| Boutique hotels - usually privately owned - first | | | | for bringing new meaning to the word 'brasserie' |
| began springing up in the 1980s in big cities like | | | | what 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 bigger | | | | bands that provide sophisticated night-time |
| chain-type hotels and are often furnished in a | | | | entertainment for their discerning cosmopolitan |
| quirky but stylish way. While some boutique hotels | | | | clientele. |
| provide their guests with fridge bars, satellite | | | | Atmosphere is what a boutique hotel is all about |
| television and the internet, others take a different | | | | and by atmosphere we mean the stylish |
| approach and focus on a quiet comfortable | | | | combination 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 serving | | | | successfully combined, make for a great boutique |
| beer with food. Many boutique hotels have | | | | hotel experience. A truly successful boutique hotel |
| excellent dining facilities, atmospheric bars with live | | | | is one that manages to make its guests feel really |
| music and relaxing lounges which are open to the | | | | special, 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 fine | | | | The Harrogate Brasserie Boutique Hotel is also |
| example of a superb boutique hotel that | | | | close to many of Harrogate's attractions; the |
| incorporates a first-class brasserie. There are | | | | Royal Baths, Valley Gardens, Betty's Café |
| sixteen snug and inviting rooms - each one | | | | Tea Rooms established in 1919, an International |
| individually decorated to enhance the building's | | | | Conference Centre, the newly refurbished Royal |
| Victorian charm. All rooms have en suite | | | | Theatre and The Great Yorkshire Show. |
| bathrooms, remote television, direct-dial phones | | | | Up 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 Harrogate | | | | hotel guest experience ... and their highly-trained |
| town there's a vibrant hustle and bustle about the | | | | staff continually provide guests with the highest |
| place. | | | | levels of service tailored to meet their individual |
| The owner of the Harrogate Brasserie Boutique | | | | needs. |
| Hotel, Richard Finney believes they are responsible | | | | |