Le Meurice - Dorchester Collection

“A wonderful grand city hotel”

I return to the Meurice a few times a year. The service from the front door and throughout is so professional, welcoming and polite. A touch of the old-fashioned about their standards and the rooms are fitted to very high standards, beautifully clean and full of indulgent touches which one can ex… more

I return to the Meurice a few times a year. The service from the front door and throughout is so professional, welcoming and polite. A touch of the old-fashioned about their standards and the rooms are fitted to very high standards, beautifully clean and full of indulgent touches which one can expect at their prices, but not always find delivered elsewhere. The location suits us hugely and perhaps the food choices in the general restaurant are not quite as traditional as one would like when trying to ‘feel at home’, but the service is great. Outstanding breakfasts with great staff. Money well-spent I find and congratulations to the management for finding and training such outstanding staff.

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“Afternoon tea for two”

Went yesterday for afternoon tea with my daughter. Firstly I must congratulate the staff who were absolutely excellent. Charming, efficient and discreet. However I do have a suggestion that they explain the "menu" a little bit at the beginning of the service. We started with a selection of deliciou… more

Went yesterday for afternoon tea with my daughter. Firstly I must congratulate the staff who were absolutely excellent. Charming, efficient and discreet. However I do have a suggestion that they explain the "menu" a little bit at the beginning of the service. We started with a selection of delicious sandwiches and were then bought a beautiful presentation of sweet and savoury mousses formed into the shapes of fruits or nuts according to their flavour. The advice was to start with the sweet and then continue with the savoury. They really were little works of art and the sweet ones (apple, mango, lemon) were very very sweet... It was enough to eat one and share one each of the others and then a break was needed before trying the savoury (I actually didn't even get that far)... after a while a chef appeared with some (plainer, drier) cakes.. a kugelhof, then some madeleines, a muffin, a cookie... these were all perfectly acceptable and very good to accompany the sweet mousses, if only we'd had them at the same time or understood that they were coming.. It was a shame that I couldn't enjoy eating them after the sweet mousses. I certainly had enough to eat ! I just wish that I'd been given an idea of what to expect so that I could fully appreciate what was on offer ! They had lovely little egg timers to tell you how long to leave the tea bag in the pot depending on the strength you like your tea... word of advice to the British.. leave the teabag in ! And, again, the service was excellent !

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“No coherence”

To Tea at the Dali room. It’s a special thing and heavily promoted and expensive Revolves around patisserie from Cedric Grolet - also a social media star. The patisserie I will review separately The ‘experience’ was poorly managed; lots of young waiters and maitres?mulling around but no coherence… more

To Tea at the Dali room. It’s a special thing and heavily promoted and expensive Revolves around patisserie from Cedric Grolet - also a social media star. The patisserie I will review separately The ‘experience’ was poorly managed; lots of young waiters and maitres?mulling around but no coherence - no management Teatime poorly structured; Grolet’s creations interspersed with madeleines, guggeltopf and brioche - which didn’t fit with the Grolets?! Definitely would not do this again

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“Check your bill.”

I have been to this hotel now twice, and I doubt there will be a third time. It is a lovely sanctuary on one side, with the beautiful bar a sleek service, but it just does not quite catch the mark of some of the other high end places. Decor of the rooms was historic style, which is fine, but I do… more

I have been to this hotel now twice, and I doubt there will be a third time. It is a lovely sanctuary on one side, with the beautiful bar a sleek service, but it just does not quite catch the mark of some of the other high end places. Decor of the rooms was historic style, which is fine, but I do wish to have a nice warm shower, and that was not quite possible without standing in a tub spraying the whole (quite large) bathroom soaking wet. What prompted me for the review however, was how on both times my breakfast was charged a bit whatever style, with all kinds of items we did not order. Same with the room service and minibar. It really leaves a foul taste when you need to double check your bill. Not about the few euros, but the principle. Sleep quality was excellent and bed magnificent.

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