My favorite hotel bar on earth has got to be Bar 228 at hotel Le Meurice in Paris. Named for the address of the famous hotel on rue de Rivoli, Bar 228 is Paris as it should be: elegant, well-heeled, familiar, and comfortable. The decor is classic yet playful (redone by Philippe Stark) with dark wood walls, trompe l’oeil ceiling, and soft leather furniture. The staff are uncharacteristically friendly for France. And as you sink into your cozy chair after an exhausting day of shopping and site-seeing, listen to the lilting jazz from the piano, and sip your minerally white wine, I’ll bet you can’t help but mutter to yourself, “La vie Parisenne est tres belle.”
Bar 228 at Le Meurice
228 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
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