For the second hotel stay of my review trip to Bangkok, I spent a night at SAX Paris, Hilton LXR. I had a couple of nights in Paris, and wanted to check out a a couple of points hotels that have been on my radar (separately, I checked out Hotel du Louvre, Hyatt Unbound Collection).
Continue reading: Hilton LXR’s SAX Paris Hotel: Well Intentioned, But Not My Cup Of Tea
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Felt the same way about the hotel. We were lucky enough to have a better upgrade to a junior suite with a nice view. One type of the issues you mentioned, I hated the bathroom sinks. If you know, you know.
But, yes, the staff was great. Especially the duty manager and the GM. They ultimately made up for the shortcomings. Also, the Spa there is pretty nice!
@ Eddie -- Was saving that detail for the review! What were they thinking with the sinks?! Happy to hear you got a better upgrade, at least!
Looks overly styled masquerading for luxury with the individual tiles everywhere on the floor and the walls for the elevator. Plus harsh harsh lighting and what looks like a very tiny room. I spent 80K for a night at the Hilton Paris Opera a few years ago and think that would have been a much better deal than here...
LXR is a flop. Hilton can’t do luxury. They should focus on Hamptons and Spark’s.
Haha, I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the sinks in the review!
BTW, thanks for all of your great posts over the years! Have been following site for a long time. You and DoC are my daily go-to's. Keep up the great work.
Hilton is disappointing. Invariably their hotels at every level are more poorly reviewed than their competition. Their redemptions are expensive (though, to be fair, I haven't compared them to Marriott, IHG, etc.).
@ Eddie -- Thank you so much for reading, that's very kind, and I appreciate it! 🙂
@ Oskiboski -- While I think the Waldorf Astoria brand is developing pretty well competitively, I agree with you that LXR seems to be a bit of a flop. It doesn't seem like Hilton has much of a strategy with it, and while some individual properties might be nice, I don't have faith in the brand overall.
I really is it may not be a Hilton but bookable through Hilton so I assume it counts. I stayed a couple of weeks ago at La Narcisse Blanc (an SLH property) on a FNC and loved it. Around 700 Euro or 120,000 so a great choice for a Hilton certificate.
Maybe just me but I do consider the SLH Hilton properties in Paris to be luxury hotels (although smaller boutique hotels) including this one. I highly recommend it.
On a recent trip to Paris with Hilton certs to burn I debated between this and Le Narcisse Blanc. Very happy to have gone with Le Narcisse Blanc. The room was tiny, but everything was so well thought out, there was a tiny balcony with flowers and a view of the quiet street. The color scheme of the hotel featured a lot of white, so everything felt airy despite the objectively small size of the space.
We went up to check out the rooftop view and bar of the SAX, and were so happy to not be staying there. Super dark and a weird vibe.
Almost booked the SAX Paris because I wanted a property with a pool during the hot August month, but can't imagine using that tiny pool next to courtyard diners. Seems like it was built for Instagram photos instead of actual use. Booked le Narcisse Blanc instead and very happy with it.
I miss DCS. I’m sad his alternate reality never became real. Real life is just sadder. Hilton fantasy perfection sounds amazing by contrast.
The lobby checkerboard floor tiles combined with the Calcutta Marquis marble front desk is a psychedelic combination only the Mad Hatter could design. With Ben, not my cup of tea either.
We were at this hotel last week and they upgraded us to a 37 square meter prestige, accessible, room and it came with so many mirrors everywhere, you couldn't watch the TV (mounted behind a mirror) without seeing reflections of everything all the time.
We also noticed some of the room components are already broken (the blinds didn't work properly) and other places showed more wear and tear you'd expect from a place that just opened.
The shower was unusual but it did a great job of being accessible so we just assumed that was the reason it was designed like that. The sinks, not so much, like other commenters said.
They comped us valet parking and had very nice amenities for the pet we had with us. The rooftop was closed for repairs (again, why is this new hotel already seeming to fall apart?) but the restaurant and gym were nice.
Was it a good use of free night certificate? I think it was for our needs. Would we return? Probably not.
Aren’t using mirrors in that way a design technique/trick to try and make a room look bigger than it is?
Also debated between the two and also chose Le Narcisse Blanc! Glad we both chose correctly =)
I stayed there recently and overall I enjoyed my time there but I have to admit, the design is definitely a bit odd.
What bothered me most was the artificial scent in the lobby. It smelled like a super strong cleaning fragrance on overdrive.
And something else that surprised me: the Kinugawa restaurant isn’t actually part of the hotel. So you can’t use your stay credit there if you booked through FHR. Pretty strange especially since that’s where they serve breakfast. But yep you can't charge anything to the room there.
So far I haven't found any LXR location compelling enough a choice to be worth the cost/points, so haven't been in one yet.
Also Ben, "old" and grouchy? Aren't you like 32?? Many years left to expand into properly old and properly grouchy!