The Gray, Milan, Italy
The Gray 4 Stars
"An ultra-exclusive, fashion-forward boutique hotel with a smart-contemporary interior, veering towards the masculine."
The Press Say
"Clubby, slightly elitist atmosphere (only guests use the facilities) and as design-conscious as you'd expect from a hotel in the Design Hotels consortium." Telegraph 07Hotel Overview
Review of The Gray, by The TI Review Team
Created by Florentine architect Guido Ciompi, of Gucci boutique fame, The Gray strikes a perfect balance between designer chic and relaxed comfort in Milan. Located just seconds from the Galleria and the Duomo, thehotel combines top-of-the-line service with stunning contemporary aesthetics. Space within may be limited, but every corner has been used with brilliant efficiency and each room is dramatically different.
The eye-catching design features extend to the lobby - the shocking pink cushioned swing will bring out the child in every guest. Headed by renowned chef Sarzi Sartori Luciano, The Gray's restaurant, Le Noir, serves a regularly changing menu of modern Italian cuisine in a sophisticated dining room decorated with coloured points of light. There is also a minimalist bar, just off the foyer, with tables that light from within, offsetting the dimming of natural daylight. Guests at The Gray can use the nearby spa facilities at the Hotel de la Ville, including the fitness centre, Jacuzzi, Turkish bath and massage room.
The Gray has 21 uniquely designed rooms: guests can choose from such intriguing options as a suspended bed, a personal fitness centre, a Turkish bath, a private terrace, or a plasma screen above the Jacuzzi. Even the standard rooms are far from predictable, with curving walls, natural colours and bathrooms stocked with the boutique hotel's own line of top quality bath products.
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23Awards
"101 Best Hotels," Tatler Magazine 04; "Hot List," Conde Nast 04Who stays here?
Design mavens and jet-setters.Come for...
- Showing off post-shopping spree
- Use of spa facilties at the Hotel de la Ville
Not Suitable for...
- Anyone on a budget
- Conservative tastes
Eating in
Le Noir is a popular lunch or brunch venue for locals and visiting fashion folk alike who flock to the restaurant for its two Mediterranean menus, one of which specializes in fish and the other in meat.Reviews
Review of The Gray, by Joanna Monkhouse
Milan is the world's fashion mecca and the in-crowd are discovering The Gray- the new place to stay whilst fashion-worshipping. The Gray is Milan's hippest boutique hotel, just off the Galeria next to the Duomo.
Shop til you drop, enter the hotel's silver-walled lobby, perch on the red and fuchsia hanging seat, drop into Il Bar for a cocktail and lounge on a similarly accented sofa. The Gray's Le Noir is a cocoon of a restaurant, black and white accessorised in oriental red. The subdued lighting is well-suited to a hangover-friendly late breakfast, a restful lunch or a stylish dinner.
The Gray's 21 ultra-modern rooms feature the highest specifications - flat-screen plasma TV, DVD, CD, wireless internet, 2 isdn lines, voicemail, a minibar hidden behind a sliding wall, ostrich skin beds, down bedding, dark wooden floors, neutral colours with the occasional colourful splash. The bathrooms at the hotel are a delight unto themselves - hydro shower or bath, or for Gray 3 rooms a round hydro-tub (more like a mini-swimming pool), twin basins lined with banana palm leaves to welcome guests in jungle style, luxe products - and in some rooms the two merge with a Philippe Starck bath next to the bed. Gray 2 rooms come with their own private gym for super health nuts.
Review of The Gray Hotel, by Ken Scrudato
Since everyone is following someone else's trend in Milan, The Gray now follows Town House 31 in Milan's new boutique hotel race. The Gray, however, is a bastion of rarefied elegance, clubby, private and privileged.
In this exquisite boutique hotel refurbishment of a historical residence, only guests are allowed to roam premises, and they're doted on like royalty. There's an intimate restaurant and bar, a fitness center, plasma TVs, and a wealth of modern technology
Of the hotel's 21 rooms, two feature--would we kid you?--private steam rooms. Not for the self-conscious, The Gray gives the expression "embarrassment of riches" a whole new plateau. Darling.