What is a Boutique Hotel and Brasserie?

Boutique hotels - usually privately owned - firstfor bringing new meaning to the word 'brasserie'
began springing up in the 1980s in big cities likewhat with their tantalising menu, superb selection
London and New York. They are usually smaller,of wines, spirits and ales and professional live jazz
more intimate and more luxurious than the biggerbands that provide sophisticated night-time
chain-type hotels and are often furnished in aentertainment for their discerning cosmopolitan
quirky but stylish way. While some boutique hotelsclientele.
provide their guests with fridge bars, satelliteAtmosphere is what a boutique hotel is all about
television and the internet, others take a differentand by atmosphere we mean the stylish
approach and focus on a quiet comfortablecombination of decor, ambience, exclusive service,
atmosphere with impeccable service.attitude of management and staff, all of which, if
A 'brasserie' is defined as a restaurant servingsuccessfully combined, make for a great boutique
beer with food. Many boutique hotels havehotel experience. A truly successful boutique hotel
excellent dining facilities, atmospheric bars with liveis one that manages to make its guests feel really
music and relaxing lounges which are open to thespecial, has them recommending it to their friends
public as well as hotel guests.and sees them returning time and time again.
The Harrogate Brasserie Boutique Hotel is a fineThe Harrogate Brasserie Boutique Hotel is also
example of a superb boutique hotel thatclose to many of Harrogate's attractions; the
incorporates a first-class brasserie. There areRoyal Baths, Valley Gardens, Betty's Café
sixteen snug and inviting rooms - each oneTea Rooms established in 1919, an International
individually decorated to enhance the building'sConference Centre, the newly refurbished Royal
Victorian charm. All rooms have en suiteTheatre and The Great Yorkshire Show.
bathrooms, remote television, direct-dial phonesUp there with the world's best the Harrogate
and hair dryers. There are even stairs that creak!Brasserie Boutique Hotel offers a more personal
And because they're in the middle of Harrogatehotel guest experience ... and their highly-trained
town there's a vibrant hustle and bustle about thestaff continually provide guests with the highest
place.levels of service tailored to meet their individual
The owner of the Harrogate Brasserie Boutiqueneeds.
Hotel, Richard Finney believes they are responsible