That evening, neither the jazzy singer nor the fifty or so guests excited at the prospect of discovering the Royal's bubbles disturbed the conversation between the Court Marshal, Sasha Baillie, and the President of the Grand Duke's Administration des biens, Norbert Becker, seated in a corner between the cigar lounge and the terrace. The years go by, the sovereigns change, but Le Royal remains Le Royal. The place where business is done or undone.
A living institution that takes an elegant breath of fresh air this year with its five bubbles that can accommodate guests for drinks or dinner. While a few hundred metres away, the Town has chosen a giant chalet for Place Guillaume, Le Royal has put its own away to virtually transport its customers to Megève... if only the snow will complete the experience.
Chef Paul Fourier delights the taste buds
Four bubbles for a drink, for two, four or six. A dining bubble, a stone's throw from the restaurant, can accommodate up to eight people. The place doesn't need champagne to make the eyes sparkle, but champagne can flow freely, unless visitors prefer to indulge in Winter Warmers, Hot Coco Glam or Edward I, or Winter Coolers, from Beachcomber or Sire de Giac, via Messaline or Golden Fleece. Or to anything the bar can already offer its discerning guests, of course. To be consumed in moderation, obviously.
And the chef, Paul Fourier, wasn't going to let the opportunity to treat the taste buds pass him by. "Paul's foie gras", served generously with bread - from the Ardennes, of course - and its gourmet chutney rivals very well with the tasting of smoked salmon with lemon, sour cream with chives, with the Gillardeau n°3 hollow oysters and their pipette of Laphroaig, ten years old - for peated whisky lovers who could just as easily pair the wild Highland nectar with a tasting plate of Coeur de meule cheeses - or with Sturia caviar, served with blinis and sour cream.
After opening its bar earlier in the morning in a "coworking+++" mode and adding all-day snacking options, the hotel is continuing its facelift. "Le Royal. A matter of course", says a flyer left over there. Le Royal, an "évidanse", that evening.
