Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel — suites on Place de la Concorde, Paris, Paris

An eighteenth-century palace, recomposed for the way people travel now

La Suite selected the Hôtel de Crillon for one reason above all others: the suite portfolio is among the most architecturally coherent in Paris. This is not a hotel that added suites to an existing room count. The building, a neoclassical palace commissioned by Louis XV and overlooking Place de la Concorde since 1758, was conceived at a scale where suites are the natural unit of space. Everything here is proportioned accordingly.

The Crillon closed for four years and reopened in 2017 following a restoration led by interior designer Aline Asmar d'Amman, working alongside Tristan Auer and Karl Lagerfeld, who designed two suites shortly before his death. The brief was not to modernise the palace but to reveal it: to let the boiseries, the double-height ceilings, and the stone facades set the terms, then build a contemporary sensibility around them. The result is an interior that feels neither preserved nor reinvented, but genuinely inhabited. Rivolta Carmignani linens, Drouault pillows, marble bathrooms with underfloor heating, and walk-in rain showers exist alongside these bones without visual conflict.

The food and beverage program is unusually complete for a palace hotel, and it contributes directly to the experience of staying here. L'Écrin holds a Michelin star and operates as a proper gastronomic destination in its own right. Paul Pairet's Nonos counter brings a different register entirely, deli-style and deliberately informal, which gives guests a reason to move through the hotel rather than retreat to their floor. Jardin d'Hiver handles all-day dining with a lightness that larger palace restaurants rarely achieve. The bar Les Ambassadeurs, facing the square, is one of the most recognisable rooms in the capital.

The spa, centred on an indoor pool with a fireplace, holds its own within this context. It does not attempt to be a destination wellness facility. It is quiet, properly sized, and designed for guests whose primary reason for being here is the suite, not the treatment menu.

Place de la Concorde is not a neighbourhood in the conventional sense. It is a civic axis connecting the Tuileries to the Champs-Élysées, with the Orsay and the Louvre both within a short walk. The Crillon sits at its centre. For La Suite, the selection was straightforward: this is one of the small number of Paris addresses where the architecture, the suite collection, and the location form a single coherent argument rather than three separate selling points.

The essentials

Les suites

• Suite collection designed within a neoclassical palace at a scale where suites are the default unit of space
• Two suites designed by Karl Lagerfeld, among his final completed interior projects
• Restoration by Aline Asmar d'Amman with contributions from Tristan Auer
• All suites feature Rivolta Carmignani Italian linen and French Drouault pillows and duvets
• Marble bathrooms with underfloor heating, walk-in rain shower, and freestanding bath in each suite
• Bespoke toiletries and bathroom mirror with inset television throughout
• In-room check-in available across the collection
• Bluetooth sound system in every room
• Balconies available on select rooms and suites
• Concierge service included

Architecture & design

• Original palace commissioned by Louis XV, completed 1758
• Reopened 2017 following a four-year restoration
• Interior restoration led by Aline Asmar d'Amman
• Tristan Auer contributed to select interiors
• Karl Lagerfeld designed two suites
• Design approach: reveal the neoclassical architecture rather than modernise it
• Dominant materials: carved stone, original boiseries, marble, double-height plasterwork

Restaurant

• L'Écrin: one Michelin star, gastronomic, focused on subtlety of technique and wine pairing
• Nonos by Paul Pairet: deli counter format, seafood, charcuterie, smoked fish, and cheese
• Jardin d'Hiver: all-day dining, pastry-forward, suitable for families and informal meals
• Butterfly Pâtisserie: dedicated gourmet pastry space, cakes, seasonal desserts, and chocolates, designed as a jewellery atelier

Bar

• Les Ambassadeurs: faces directly onto Place de la Concorde
• Considered one of Paris's most iconic cocktail bars
• Quintessentially Parisian atmosphere within a formally proportioned eighteenth-century room

Spa & wellness

• Indoor swimming pool with atypical decoration and fireplace lounge area
• Spa with massage and beauty treatment menu
• Hairdresser on site
• Fitness centre

Location

• Place de la Concorde, 1st arrondissement, Paris
• Tuileries Garden: approximately 300 metres
• Champs-Élysées: approximately 300 metres
• Musée d'Orsay: approximately 1 kilometre
• Louvre Museum: approximately 1.5 kilometres
• Grands Magasins department stores: approximately 1.1 kilometres
• Paris Orly Airport: approximately 24 kilometres
• Airport shuttle available

Ideal for

• Romantic escapes
• Celebrations and milestone stays
• Cultural travel (Louvre, Orsay, Tuileries all within walking distance)
• Business travellers requiring a central, high-profile Paris address
• Families seeking palace-scale space and all-day dining
• Shopping (direct proximity to Faubourg Saint-Honoré and the Grands Magasins)

La Suite favorites

• Two suites personally designed by Karl Lagerfeld, among the last interiors he completed.
• L'Écrin holds one Michelin star, operating as a destination restaurant independent of the hotel's reputation.
• Les Ambassadeurs bar faces Place de la Concorde directly, one of the most architecturally significant rooms in which to have a drink in Paris.
• The palace has stood on Place de la Concorde since 1758, giving the suites a civic address that no new-build can replicate.
• Four-year restoration completed in 2017, led by Aline Asmar d'Amman, with the explicit brief of revealing rather than replacing the original architecture.
• Nonos by Paul Pairet brings one of Shanghai's most inventive culinary minds into the Crillon's daily rhythm, in deliberately informal format.