Hotel Experience Guide WINTER 2023-24
Hotel Experience Guide
WINTER 2023-24
INDEX
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GB ROOF GARDEN RESTAURANT & BAR
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AFTERNOON TEA AT THE WINTER GARDEN
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WEEKENDS AT THE WINTER GARDEN
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JAZZY WEDNESDAYS
10-11
OPERA NIGHTS AT THE WINTER GARDEN
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ALEXANDER’S BAR
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ALEXANDER’S CIGAR LOUNGE
16-17
TUDOR HALL RESTAURANT
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FESTIVE SEASON AT THE HOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE
20-21
GB CORNER GIFTS & FLAVORS
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GB SPA
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GB ROOF GARDEN RESTAURANT & BAR
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he GB Roof Garden Restaurant & Bar is located on the 8th floor of the Hotel Grande Bretagne. The generous space that unfolds before your eyes captivates the senses and arouses the desires at first sight. The Acropolis and the Parthenon, as well as Lycabettus hill and the Greek Parliament building at Syntagma Square, are located just one breath away and can be admired from every corner. The menu, which is inspired by the modern Mediterranean cuisine, presents dishes that unfold the creative imagination and rich experience of the awarded Executive Chef, Asterios Koustoudis, along with the Chef de Cuisine, Nikos Liokas, and their dynamic team. Featuring intense and genuine taste, dishes are being created utilizing fresh, seasonal and high quality ingredients with emphasis on organic locally sourced products of small producers, following sustainable standards.
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As for the sweet epilogue, the talented Pastry Chef Alexandros Koufas introduces a tempting dessert menu, while also composing his own imaginative desserts for the restaurant’s degustation menu. The restaurant’s menu is accompanied by a multi-awarded wine list with Greek and
international vineyards, curated by the Hotel Grande Bretagne’s Head Sommelier, Evangelos Psofidis. Restaurant Operation Hours: Breakfast: 06:30 - 11:00 Lunch: 13:00 - 17:00 Dinner: 17:00 - 02:00 (The kitchen closes at 00:15) Telephone: +30 210 3330 766 www.gbroofgarden.gr
Savor Exquisite Mediterranean Cuisine
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AFTERNOON TEA AT THE WINTER GARDEN CITY LOUNGE
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he renowned Afternoon Tea of the Winter Garden holds its own part of the hotel’s history as a ritual not to be missed. A custom carried from India to Britain in the early 17th century with the 1,500 different kinds of tea, proves the dedication of the English and its intrinsic presence in British culture. Since its inception, the Winter Garden tea serving became a landmark among tea consumers and connoisseurs. Perceived as the most opulent tea experience, unparalleled taste of irresistible savory and sweets awaits you daily in a dazzling ambience.
The most opulent tea experience
Operation Hours: The Winter Garden City Lounge Daily, 08:00 – 00:00 Afternoon Tea Daily, 12:00 – 20:00 Telephone: +30 210 3330 748 www.gbroofgarden.gr
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WEEKENDS AT THE WINTER GARDEN CITY LOUNGE
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he historic Hotel Grande Bretagne creates a flavorful journey through its elegant brunch at the Winter Garden. Every weekend, the Executive Chef Asterios Koustoudis and his talented team, curate a menu filled with sweet and savory delicacies and, under the sounds of soothing music, create the most ideal atmosphere for an experience not to be missed. The culinary palette includes mouthwatering delights with selected ingredients, such as organic free range eggs and garden-fresh fruit and vegetables.
An elegant brunch menu experience
Homemade marmalade will excellently accompany a freshly baked croissant while savoring a cup of coffee, tea or a glass of energy juice. For the sweetest epilogue, the opulent selection of desserts will perfectly seal your very own “Weekends at the Winter Garden” experience.
Operation Hours: Saturday - Sunday, 11:00 – 14:00 Telephone: +30 210 3330 748 www.gbroofgarden.gr
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JAZZY NIGHTS AT THE WINTER GARDEN CITY LOUNGE
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very Wednesday enjoy live Jazz performances within the warm and inviting ambiance of the Winter Garden and immerse yourself in the timeless atmosphere of vivacious jazz tunes. Genuinely originated by New Orleans, United States, it now journeys all the way through continents allowing us to journey ourselves at the Winter Garden through captivating performances from a trio combination consisting of piano, double bass and trumpet. Listen to fusions of various local and international styles of jazz creating the perfect musical backdrop for your evening. Wednesdays dress-up their Jazzy attire and welcome you to the city’s most elegant and enchanting refuge; the Winter Garden City Lounge.
Operation Hours: Wednesday, 19:30 – 22:30 Telephone: +30 210 3330748 www.gbroofgarden.gr
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Wednesdays dress up their Jazzy attire
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OPERA NIGHTS AT THE WINTER GARDEN CITY LOUNGE
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he elegant ambiance of the Winter Garden embraces the fine sounds of Opera and welcomes some of its most renowned repertoires every Thursday. Gracefully aligned with the fine essence of the historic Hotel Grande Bretagne and the enchanting environment of the hotel’s city lounge, the “Opera Nights at the Winter Garden” debut with a duet of a soprano and a tenor. Elevate your evening with the curated selection of exquisite drinks and a fine menu accompanied by the greatest opera arias.
Thursdays dress-up their Opera and Festive attire and welcome you to the city’s most elegant and enchanting refuge; the Winter Garden City Lounge.
Operation Hours: Thursday, 19:30 – 22:30 Telephone: +30 210 3330748 www.gbroofgarden.gr
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The fine sounds of Opera in the most elegant ambience
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ALEXANDER’S BAR
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lexander’s Bar, voted best hotel bar in the world by Forbes magazine, is the ideal choice to savor a cocktail, an impressive variety of brandies or selected cognac. One cannot help but gaze in fascination at the authentic 18th-century tapestry, featuring a victorious Alexander the Great, the centerpiece of the hotel’s collection of art works. The equally impressive drinks menu includes such connoisseur choices of the famous extra rare single malt Macallan series of 1937, 1940, 1946, 1952, 1969, 1973, and the astonishing Luis XIII Black Perl edition. Alexander’s Bar signature mixed drink—the Mandarin Napoleon Select—also deserves consideration for its surprising blend of Dubonnet Rouge, Grand Marnier, gin, and fragrant essential oil of Sicilian tangerines.
Voted best hotel bar in the world
Operation Hours: Daily, 11:00 – 00:00 Telephone: +30 210 3330787 www.gbroofgarden.gr
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ALEXANDER’S CIGAR LOUNGE
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xperience a unique ritual within the colonial ambiance of Alexander’s Lounge, on the first floor of the Hotel Grande Bretagne, and enjoy discrete cigar labels and exceptional spirits. Call upon our cigar experts to assist you select the one that best fits your personal taste, either to savor on the spot or to take with you. The cigars collection consists of iconic Cuban brand names of unique taste and enriched aroma with various kinds and different sizes. The tobacco blend is exceptional and all of the cigars are “hecho a mano”, which means handmade.
Relish the high-level service that not only offers the cutting and lighting of cigars, but also matches them with drinks. Choose an Armagnac or a Calvados, an exquisitely tasting Brandy or savor one of the special whiskies from our list.
Aromas and flavors journey you around the world! Operation Hours: Daily, 11:00 – 02:00 Telephone: +30 210 3330141 www.gbroofgarden.gr
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TUDOR HALL RESTAURANT
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n the seventh floor of the King George Hotel, the Tudor Hall, a Michelinstarred restaurant, overlooking the fabled Acropolis and the regal Syntagma Square welcomes you in an environment of elegance and comfort. Savor imaginative dishes curated by the talented Chef de Cuisine Nikos Livadias, who unfolds his passion for contemporary cuisine through an inspired menu, complementing the dynamic culinary brigade of Executive Chef, Asterios Koustoudis. The menu philosophy combines local products and modern cooking styles from all over the world focusing on excellent raw materials and spotlighting their quality and flavors. To seal a perfect meal, the finest dessert selection by our talented Pastry Chef, Alexandros Koufas will satisfy everything a sweet tooth could desire.
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For the wine connoisseurs, Head Sommelier, Evangelos Psofidis recommends exquisite wine pairings and curates the restaurant’s awarded Greek and International wine list.
Operation Hours: Breakfast & Coffee: 06:30 - 13:30 (for in-house guests) Dinner: 18:00 - 02:00 (Kitchen close at 23:15 ) Tudor Hall Bar Lounge: 17:00 - 02:00 Telephone: +30 210 3330 265 www.tudorhall.gr
Contemporary cuisine, overlooking the fabled Acropolis
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FESTIVE SEASON AT THE HOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE
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very year Hotel Grande Bretagne invites its valued guests to live and spread the Christmas spirit! During the festive season, timeless crystal ornaments adorn every space within and around the hotel, giving an ambience of magic. The impressive Christmas tree stands shiny in the lobby and welcomes guests to the historic hotel and the most wonderful time of the year! Special menus in our Restaurants and Bars for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, as well as New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, Christmas delights and festive music mingled with unparalleled views of Europe’s oldest capital and a glittering backdrop, make Hotel Grande Bretagne the place to be and celebrate during the Christmas season!
Telephone: +30 210 3330000 www.grandebretagne.gr
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Live and feel the Christmas spirit!
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GB CORNER GIFTS & FLAVORS
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he most renowned ‘corner of Athens’ invites you to a world filled with authentic gifts and indigenous delicacies by our talented Pastry Chef Alexandros Koufas and his team. Visit the GB Corner Gifts & Flavors and select among a wide variety of gifts for you and your loved ones such as the travel bag, available in three wonderful color combinations, the velvet pillows, fitting in any contemporary or classical decoration and the Teddy Doorman, a nice gift for all ages. Do not miss to explore a selection of Christmas products, perfect for your gifts to your loved ones, as well as a range of products created by celebrated Greek brands such as Zeus+Dione, a modern yet timeless premium brand suitable for any occasion.
Treat your beloved ones to a special gift
Discover the wide range of products through our online store. Operation Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11:00-20:00
Telephone: +30 210 3330750
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GB SPA
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t the heart of the historic Hotel Grande Bretagne, the multi-awarded GB Spa welcomes our valued guests with a fresh innovative approach to total wellbeing. From ancient holistic rituals to the finest modern skin care, every treatment and personalized regimen promises to indulge, soothe, and rejuvenate. Escape to the GB Spa Athens for a signature massage and beauty treatment. Unwind with an exclusive range of purifying and rejuvenating signature treatments specially designed for the GB Spa.
Enjoy a nourishing Swedish massage, revitalize your body with a yoghurt, honey and sugar wrap, indulge with our hero treatment and add some extra glow to your face with a luxury facial.
A multi-awarded Spa in the heart of Athens
Operation Hours: Daily,09:00 - 21:00
Telephone: +30 210 3330799 www.gbspa.gr
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GB SPA
Hair Spa Salon Elevating the beauty salon experience to new heights, the Hair Spa Salon offers a unique selection of hair treatments, manicure and pedicure services as well as make up services for special occasions that will make you sparkle. Relax in an environment drenched with timeless luxury and style as our professional hair stylists and make-up artists work their magic with selected high-quality care products. Operation Hours: Hair & Barber Services Daily, 11:00 - 19:00 Manicure - Pedicure Services Daily, 11:00 - 19:00 Telephone: +30 210 3330799 www.gbspa.gr
Fitness Studio Keep your workout routine on track at our Fitness Studio, operating 24/7 for hotel guests. Our state-of-the-art fitness facility offers a variety of opportunities for an invigorating exercise session. Located on the lower level of the hotel at the GB Spa, it features an extensive range of Life Fitness® cardio and resistance equipment fitted with flat-screen televisions. Complimentary access is offered to hotel guests. Operation Hours: 24/7
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An innovative approach to total wellbeing
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