This mini-Costes of just 26 rooms is named after the American general Pershing who stayed in the building during the war. What he would make of Pershing Hall’s trance music, the dimly lit corridors and the space-ship décor – mixed with 70s retro – is anybody’s guess. All they are missing is one of his tanks outside.
The facilities
Pershing Hall has become one of the leading design hotels in Paris, and design groupies will appreciate its style. The most pleasing feature here is the courtyard garden, with its retractable roof. A wall of moist greenery tumbles down one end. The place is always full of fashionable diners and drinkers, and they do a wonderful Sunday brunch with jazz. In the evenings the bar is buzzing, sometimes with a DJ.
The rooms
The building retains tall ceilings, and the white walls and blond wood built-in cupboards give the rooms a stark, Spartan but new-age feel. Sinks are of the farmhouse variety, with bathrooms of grey/brown slate and travertine marble.
Only suites and some juniors have power showers and tubs – otherwise it’s a choice. Some of the smaller junior suites have balconies. Street side rooms have tall elegant traditional windows – elsewhere they are modern and not so pleasing.
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Pershing Hall
"The boutique hotel of 26 rooms surrounds a stunning tropical garden courtyard, situated just minutes from the Champs-Elysees."
Pershing Hall by Jamie Dunford Wood
Address: 49 rue Pierre Charron, 75008 Paris, France
Reservations: +44 (0)20 7580 2663
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Who stays here
Guests at Pershing Hall tend to be a fairly glamorous bunch, mainly young and European. It's particularly popular with the French and the bar is often packed out with local starlets and celebrities (Audrey Tatou has been seen here.)
Come for
The 'vertical garden' in the courtyard
Spacious, muted rooms
Not suitable for
Facilties are pretty thin, though there is a mini-gym
Children
Children are welcome to stay at the hotel, and they can provide an extra cot for the room. The staff will leave a different welcome gift for children depending on the season.
Eating in
The hotel’s restaurant is the preserve of Chef Hervé Courtot, formerly at Nobu Paris; it's open every day from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m; there's afternoon tea on the patio opposite the hanging garden. The Lounge Bar is ultra-fashionable - expensive cocktails, sky-high ceiling and DJs playing to a tiny dance floor packed with glamouristas.
Getting there
Pershing Hall is located near Champs Elysees, just a few blocks away from George V metro station.
Press quotes
" For me the hotel has Andrée Putman’s best interior work: a powerful combination of French contemporary sensibility and tradition. The kind of clichés you expect, and even look forward to, and full of surprises." Herbert Ypma in The Times 06
"An enormous wall of exotic plants, clear beaded curtains, and the generous use of bloodred vases and Venetian chandeliers now give the lounge and restaurant the softer edges of 'modern Baroque'." Conde Nast Traveller 05
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