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Inscribed on the bank alfresco its access door is a adage that accurately sums up one of the prime attractions of the best Auberge Epoque in axial Bucharest: "Retreat in the affection of the city." Abutting to the charming, century-old Cismigiu Park and tucked abroad amid a bewilderment of quiet backstreets of an celebrated neighborhood, this modern-style auberge absolutely provides a sedate altar removed from blatant basic burghal traffic.
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It alike grants angle over what is accepted colloquially as Ceausescu's Wedding Cake, a giant, multi-story, cream-colored architecture that the aloft Communist absolutist congenital to reflect his self-glorified status, and is additionally a abbreviate airing from such day-tripper highlights as the Romanian Athenaeum, home of the civic combo orchestra, the Bucharest Opera House, the Royal Palace, now hosting the Civic Art Museum, and Piata Constitutiei, breadth common amphitheater concerts are held.
An absorbing wrought-iron aboideau beckons guests to access the hotel’s abbreviate annular driveway adorned with quaint, sculptured lamp-posts, adorning bicycles and a mural of small, manicured bushes. An absorbing bottle and metal awning stands aloft the access aperture on either ancillary of which are two baby terraces complete with tables and chairs acceptable for alfresco dining or breezy drinks and snacks.
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The property’s abounding restaurant, L'Atelier, with basement for 30 people, overlooks the hotel’s access driveway and garden. Weather permitting, guests can additionally adore dining in the winter garden area. Under the abutting administration of Controlling Chef, Samuel Le Torriellec, a absolute card has been advised that ranges from acceptable onion soup with age-old Emmental cheese to atramentous Angus ribeye with Béarnaise booze and potatoes; and octopus bake with ambrosial herbs served with barbecue booze and endives in Thai vinaigrette. Ambience actuality is cozy, with a bottle beleaguer allowing abounding accustomed light, and an above chic, atramentous and white decor, complete with brittle white tablecloths.
My wife and I began our banquet with a Caesar bloom with shrimp tempura and above blanch eggs; and a caramelized avoid alarmist terrine with adhesive mousse and bootleg brioche with Guerande sea salt, the closing actuality presented in a backup of parsnip chips and busy with abstemious brittle beetroot. Encouraged by the composed tastes, we chose the dogie sweetbreads and potatoes adapted in Barigoule appearance for the capital bowl and were abundantly adored by the flavors of this delicacy, braised with onions, garlic and carrots acclimatized in a borsch of wine. A delightful dessert comprised acceptable mille-feuille with crème anglaise, mango clabber and raspberry sauce.
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An absorbing wine card complete by Sommelier Eduard Jakab includes a advanced alternative of French, Italian, Spanish and South American productions, but we enjoyed a Romanian wine—still not so accepted internationally but rapidly accepting a acceptable reputation—such as Stonewine from Balla Gheza, application an old array of grape alleged cadarca.
Rooms ambit from inferior and controlling appearance to grand, affluence and VIP suites, capricious in admeasurement from 431 to 1,184 aboveboard feet, with assorted apartment in each. The largest, the Epoque suite, accommodates up to six guests, with two bedrooms with king-size beds, two bathrooms, a abstracted active room, a kitchenette and a ample terrace.
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Our room, a inferior suite, comprised a king-size bed, a active allowance with a ample alive desk, an abundant daybed bed, a French balustrade and two claret television sets.
Leisure accessories at the Epoque accommodate an intimate, 10 by 13 foot, calm acrimonious pond basin in the basement, with hydro beating and baptize jets, as able-bodied as a dry sauna, a beef room, a fettle allowance and assorted spa treatments. There is additionally what auberge agents appellation ‘emotional showers,’ alms a accumulated acquaintance of water, colors, lights and fragrances.
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Whether for business or vacation, Auberge Epoque, with its axial burghal location, all-embracing ataraxia and anxious archetypal design, is a austere adversary as auberge of best for the acute adventurer to Romania.
