Kimpton St Honoré Paris offers a pillarless ballroom, five meeting rooms and several lounges for company events, receptions and weddings, with rooms for up to 350 guests according to the hotel. The hotel stands on Boulevard des Capucines in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, a short walk from the Opéra Garnier, and has 149 bedrooms on site.
Seminars and company events
The main event space is Le Studio, a ballroom on the ground floor with a mezzanine above it. The main floor measures 15.6 by 17.4 meters with a ceiling height of 5.52 meters and about 244 square meters of floor. The hotel lists around 190 guests in theater layout and 250 for a standing cocktail on this floor. The mezzanine adds about 91 square meters and can be used alone or joined to the main floor, giving 335 square meters in total and a standing capacity of 330. The ballroom has its own reception area, a dedicated street entrance and an LED wall.
Five smaller rooms cover board meetings and workshops: La Fabrique, Le Lab, La Station, L'Atelier and L'Officine. La Fabrique and Le Lab can be combined. A dedicated meeting and event manager, audio-visual support and wireless internet throughout the hotel are listed among the services.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel presents the ballroom as a blank canvas for weddings, cocktail receptions, birthdays, anniversaries, holiday parties, photo shoots and press events. Round-table dinners for around 140 guests are shown in the capacity grid. Other settings include the Sequoia rooftop bar, the Montecito restaurant with its planted patio, a library room and the Honoré suite, which can serve as a private lounge.
Rooms and capacities
The hotel's grid covers the ballroom, the mezzanine, the five meeting rooms, the rooftop, the restaurant, the patio, the library and the spa and pool area. Capacities depend on layout: theater, classroom, cocktail, round tables, half-moon and U-shape are all tabulated. Ask the events team for the layout that matches your program.
Accommodation
The hotel has 149 bedrooms, including 26 suites, designed by interior designer Charles Zana in a restrained Art Deco style. A spa with an indoor heated swimming pool and a gym are on site, which suits residential seminars.
Catering
Catering is handled by the hotel's culinary team, with sample menus published for events and bespoke menus available. The Montecito restaurant serves Californian-inspired cuisine, and the Sequoia bar serves cocktails with a 360-degree view of the city.
History and setting
The façade dates from 1917 and belonged to the former Samaritaine de Luxe department store. It is a registered historic monument, and the hotel keeps its Art Nouveau character on the outside. The surroundings include the Opéra Garnier, the Faubourg Saint-Honoré and the Tuileries Gardens.
Getting there
The Opéra métro station (lines 3, 7 and 8) is a few minutes on foot. The hotel is in the 2nd arrondissement, in the middle of Paris, and the airports are reached by taxi, RER or direct bus. Guests arriving by train from Gare Saint-Lazare are about ten minutes away on foot.
