Private dinners for up to 35 guests, cocktail evenings for 50 and small gatherings in a suite for 10 can be booked at Le Grand Hôtel Cayré, a hotel of 123 bedrooms on boulevard Raspail in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. For a seminar, the hotel can put together a single proposal that pairs its bedrooms and dining with meeting space in partner venues nearby.
Seminars and company events
The hotel's website lists no meeting rooms of its own. Its offer for company groups rests on accommodation, dinners and evening events. For working sessions, it works with partner venues between 300 and 800 meters away: the Maison de l'Amérique Latine, the Maison des Polytechniciens in the Hôtel de Poulpry, the Maison de la Recherche, the Maison de la Chimie and Châteauform' City Les Jardins de Saint Dominique. A team can sleep and dine at the Cayré and hold its plenary a few minutes' walk away. Audio-visual setup, entertainment and a dedicated mixologist can be added to an evening on request.
Weddings and receptions
The website does not present the hotel as a wedding venue. The bar and the brasserie can host a private dinner, an engagement party or a birthday for a few dozen guests.
Rooms and capacities
Annette, the all-day brasserie, takes groups of up to 35. Officine Bac, a speakeasy-style cocktail bar, seats 35 or takes 50 in a mixed standing and seated format, by day or in the evening. The Suite Grand Hôtel Cayré hosts up to 10 people standing or seated, for a private meeting or a small gathering. Floor plans of Annette and Officine Bac are available from the hotel.
Accommodation
The hotel has 123 bedrooms, including two suites, which is enough to house a full delegation in the same building on the Left Bank.
Catering
Annette serves Parisian brasserie dishes with a selection of French wines. Officine Bac pours cocktails built on botanical ingredients. Both are run by the hotel, which plans menus and drinks for group bookings.
History and setting
The building is the historic Hotel Cayré, restored and reopened under the Miiro name. The German writer Annette Kolb lived at the original hotel for 17 years from 1944, and the brasserie carries her first name. The current interiors, inspired by the 1920s, were designed by the studio Michaelis Boyd. The hotel stands between boulevard Raspail and rue du Bac, a short walk from boulevard Saint-Germain, the Musée d'Orsay and the publishers, bookshops and galleries of the district.
Getting there
Rue du Bac metro station, on line 12, is a few steps away. Montparnasse station is a short taxi ride, and both Paris airports, Orly and Charles de Gaulle, can be reached by taxi or by RER from the city center.
