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Chouchou Hotel Bar & Bains
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Here we pamper you. We feast, we raise our glasses, we sing, chitchat, misbehave, behave, relax…we live and celebrate life. We live ordinary moments with exceptional people and exceptional moment with ordinary people. We gather and collect moments to share where the real added value is creativity. We faith wealth is not about gathering material goods, but about those sweet little moment that life has to offer. We faith Globalization has increased the desire of simplicity & the regain of the past days against uniformity. We are a Confederating, a food court, a French « Bar Guinguette », an open concert stage, private whirlpools, a HOTEL.
Chouchou is much more than a four-star hotel. It’s a new Mecca for bon vivants, with 63 bedrooms – including three suites – in the Opéra district, between the Grands Magasins and the Grands Boulevards.
Enter a guinguette bar and a food market that offers products from the seas (La Mer à Boire) and dry land (La Grande Bouffe): an exclusively French menu with fresh products straight from producers. A stage for live performances adds zest to the place from Thursday to Sunday with its artistic program. Among Djs, Live Bands, Cabaret Shows, karaoke & Stand-Up Comedies.
A backstage area with three rooms that can be privatized is available for events of all sizes with a customizable layout that can host up to forty people seated.
Lastly, in the basement, Chouchou offers three “Bains” for privatization for its hotel guests and external clients, exclusively via reservation. 3 different atmospheres for different celebrations!
AN INFORMAL FRENCH POP CULTURE EXPERIENCE
Enjoy the contemporary decor of a guinguette bar for toasting ordinary moments with extraordinary people and extraordinary moments with ordinary people.
Generous, high-quality French ingredients at prices for all. Open spaces conducive to sharing, discovery and encounters.
A central performance stage with gigs from Thursday to Sunday evenings for you to discover bud- ding artists: talents forming part of our pop culture.
Enjoy their performances as you lean against the bar, sharing the food market’s delights with our darlings and clinking cocktails from a menu that brings French tipples from yesteryear back to life.
A TWO-STAND MARKET OFFERING PRODUCE FROM THE SEAS AND DRY LAND, TO BE ENJOYED ON SITE OR TAKEN AWAY – THE CHOUCHOU MARKET: LA MER À BOIRE AND LA GRANDE BOUFFE
In a food-market spirit, you can help yourself at stands offering a range of salty dishes straight from Bretagne, including oysters, a main feature in La Mer à Boire.
Opposite, La Grande Bouffe and its produce from dry land restyle – according to the seasons or desires – the famous sausage galette for sharing among friends. Our produce is hand-picked with care and a big appetite as we seek to unearth, promote, and share gems from our regions.
In every case, local distribution networks are used, as are seasonal produce and simple recipes to be savored or devoured at lunchtime or in the evening on one of the large wooden tables in an atmosphere of camaraderie.
AN UNOBTRUSIVE HOTEL SHOWCASING FRENCH CRAFTSMANSHIP
In the hotel, you reach the lobby by walking through a passage of mirrors with countless light bulbs where you are endlessly projected. The reception is informal and unfussy, in line with a desire to be more human, more authentic.
A haberdashery store resembling a Parisian bric-a-brac shop offers a range of items from small French brands, giving guests the chance to take a souvenir back for their loved ones.
In the sixty bedrooms, classic Parisian apartment features can be found: moldings, herringbone parquet flooring, velvet, cabochon and checked tiling in the bathroom, all given an extra edge with stylish decorations such as a canopy-like garland chandelier. A striped sailor-jersey duvet cover is the room’s hallmark.
Just beneath the hotel’s rooftops are three suites (39–56m2) with a view of the Opéra Garnier’s angel. These three suites draw inspiration from our dearest pop icons: Piaf, Vian and Gainsbourg. An artistic, inspirational world is emphasized with vinyl players and a selection of records.
PRIVATISED “BAINS” FOR PAMPERING
Three BAINS, three atmospheres. Our three pools can be rented by the hour for pampering in soft touch decor that’s been given a subversive twist with 1970s furniture in a nod to Paris from this decade.
A CONCEPT BY ELEGANCIA, ARTEFAK AND MICHAEL MALAPERT
About Elegancia:
Elegancia specializes in Parisian hotel design and management.
To date, the firm has twenty hotels under its belt and is still developing, always with the same passion: creating hotels and living places as part of a contemporary culture. For Elegancia, the hotel business is the art of hosting, the art of detail, the art of designing spaces imagined for users. It is the art of bringing places to life.
About Artefak:
Vincent Bastie and his team of enthusiasts have been working for the Parisian hotel sector for over twenty years. They are the minds behind multiple hotels, including some of the French capital’s boldest.
About Maison Malapert:
Michael Malapert is an interior designer of his time. His hallmark: a comprehensive approach to space. His conviction and inspiration lie beyond practical use: he brings out a place’s extra dimension to enjoy, freeing its energy with layouts anyone can make their own.