties.
Come to enjoy Vinotheque Le Vin de Paris with a wide choice of the best French wines imported directly from Bordeaux and Languedoc chateau vineyards. Our sommelier will be happy to assist you with the right choice. Get the full flavour of the excellent wine with typical French delicacies served on the open buffet bar. And do not forget to take back home with you a piece of remembrance of Hotel Paris – they offer takeaway service.
Hotel Paris has a business center, 24-hour room service, laundry and dry cleaning service, babysitting service, pick-up service. It also offers a wellness and spa center with exotic ayurveda massages. Pets are also accepted.
The rooms
The Hotel Paris provides 86 elegantly appointed guest rooms, uniquely styled and sized, including 13 luxurious junior suites and apartments. Each room is handsomely decorated and furnished with replicas of the original furniture, so no matter which room you choose to stay in, you will have the feeling of returning to the picturesque Art Nouveau era.
The air-conditioned sound proof rooms are equipped with a direct-dial telephone with voice mail, modem connection, remote control satellite TV, Pay TV, mini bar, safe and individual climate control. Luxury full size bathrooms with heated floors are equipped with hairdryers, massage showers, bathrobes, cosmetic mirrors and cosmetic sets.
Press Quotes
"It feels like the set of a 1920s film and exudes an air of sophistication, as if finally making up for the good times Prague lost through its troubled history." The Guardian 07
Independent Reviews
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"Luxurious details and fine architecture in an elegant Art Nouveau building"
Hotel Pariz
By Jenny Pidgeon
People come to the Pariz for its central location and famed Art Nouveau décor. The cream 5-storey building is impressive, with a green bronze cupola crowning the roof and an elegantly colourful side-entrance opposite the Grand Hotel Bohemia. It was built in 1904 and the Brandejs family ran it as a hotel for many years before it was acquisitioned by the government. The Pariz was returned to the Brandejs’ in 1991 and the descendants of the original owners still run the place today. The interior, designed by Pfeifer and Köhler, is a quite stunning example of the Art Nouveau style. The lobby features bronze chandeliers, a high domed ceiling and an immaculate marble floor. There is a tiny bar squeezed in next to the staircase, which stays open late, and the reception desk behind which you will find friendly but reserved staff who simply hand over the key, leaving you to find you room. The lobby leads in one direction to the bright ‘Café de Paris’, with more chandeliers hanging from a beamed ceiling, 1920s-style furniture and a pianist tinkling out jazz classics on a grand to accompany your coffee and cakes. To the other side of reception is the very handsome ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ restaurant. This is classic Art Nouveau, with gold and blue mosaics on the columns and walls, elegant carved chairs and tables, and gilded light fixtures (more chandeliers) and decorations. It claims to be a gourmet restaurant, but we have heard mixed reviews of the Czech, French and international cuisine. Rising upwards from the lobby is one of the most notable aspects of the Pariz; the grand staircase which sports a lovely hand-crafted case iron stair rail, original stained class windows and hand-painted walls. The corridors leading to the bedrooms are carpeted in blue and gold, with attractive painted walls dotted with mediocre modern art. Whilst the rooms observe the Art Nouveau style right down to the last detail, the effect is somehow sterile and disappointing after the public areas. Even the standards are of a good size, but the décor is more office than luxury, overwhelmingly blue with unattractive soft fabrics, grey wooden furniture and a patterned carpet that looks like it’s been chosen not to show the dirt. They are fully equipped with minibar, safe, writing desk, sitting area, television and so on, and most have pleasing views out to the Grand Bohemia, Obecni Dum (municipal house) or courtyard. Double doors onto the corridor ensure quiet. Bathrooms are small with attractive blue and white tiled floors, tiny towels and inadequate shower panes causing severe flooding. It is worth splashing out on a Junior Suite. Whilst not enormous, they are light and colourful with more interesting décor than the standards. On the other hand, if you’re going to spend big bucks, you might as well go all the way and opt for the Pariz’s pièce de resistance; the Royal Tower Suite. Up on the top floor, the suite is airy with white walls, crisp white fabrics and exposed wooden beams. The bed faces a porthole window looking out over the old town and a spiral staircase leads up to a glass-enclosed tower room with a stunning 360° view over Prague. With intercom and minibar thoughtfully installed in this luxury crow’s nest, you need never come down.
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