Top 10 tastiest hotels
Fancy a glam gourmet getaway? Mr Mrs Smith rounds up the tastiest boutique hotels worldwide for top tucker and cool cocktails. Forget going out to eat book a bed, or just a table, in these ravishing retreats with ace restaurants and bars attached, and you'll never want to leave. Make ours a double…
Bangkok: The Metropolitan Bangkok
Famous for its celeb-packed, sleek-surfaced Met bar, exclusive to guests or members, the Metropolitan is one of the chic-est places in Bangkok to knock back a martini crafted by trained mixologists while soaking up clubby tunes. Sister to the London hotel of the same name, this dreamy designer retreat also boasts an appealing organic restaurant, Glow, on the first floor, ideal for a healthy breakfast. But the big news is the transformation of former restaurant Cy'an, which closed in April and is slated to relaunch around mid-June as Thai fine dining restaurant Nahm under renowned Australian chef David Thompson. Take a date, or just treat yourself.
Grab a catamaran up the Derwent River from Hobart to arrive in style at this Tasmanian treat, which will appeal to modern design, architecture and art fans as well as foodies. Once you've dropped your bags off at one of the eight ultra-contemporary apartment-style pavilions, perched over the water, settle in at airy glass-walled restaurant The Source (open for lunch daily and dinner Friday and Saturday nights). Chef Philippe Leban whips up delicious French-influenced Mod Oz dishes including mouth-watering local scallops, lobster and trevalla, served with own-label wines from on-site winery, Moorilla. Then enjoy a free wine tasting at the cellar door, where you can also sample Moo Brew beers from the microbrewery. Fridays from 5pm are brewery nights. Quaff the cool stuff on the terrace while toasting river views.
You're here to scope out the famous Angkor Wat temples just outside town, but no stay at this contemporary Cambodian design hotel in central Siem wow gold Reap is complete without snaffling a table at its respected restaurant Meric. In fact, make it a dining swing, one of the romantic suspended seats flanking the illuminated inner courtyard and its beautiful old Boddhi tree. French chef Joannes Riviere has revived the lost art of Khmer cooking, mixing it up with Gallic-influenced fare. Order the daily-changing, seasonal tasting menu, then sip a cocktail in the Arts Lounge Bar which doubles as an exhibition and party space.
If name-dropping were a crime, this intimate hotel would be in trouble, with its classic building by architect John Nash, styling by fashion designer Russell Sage and restaurant run by top Brit chef Angela Hartnett under the culinary captaincy of Gorden Ramsay. Choose between the bar, the airy ground-floor dining room and the sultry, ruby-red basement opposite the open-plan kitchen. Then order hearty traditional English fare such as braised shoulder of beef with crushed turnip and red wine jus, or Bakewell tart with clotted cream. If you're planning a picnic at nearby Regent's Park (home to London Zoo), pick up a hamper at hotel deli Nonna's, which also offers pizza prepped in its wood-burning oven, cakes, pastries and a pantry stocked with yummy, artisanal foods and wine. Angela runs cookery classes on selected Saturdays for honing your own kitchen skills.
Hawke's Bay: The Farm at Cape Kidnappers
Life on the farm never felt so luxe. This modern-rustic cliffside getaway is set on a 6,000-acre sheep and cattle farm on the east coast of NZ's North Island, where animals graze as you tee off on the famous golf course. But there's also hearty lamb on the plates of its smart dining room too, which works a black and white theme (we love the oversized fork and spoon on the wall and the graphic yellow artwork formed from roadside food signs). The la carte dinner menu spans classical French, English and seasonal Kiwi influences. Bag a balcony table for wow-inducing ocean views at sunset, or opt for James Bond glam with drinks or private dining in the circular lounge snug or wine cellar. Fertile Hawke's Bay is known for its delicious produce, so check out the hotel's diary of foodie events with visiting gourmets, wine buffs and dinner parties.
For classic Tuscan villa va-va-voom (including heavenly vintage beds), this restored 13th-century Italian property ticks all the right aristocratic boxes. Alongside 11 romantic rooms, a spa, freeform freshwater pool and 13 acres of enchanting gardens, it also offers fab food and wine. Breakfast is served in the open-plan kitchen, with a cosy fire in winter. Later, the chef whips up a Mediterranean storm with succulent seafood, handmade pasta or a sensational seven-course tasting menu in the elegant dining room. Fresh produce is grown in Borgo's own organic fruit orchards and vegetable garden. At lunchtime, ask for a table overlooking the lemon tree garden for valley views; at dinner, the candlelit rose garden is a romance-saturated spot to sip a cocktail of champagne and white rum over fruit-flavoured granita. It's la dolce vita, darlings.
Chef Matthew Wilkinson has been awarded two hats for his seasonal menu at The Prince's destination restaurant, Circa, recently revamped to create a more informal but still glam vibe. Kick off with drinks on the balcony overlooking the palm trees and pizzazz of bayside St Kilda's Fitzroy Street and its party people. Then move into the indoor courtyard, now the main dining space, for upscale tapas-style shared dishes, which draw on produce from The Prince's own kitchen garden nearby. Decor is simple but sexy: grey banquettes contrasted with zingy yellow chairs, pale wood tables and sinuous pendant lamps. When you've feasted, head downstairs to vodka bar Mink to top off the night, or take in a gig at the bandroom next door. Wear black if you want to fit in.
Super-hotelier Andre Balazs' latest creation brings more hip hotel heaven to Manhattan's happening Meatpacking District. A minimal glassy high-rise astride elevated railway-turned-aerial park the High Line, The Standard gives good lobby, and also offers sexy bedrooms with gob-smacking views of the Hudson wow gold River. It's a groovy port of call for a night of drinking and dining too: the flagship Standard Grill, open from breakfast till the wee hours for late-night snacking, sees chef Dan Silverman serving up meaty American bistro classics with a modern twist as well as lighter Spanish- and Italian-influenced seafood, fish and pasta. Get there early to bag a space out on the terrace, as it's already wildly popular. The 18th-floor bar, QT, comes with full-circle, vertiginous city vistas, or hit the ground-floor Living Room attached to the lobby, a futuristic space filled with Eames-esque furniture for a cocktail with your feet firmly on the ground. Live DJs up the style ante or head outside to the German-inspired Biergarten for sausages, pretzels and lashings of beer.
Thai cuisine is perhaps Asia's finest, and you'll savour its most tempting offerings if you order the tasting menu at funky beachside bolthole The Library, on Koh wow items Samui island. With its striking scarlet swimming pool, alabaster-white library complex with enticing book selection, and witty cartoonish sculptures toting tomes, this isn't your average resort. But it's also not just a pretty design face: Page restaurant sources organic, seasonal ingredients to produce a sophisticated range of Thai and Western dishes, which you can scoff alfresco on the seafront deck, or in the chic, indoor area. The beach bar is the go-to spot for mean mojitos with a laid-back Buddha Bar-esque soundtrack.
The cabins and cottages at Post Ranch Inn are strung along a rocky-ridged slip of Californian cliff. These recycled-redwood rooms offer total seclusion and nothing but soaring condors, starry nights, breathtaking views and a wood-burning fire for company. The only reason to venture out from your peaks-and-Pacific isolation will be for a soothing treatment in the spa or some truly divine dining at Sierra Mar. The ranch-style restaurant offers sweeping views of the mountains, cliffs and ocean and features a wooden-beamed interior edged with enormous windows. The acclaimed chef adds new dishes to the menu daily, whipping up Californian fare with some French and Mediterranean influences look out for the trio of scallops, roast rabbit and Alaskan halibut. Wrap it up with a lavender martini: you're in California, after all.
Be sure to check out the latest Mr Mrs Smith book, featuring hotels from Australia and New Zealand. There are some beautiful properties included in the guide, reviewed by some of Australia's most influential tastemakers including Sigrid Thornton, Deborah Hutton and chef Christine Manfield.
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