Le Meurice

Le Meurice stands at 228 rue de Rivoli, in Paris’s 1st arrondissement, opposite the Tuileries Garden. Its FAQ gives a 5-minute walk to the Louvre and approximately 15 minutes by car from Gare du Nord; Google Hotels puts the Louvre walk at 13 minutes. These are the respective sites’ estimates, read on 2 October 2026, without a specified route. Airport transfers are available, though the sources read establish no fixed fare. Individual suite descriptions include return transfers where that benefit applies. The sources consulted provide no measured neighbourhood or room noise level. Courtyard, street and Eiffel Tower outlooks describe the view, without establishing how quiet a room will be.

The suite photographed at the opening is the Executive Suite, Eiffel View: 80m² (861ft²), a king-size bed or twin beds on request, an Eiffel Tower view and space for up to 3 guests. Its official page includes a spacious marble bathroom with double washbasins, a bottle of champagne on arrival, Chromecast TV, return airport or station transfers, natural light and a connecting-room option; the paired category and combined floor area are unspecified. Both the sitting room and bedroom look over the city, towards the Tuileries and beyond. Official Executive Suite, Eiffel View page, read on 2 October 2026.

Classic and Superior rooms face the courtyard or a Parisian street; Deluxe and Executive rooms overlook the courtyard. Eiffel View rooms come in 32m², 42m² and 45m² categories, with 80m² and 95m² suites also carrying that outlook. The remaining junior suites and suites range from 52m² to 160m², detailed by category. Belle Etoile’s 620m² includes a 300m² terrace and accommodates up to 8 guests, with a sofa bed or extra bed subject to availability. 18 category pages describe connecting options, without naming all pairings or combined floor areas. Family Time specifically guarantees 2 connecting rooms or a 2-bedroom suite.

Google Hotels was read on 2 October 2026 with 2 adults and EUR selected. From 2 October 2026 to 1 October 2027, 323 nights show prices and 42 have unknown prices. On 13 October 2026 the visible one-night indications ranged from €1,100 to €3,050, for example €1,573 on 28 October 2026, €1,326 on 4 November 2026 and €1,213 on 19 December 2026, a night with dearer ones either side. That calendar does not establish a room category, breakfast, confirmed availability or the final total. The direct Bed & Breakfast offer includes American breakfast for 2. The current overview and several offers quote city tax of €15.93 per person per night; the festive offer retains €14.95 and an indexed overview €15.60. General booking terms include 10% VAT and a 5% employee contribution in room rates.

Standard check-in is 3pm and check-out noon. General terms allow cancellation by noon the day before arrival to avoid a one-night charge, with separate conditions for individual rates. Arrive Early, Stay Late runs until 31 March 2027 and offers arrival from 8am and departure until 8pm. Booking is required at least 2 days ahead, with an arrival estimate at least 48 hours ahead; Signature Suites are excluded. A temporary hospitality room may be used for either end of the stay, with its category, view and bed type not guaranteed. Plan in Advance offers 20% off at 30 days or 15% at 14 days, for stays before 31 December 2026, with full prepayment and no refund or changes. Bed & Breakfast uses the noon deadline; Stay & Indulge and the festive offer use 4pm the previous day. Family Time requires at least 24 hours’ notice. Stay & Indulge provides €300 restaurant or spa credit for stays of at least 2 nights until 31 December 2026, excluding La Belle Etoile. A Night On Us offers the fourth night free, with a minimum of 4 nights and maximum of 28. Its booking window is 1 December 2025–24 December 2026; the listed stay windows, 1 January–3 June and 26 October–28 December, do not print a year.

La Maison Valmont has a sauna, hammams, 4 treatment rooms including 2 doubles, relaxation areas, a terrace and a gym. Google Hotels explicitly marks a swimming pool unavailable. The gym opens from 5am to midnight and spa reception from 9am to 7pm. Treatments run from 10am to 8pm, according to the spa brochure, the newest spa document (file dated 29 September 2026), read on 15 October 2026. The brochure lists a Californian massage at €235 for 60 minutes or €295 for 90 minutes, including VAT and the 5% employee contribution. The sources read do not establish whether sauna and hammam access is included in the room rate for residents, or a separate price for a day pass without a treatment. Non-residents receive facility access with a paid treatment of at least 60 minutes. Cancelling with less than 24 hours’ notice incurs the full charge. Published minimum ages and thermal-facility temperatures were not established.

Restaurant le Meurice Alain Ducasse serves dinner Monday–Friday, 7–9.30pm, with an elegant dress code; its linked menus cost €375 and €425 per person. Le Dalí serves lunch noon–2.15pm and dinner 7.30–9.30pm. Breakfast runs Monday–Saturday 7–10.45am and Sunday 7–9.30am, with Continental at €62 and Le Meurice at €75. Sunday brunch is €195, served 12.15–2.15pm. Afternoon tea is €95, Monday–Saturday 1.30–5.15pm and Sunday 4.30–5.15pm. Bar 228 opens daily from 2pm to 1am and takes reservations only from hotel guests. Dress is casual chic, with no shorts after 5pm; the printed last-order time, “00.30 pm”, remains ambiguous. The pastry boutique at 6 rue de Castiglione opens Wednesday–Sunday from noon until sold out, with no seating. Main menus include VAT and the 5% employee contribution, while the children’s menu excludes that contribution. These are the prices and hours read on 2 October 2026. The Chef’s Table lists lunch at €350 per person for 4 to 10 guests, booked at least 48 hours ahead with a bank guarantee. Dinner accommodates up to 8 guests. Initiation costs €575 and includes one glass of Dom Pérignon 2006 – Plénitude 2; Experience costs €925 and includes a Dom Pérignon Champagne pairing with the 2017, 2009 Rosé and 2006 – Plénitude 2 vintages; €575 per person is required in advance and cancellation within 48 hours is non-refundable.

An extra bed costs €105 from age 13, and younger children get a free extra bed or cot, according to the rooms page, edited by the hotel on 19 August 2026 and read on 15 October 2026; the chosen room’s occupancy limit still applies. Family Time, valid until 31 December 2026, includes breakfast, 2 guaranteed connecting rooms or a 2-bedroom suite, and 50% off the second room. Its terms, read on 15 October 2026, extend the second room and children’s breakfast to 2 children aged 18 and under (Family Time). When booking a suite, the connecting second unit is a room. Total nightly starting prices are €2,945 for 2 Deluxe Rooms, €3,115 for the Executive configuration and €5,075 for the Deluxe Suite configuration. Babysitting is listed, but the material read does not establish its current fees, timetable or minimum age.

The hotel welcomes up to 2 small dogs under 7 kg per room, at €40 a day to cover deep cleaning, with a bowl, bed and treats, according to the home page and the rooms page, read on 15 October 2026. Dogs are not allowed in Bar 228, Restaurant le Meurice Alain Ducasse or the spa; they are welcome in Le Dalí and the Galerie, on a lead or in a carrier in public areas. Assistance dogs are exempt from the supplement. The sources read do not establish an explicit current cat policy.

Parking during a stay is complimentary and Google Hotels lists free Wi-Fi. The current overview identifies 6 accessible suites, against 5 rooms in its indexed version. The accessibility page describes wheelchair access through public areas, lifts near accessible rooms, visible alarms and accessible bathrooms with roll-in showers, seats on request and grab handles. There are no parking spaces immediately outside the hotel; valet collection and return are available. These published features, read on 2 October 2026, are not assigned to every category. Parking capacity and an electric-car charging tariff remain unspecified.

3 adjoining salons occupy the ground floor. The 77m² Jeu de Paume holds 40 for a banquet, 50 for cocktails or theatre, 25 classroom, 24 boardroom and 20 U-shape. The 125m² Tuileries holds 80, 150, 120, 60, 28 and 25 in those layouts; the 140m² Pompadour holds 100, 170, 150, 70, 36 and 35. Pompadour’s description claims up to 390 across all 3 salons without specifying the combined layout. Imperial areas differ between descriptions and tables: 829/830, 1,346/1,350 and 1,507/1,500 square feet. Bookings of at least 25 room nights include one complimentary night per 25 occupied, 2 upgrades and welcome amenities. The pages read on 2 October 2026 establish no fixed venue-hire or wedding-package prices.

The official pages read on 2 October 2026 establish no dated annual closure schedule for the whole hotel. Alain Ducasse and the Chef’s Table list annual leave from 1–31 August; brunch lists a closure from 26 July to 5 September. The clauses do not give a year. For the 42 unpriced nights in the annual calendar, opening and availability remain unknown. The winter offer covers accommodation; restaurants keep their own schedules.

The 500 reviews read were updated between 25 June 2023 and 1 October 2026; those can be review edits rather than stay dates. Google displayed 4.5/5 from 2,109 ratings on 2 October 2026. Overnight accounts praise staff and concierge help, rooms and location. Dining visitors praise the setting, breakfast and pastries; their reviews keep returning to the queue at the pastry shop, the wait for a table, in some a table refused or a cool welcome at the entrance, and prices such as €95 for afternoon tea and €195 for Sunday brunch.

The festive accommodation offer covers 22 November 2026–8 January 2027, with €150 credit for restaurants or spa and breakfast excluded. Its excluded categories are avenue Montaigne suites, L’Appartement and the Royal Suite, none of which is a Le Meurice room; the city tax is €15.93 per person per night, the City of Paris rate for palaces, which stays the same from 1 January 2027 (read on 15 October 2026). The festive article read on 2 October 2026 covers 23 November 2025–3 January 2026; its indexed copy retains different dates from the same past season. The festive and dining pages read establish no menu, dinner price or entertainment programme dated 31 December 2026.