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For the Costes brothers, Jean-Louis and Gilbert, the Café Costes was the founding stone of an unpremeditated empire, one that holds sway on the French psyche to this day.
Jean-Louis Costes est un restaurateur et homme d'affaires né en 1950 à Saint-Amans-des-Cots dans l' Aveyron.
Sep 7, 2003 · The brothers have been cloning versions of Café Costes ever since. The formula that the Costes have applied is hands-off, within limits. Jean-Louis is a detail freak who leaves nothing to...
- What Is Your Design Philosophy?
- What Is The ‘Legend of The Costes’ That People Talk About?
- What Do You Like Your Guests to do?
- What Makes The Costes Different?
- What Makes The New Wing, The Costes Castiglione, So Special?
- Why Don’T You Give Interviews?
I don’t know what you mean by a design philosophy. I choose people; all my life, I have chosen people. My first designer was Philippe Starck [for the Café Costes, which propelled Jean-Louis and his brother Gilbert to fame in 1984], who was unknown at the time. Then I took Jacques Garcia [for the original Hôtel Costes in 1995], also unknown at the t...
There is no legend. I don’t know. I didn’t do anything deliberately, but it happened. We are different. People talk about the music, the scent. There was no music in hotels25 years ago. We had a CD that played on a loop, I got sick of having to turn it off all the time, so I spoke to one of our old waiters who had just come out of rehab. I said to ...
I don’t like people who stay in their rooms. The guests have to meet and see real Parisians. People eating in the restaurant need to feel like they are in their own town. Read more: The gastronomic delights of Suvretta House, Switzerland
I wanted to make an urban resort, not a business hotel, even though we have a lot of business guests. I’m also not part of a group, which makes a difference; we can be more joyful, more dynamic. I am one of the hoteliers who, over the past 25 years, has created this ‘entertainment’ style. And it’s not enough to be in a good location. You have to tr...
I’m not sure. I treat this hotel as if it’s my home, and not just the current enlargement, but from the beginning. I always created it as if I were decorating my own home.
To speak about a place is interesting, but to speak about myself is not. It’s just not my thing. It’s not necessary to create media to succeed. You have to be a bit enigmatic. These days, any hotel which opens and changes its bathrooms wants an article about it. Jean-Louis gave his first international media interview for this article and asked that...
Mar 28, 2002 · The two Costes brothers -- Jean-Louis, 51, and Gilbert, 52 -- and Gilbert's son, Thierry, 26, are to Paris what Ian Schrager is to New York, experts at creating places people want to stay in,...
Find all the history of the hotel Costes in Paris rue Saint Honoré in the 1st Arrondissement. From its creation to the latest projects completed.
Jul 10, 2021 · Before owner Jean-Louis Costes opened the hotel, he and his brother, Gilbert, were already masters of scene-setting, having made their name supplanting Parisian checked-tablecloth bistros with...
