Hotel Daniel, Paris, France
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Hotel Daniel 4 Stars
"This romantic, individual and comfortable boutique hotel is tucked away on a quiet street just minutes from the Champs-Elysees.”
Hotel Overview
Review of Hotel Daniel, by Rory MacLean
Hotel Daniel is an intimate sanctuary for erudite world-travellers in the heart of Paris, just a three minute twist and turn from the Champs Elysées.
The facilities
The resplendent and exotic reception rooms are rich with Khotan carpets, Lebanese furnishings, Turkish silver and plump English armchairs, making the Hotel Daniel feel like the home of a discriminating 18th-century Silk Road explorer. The walls at this boutique hotel are dressed in delicate Toile de Jouy fabric with chinoiserie-style motifs: Voyage de Marco Polo, Voyage en Chine, Siam.
The lounge is decorated with hand-painted, gilt glass panels portraying oriental gardens. The staff at the boutique hotel are unerringly accommodating and discreet. The owner's eclectic collection of fine glass, Chinese porcelain, Japanese mother-of-pearl and quirky wall clocks is delightful.
The rooms
The east-west mélange is echoed in all 26 guestrooms in the boutique hotel, of which nine are suites (rooms on the second and fifth floors have their own balcony). Again, the George Smith sofas are overstuffed, the walls are softened with fabric and the carpets are so plush that a travel-weary guest would be forgiven for lying down on them, rather than on the vast bed. Syrian wardrobes, sumptuous curtains handmade in Reims, plasma screen televisions and bed sheets to die for fill the rooms at this boutique hotel.
Proportions feel generous for Paris, thanks to the discreet use of colour and mirrors. Some bathrooms are tiled in Moroccan zellige, others in light Italian marble. All are rich with Senteurs d'Orient soaps, Dead Sea bath salts, litres of Molton Brown hair and body care products as well as cotton-fields of fluffy towels and bathrobes. The boutique hotel is perfect for lovers, business travellers in need of a discreet meeting place and families (comfy rollaway beds and adjoining rooms available).
Facilities
Hotel Policies
Complimentary breakfast for stay between the 1st of November and the 27th of December, 2011.
Rooms
26Who stays here?
Great hotel for older travellers and families.
Come for...
- Luxury without pretension
- Muffled quiet of rooms at night
- The lift decorated by designer Tarfa Salam
- Fifth-floor rooms with balconies
Not Suitable for...
- Impatient globetrotters who want minimalist accommodation, a swimming pool and ketchup on their steak tartare
Children
Children are welcome to stay at the hotel. The staff can arrange a babysitter if needed and provide an extra bed in suites. Interconnecting rooms are also an option for families.
Eating in
For breakfast baguettes from the famous Kayser boulangerie, fresh pastries from Ladurée is served. Breakfast is available all day long in the convivial bar, restaurant and café. The Chef conjures up exotic oriental interpretations of traditional European dishes: honey-roast lamb with Sichuan sauce, Roquefort soufflé with pear and lemon thyme. His uncomplicated yet innovative creations recently helped the hotel to gain Relais & Chateaux membership.
The Press Say
"Pretty as the inside of a jewel box, the rooms are decked out with 18th-century-style toile de Jouy: Chinese kite-fliers, swirling ferns, tropical trees or picturesque expeditions by elephant." The Independent 10
Reviews
Review of Hotel Daniel, by Jamie Dunford Wood
The Hotel Daniel is an exceptional boutique hotel in Paris, owned by a Lebanese couple and the sister hotel of L'Albergo in Beirut. The Lebanese are, as a rule, an exceptionally cultured people, something Europe has forgotten during years of conflict - and the Hotel Daniel oozes refined taste.
The facilities
The decor at the boutique hotel is inspired by the Orient, with chinoiserie in the cosy reception area, elegant rattan headboards in the rooms, olive green paintwork and toile de jouy fabric walls. The Hotel Daniel is well located in the heart of the right bank, which is good for business and shopping.
The rooms
The best of the 26 rooms at this boutique hotel are three suites with balconies on the fifth floor. Deluxes are to be preferred over superior rooms, and offer a lot for the relatively small price increase. The rooms are not large, but they are romantic cocoons, places you will want to curl up in and watch a DVD on the flat-screen TV. Some boutique hotels need space you can feel at home in but decor, if applied in the right way, can seem to make a virtue out of cosiness.