Palaces and grand hotels
Hotels
A great hotel is judged at four in the afternoon. The salon, the tiers, the scone, the tart that looks like a jewel: these houses treat pastry as a first language, not a dessert course.
HotelParis · Place Vendôme
Ritz Paris
The madeleine hotel
HotelParis · Rue de Rivoli
Le Meurice
Where the fruit is sculpted
HotelParis · Avenue Montaigne
Hôtel Plaza Athénée
Red awnings, gold pastry
HotelParis · Avenue George V
Four Seasons Hotel George V
Flowers and vanilla
HotelParis · Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Le Bristol Paris
The garden palace
HotelNewParis · La Samaritaine, Pont-Neuf
Cheval Blanc Paris
Pastry on the Seine
HotelParis · Avenue Kléber
The Peninsula Paris
The Lobby comes to Paris
HotelParis · Place de la Concorde
Hôtel de Crillon
Concorde and caramel
HotelIconLondon · Piccadilly
The Ritz London
The Palm Court
HotelIconLondon · Mayfair
Claridge’s
The Foyer at four
HotelIconLondon · The Strand
The Savoy
Tea under the gazebo
HotelIconLondon · Knightsbridge
The Berkeley
Fashion you can eat
HotelIconLondon · Park Lane
The Dorchester
The Promenade
HotelIconLondon · Holborn
Rosewood London
The Art Afternoon Tea
HotelIconLondon · Knightsbridge
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
The Rosebery
HotelIconLondon · Mayfair
The Connaught
The patisserie on Mount Street
HotelMonaco · Place du Casino
Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo
The Riviera’s palace
HotelMonaco · Square Beaumarchais
Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo
Under the Eiffel dome
HotelMonaco · Avenue de la Madone
Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo
The Riviera’s afternoon tea
HotelIconDubai · Jumeirah
Burj Al Arab Jumeirah
Tea in the sail
HotelDubai · Jumeirah Beach Road
Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach
The Shai Salon
HotelNewDubai · Jumeira Bay
Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai
The Cake Shop on the coast
HotelBoutiqueMallorca · Palma old town
Sant Francesc Hotel Singular
A palace in the old town
HotelIconMallorca · Deià
Belmond La Residencia
Deià in the afternoon
HotelIconMallorca · Son Vida
Castillo Hotel Son Vida
The castle above Palma
HotelIconZurich · Talstrasse, the lake
Baur au Lac
Tea in the park
HotelIconZurich · Dolder, above the city
The Dolder Grand
Art and sugar above the city
HotelNewZurich · Paradeplatz
Mandarin Oriental Savoy, Zurich
The oldest grand hotel, renewed
HotelIconNew York · Fifth Avenue, Central Park South
The Plaza
The Palm Court
HotelIconNew York · Midtown, West 53rd Street
Baccarat Hotel New York
Tea by crystal light
HotelIconNew York · Fifth Avenue, East 55th Street
The St. Regis New York
Astor Court
HotelIconNew York · Fifth Avenue, West 55th Street
The Peninsula New York
The Gotham Lounge
HotelIconTokyo · Marunouchi
Palace Hotel Tokyo
Tea over the moat
HotelIconTokyo · Nihonbashi
Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo
The Gourmet Shop
HotelIconTokyo · Marunouchi, Hibiya
The Peninsula Tokyo
The Lobby, Tokyo edition
HotelIconTokyo · Hibiya
Imperial Hotel Tokyo
Gargantua since the Meiji era
HotelIconVienna · Philharmonikerstrasse, behind the Opera
Hotel Sacher Wien
The Original Sacher-Torte
HotelIconVienna · Kärntner Ring
Hotel Imperial
The Imperial Torte
HotelIconMunich · Promenadeplatz
Hotel Bayerischer Hof
Munich’s grand house
HotelNewMunich · Kardinal-Faulhaber-Strasse
Rosewood Munich
Tea in the old state bank
HotelIconHong Kong · Tsim Sha Tsui, Salisbury Road
The Peninsula Hong Kong
The Lobby since 1928
HotelIconHong Kong · Central
Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
The Mandarin Cake Shop
HotelNewHong Kong · Tsim Sha Tsui, Victoria Dockside
Rosewood Hong Kong
Butterfly
HotelIconSingapore · Beach Road
Raffles Singapore
The Tiffin Room
HotelIconSingapore · Fullerton Square, the river
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
Tea in the post office
HotelIconSingapore · Sentosa
Capella Singapore
Tea among the peacocks
Counters inside the palaces
Hotel Patisseries
You do not need a room key. The finest hotel kitchens now open a door to the street, and behind it stand the same cakes that go up to the suites.
Hotel patisserieParis · Place Vendôme
Le Comptoir, Ritz Paris
The Ritz, boxed
Hotel patisserieParis · Le Meurice
La Pâtisserie du Meurice par Cédric Grolet
The counter with the queue
Hotel patisserieParis · La Samaritaine, Pont-Neuf
Limbar, Cheval Blanc Paris
A café on the quay
Hotel patisserieLondon · Knightsbridge
Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley
The fruit lands in Knightsbridge
Hotel patisserieLondon · Mayfair
The Connaught Patisserie
Pastel on Mount Street
Hotel patisserieLondon · Park Lane
The Dorchester Cake & Flowers
Cakes by the entrance