Grands Boulevards Experimental
Revolutionary-era romance meets downtown cool. Think Experimental Group DNA: cocktail culture, considered design, and a social scene that punches well above the hotel's 50-room scale. Not a grand palace hotel — this is Paris for people who know where to drink.
Request a courtyard-facing room — quieter and you get the balcony experience with morning coffee over the glass-roofed restaurant below
Why It Matters
Winner of the One Michelin Key 2024. Part of the Experimental Group — the team that brought cocktail bar culture to Paris with the Experimental Cocktail Club. The building is one of only two structures along the boulevard set back from the street, making it genuinely quiet despite its central location. The rooftop bar (The Shed) and seasonal cocktail den (The Shell) are destinations in their own right.
A 50-room boutique hotel from the Experimental Group, tucked behind a concealed passageway off one of Paris's busiest boulevards. The building dates to just before the French Revolution — it stood on the foundations of a secret garden, became bourgeois apartments, then a cinema in the 1920s, and opened as a hotel in January 2018. Designer Dorothée Meilichzon has layered the interiors with canopy beds, lime-plastered walls, scallop motifs, and aged bronze sconces. The result sits somewhere between aristocratic Paris and a very chic provincial farmhouse.
Where You'll Stay
8 room types available
Grand Boulevard
The hotel's flagship room at 32sqm — roomy by Parisian boutique hotel standards. King bed, sofa, full bathroom with bath or shower, and boulevard views. Large tiled bathrooms with twin sinks. The handmade beds, a calling card of the Experimental Group, are at their most impressive here.
King · 32 sqm
Parisian Eaves
23sqm on the top floor, tucked under the Parisian roofline. King bed, a bath for two or a large shower, and views of either the courtyard or the boulevard. The serenity of being at the top of the building with roof terrace access just above makes this a genuine upgrade.
King · 23 sqmPetit Boulevard
The entry-level room for two. 15sqm is genuinely cozy, but the four-poster Queen bed, coloured bathroom, and courtyard outlook make it feel curated rather than cramped. Bathrooms come in sky blue, pink, or pale green.
Queen · 15 sqmPetit Boulevard Balcony
14sqm with a private balcony overlooking the courtyard — the best way to have morning coffee while watching the glass-roofed restaurant below come to life. Queen bed, shower bathroom, natural daylight.
Queen · 14 sqmPetit Boulevard Single
Paris's answer to the perfectly sized solo bolthole. 13sqm with a Queen bed, courtyard view, and a full shower bathroom in sky blue, pink, or pale green. Four-poster bed adds a bit of grandeur to the snug footprint.
Queen · 13 sqmSaint Fiacre
Step up in size and bed at 18sqm. A King bed and shower bathroom, with the choice of courtyard or boulevard outlook. Comfortable and well-proportioned for a historic Parisian building.
King · 18 sqmSaint Fiacre Balcony
18sqm with a King bed plus a private balcony over the courtyard or a terrace facing the boulevard. The terrace-boulevard variant is larger in feel; the courtyard balcony is quieter. Both have shower bathrooms.
King · 18 sqmUzès
21sqm with a King bed and the choice of bath or large shower — the bath option is worth choosing if you're after the full Parisian retreat. Boulevard views. This is the room Mr & Mrs Smith reviewers loved for its macaron-hued palette and scalloped curtains.
King · 21 sqmThe Property
Eat & Drink
3 venues on property
Restaurant
On Property
How you'll actually spend your days.
Experimental Group cocktails crafted by the team behind the Experimental Cocktail Club. The Shell runs intimate winter sessions in its Marie Antoinette-inspired room; The Shed does rooftop drinks year-round from 5pm with city views.
Hotel is well-positioned for self-guided walks through Paris's covered passages (Passage Jouffroy, Passage des Panoramas), the historic Bourse district, Faubourg Montmartre theaters, and the Art Deco Le Grand Rex cinema next door. Concierge provides local recommendations.
The restaurant and courtyard can be fully privatized for private dinners, birthday parties, and celebrations. The rooftop Shed also caters for birthday parties and private groups.
A weekly event-style brunch under the glass roof. Pastries, gravlax, beef tataki, pancakes, avocado toast, eggs to order, granola bowls. €45 per person, every Sunday noon–2:30pm.
Amenities & Practical Info
The details that matter for planning.
One private meeting room available for hire. Private event bookings also available for the restaurant.
Minibars stocked with bottled cocktails curated by the Experimental Cocktail Club, plus standard minibar items.
Each room has its own espresso machine.
Landscaped internal courtyard at the heart of the restaurant, with a retractable glass roof that opens in warm weather.
Open-air rooftop bar with panoramic views of Parisian rooftops. Open year-round from 5pm.
Turndown service with petit fours placed pillow-side each evening.
Hotel holds a third-party sustainability certification.
The hotel does not offer on-site parking.
Round-trip airport shuttle available at surcharge (€70 per vehicle).
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