- 🏛️ Where · 10 avenue d’Iéna, Paris 16th, in the former mansion of Prince Roland Bonaparte, palace hotel since 2014
- 🍽️ Maison Roland · Parisian bistro opened on May 7, 2026 in the garden, bourgeois cuisine, Sunday family-style lunch to share
- 🍸 Bar Botaniste · entirely redesigned with Deyrolle herbaria, 10 signature cocktails and 3 non-alcoholic options, dim sum from 6 pm
- 🫖 Tea time · weekends at the Salons du Prince, botanical pastries by chef Timothy Lam
- 🎹 Musical evenings · Thursday nights since September 17, 2026, piano and vocals during dinner
- ⭐ Always here · Shang Palace, the only starred Chinese restaurant in France
Shangri-La Paris has chosen its guiding thread for the new season: Prince Roland Bonaparte, botanist and geographer, who had the Avenue d’Iéna mansion built in 1896. A bistro in the garden, a bar redesigned around herbaria, a botanical tea time and Thursday musical evenings: the 16th arrondissement palace is rewriting its dining experiences without touching its salons.
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Maison Roland, the garden bistro
Opened on May 7, 2026 on the garden terrace, Maison Roland is a Parisian bistro in the truest sense: white tablecloths, Gien porcelain, silverware, and a menu that shuns gimmicks. Mimosa eggs, sardine rillettes, country terrine with pistachios, sole meunière, pepper steak, steak tartare, floating island and chocolate mousse, alongside Breton oysters and caviar for special occasions.
The restaurant serves lunch and dinner daily from 12 pm to 10 pm, both indoors and in the garden, with the Eiffel Tower as a backdrop. On Sundays, a family-style lunch features dishes to share, such as veal sweetbreads with porcini mushrooms, trout with sorrel, stuffed vegetables, and prime rib with Périgueux sauce, followed by crème caramel and chocolate mousse. The concept is that of a country lunch, just three minutes from Trocadéro.
Bar Botaniste, a cabinet of curiosities
On the ground floor, Bar Botaniste has been completely reimagined. In partnership with Maison Deyrolle, it features historical herbaria, abundant plants and explorer’s objects beneath draperies reminiscent of Napoleonic campaign tents. In June 2025, the bar was named among the 58 Best Hotel Star Bars by Forbes Travel Guide.
The drinks menu follows the same philosophy: ten signature cocktails, each built around a plant and presented as a specimen, plus three non-alcoholic creations. From 6 pm, a selection of dim sum accompanies the drinks, a nod to Shang Palace, the hotel’s Chinese restaurant, the only one of its kind to hold a Michelin star in France. Open from 6 pm to 1 am.
Botanical tea time and musical Thursdays
The botanical theme extends to the pastry selection. At the Salons du Prince, pastry chef Timothy Lam has created a multi-course weekend tea time, featuring sweet and savoury creations centred on fruits, flowers and herbs: grape, verjuice and hibiscus; vineyard peach and chamomile; apple and marigold. Infusions, served hot or iced, are custom-blended and the menu will change with the seasons.
Since Thursday, September 17, 2026, these same salons have been hosting weekly musical evenings. A pianist and a singer accompany Thursday dinner, without a stage or show, in the spirit of the receptions once hosted by the prince. The restaurant extends its opening hours for the occasion.
| Hotel opening | December 2010 |
| Palace distinction | 2014 |
| Bar Botaniste, 58 Best Hotel Star Bars | June 2025 |
| Opening of Maison Roland | May 7, 2026 |
| First musical Thursday | September 17, 2026 |
| Maison Roland | 12 pm to 10 pm daily |
| Bar Botaniste | 6 pm to 1 am |
A princely residence, 16 years as a palace
The mansion was built in 1896 for Prince Roland Bonaparte, great-nephew of Napoleon I, a geographer and botanist who housed his library and collections there. Shangri-La opened it as a hotel in December 2010, preserving the grand staircase, listed salons and wood panelling, and the Palace distinction was awarded in 2014.
The rest remains unchanged: rooms and suites facing the Eiffel Tower, the Prince Bonaparte Apartment, the glass-roofed swimming pool and the starred Shang Palace. This season’s novelties focus on the living spaces rather than the guest rooms, making them accessible to Parisians without booking a stay.
Our perspective
Parisian palace hotels are locked in a race for star chefs and interior designers; Shangri-La is taking a different path. Instead of recruiting a famous name, it leverages its own heritage, drawing on a botanist prince whose history brings coherence to everything from cocktails to desserts. It is cost-effective, hard to replicate, and appeals equally to locals and travellers.
The real test will be winter. Maison Roland is a garden venue born in spring; once the trees on Avenue d’Iéna shed their leaves, the indoor dining room and musical Thursdays will need to deliver on their promise. As for Bar Botaniste, it already has its regulars.
Practical information
- Shangri-La Paris, 10 avenue d’Iéna, 75116 Paris · shangri-la.com
- Metro Iéna (line 9) or Trocadéro (lines 6 and 9)
- Maison Roland open daily from 12 pm to 10 pm · Bar Botaniste from 6 pm to 1 am
Photo credit Shangri-La Paris
