Le Bristol Paris
A grand Faubourg address with garden dining and ceremony
Le Bristol Paris is a luxury hotel in Paris, France holding 3 MICHELIN Keys; a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating for 2026; a place on The World's 50 Best Hotels (No. 29 in 2023, No. 40 in 2024, No. 19 in 2025); a La Liste rating of 99.0. It ranks 9.28 out of 10 on the finehotels.world prestige index, which is built only from public award data. Every award recorded here is published by the body that grants it, and this page links to the listing that evidences it.
Le Bristol Paris is a 189-room palace hotel in the Oetker Collection, opened in 1925. Its address at 112 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré places it in Paris’s 8th arrondissement, a short walk from the Élysée Palace, art galleries and luxury boutiques. The building retains the manners of a grand Parisian house: marble walls, painted ceilings, Aubusson tapestries, Limoges porcelain and an Art Deco elevator. Rooms and suites have been refreshed, while the public spaces keep their formal vocabulary, including Louis XVI furnishings, mirrors and tall French windows opening toward greenery.
Dining is a serious part of the proposition. Epicure holds three Michelin stars, and the hotel also makes room for outdoor dining around its formal garden and rooftop pool. Spa Le Bristol by La Mer is bright and garden-facing, with eight treatment rooms, including two duo suites. Its menu includes Tata Harper treatments alongside La Prairie offerings. Service is attentive in the old-school sense, with a concierge team that earns particular notice. Three MICHELIN Keys, a Forbes Travel Guide Five Star rating for 2026, and a 99.0 La Liste score confirm the address’s standing. Le Bristol suits travelers who want central Paris, polished ceremony and a hotel with enough architectural memory to reward staying in.
At a glance
- Three MICHELIN Keys
- Three Michelin star Epicure
- Eight room garden facing spa
- Rooftop pool with Paris views
- Marble and Aubusson interiors
How this hotel is scored
The prestige score is our own index, built from public award data: MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide star ratings, placement in the World's 50 Best Hotels across 2023, 2024 and 2025 weighted equally, and a minor sway from La Liste. It is not a paid placement and no hotel can buy its way up. Read the full method.
Questions people ask about Le Bristol Paris
Is Le Bristol Paris worth staying at?
By the public record it is one of the most decorated hotels in the world. It holds 3 MICHELIN Keys; a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating for 2026; a place on The World's 50 Best Hotels (No. 29 in 2023, No. 40 in 2024, No. 19 in 2025); a La Liste rating of 99.0. On our index that works out to a prestige score of 9.28 out of 10. In short: A grand Faubourg address with garden dining and ceremony. Whether that suits you depends on what you want from a stay, which is why the description on this page is written plainly rather than as marketing copy.
What awards has Le Bristol Paris won?
Le Bristol Paris in Paris, France holds 3 MICHELIN Keys; a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating for 2026; a place on The World's 50 Best Hotels (No. 29 in 2023, No. 40 in 2024, No. 19 in 2025); a La Liste rating of 99.0. Those come from the four independent systems finehotels.world tracks: the MICHELIN Guide hotel selection and its Keys, Forbes Travel Guide star ratings, The World's 50 Best Hotels, and La Liste. None of them can be bought, and neither can placement on this site.
How is the prestige score for Le Bristol Paris calculated?
The score is a point total built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. It has 189 rooms. The full formula is published on the methodology page, so the figure shown for Le Bristol Paris can be reproduced from the awards listed on this page.
How can the awards for Le Bristol Paris be checked?
Each award is published by the body that grants it, and this page links to the public listing that evidences the MICHELIN Keys award where one is held. MICHELIN, Forbes Travel Guide, The World's 50 Best Hotels and La Liste each remain the authority on their own award. finehotels.world is independent of all four, records what they publish, and does not review hotels itself.