The ESPLANADE in Saarbrücken.
MINIMALIST ELEGANCE, MAXIMUM COMFORT AND CREATIVE CUISINE
The ESPLANADE is the ideal starting point for exploring Saarland, its neighbouring countries, or for a short trip to Paris. The high-quality interior of this family-run boutique hotel bears the hallmarks of midcentury style, characterised by a clean, minimalist, yet sensual design language. Hand-picked design classics, exquisite materials, and fine fabrics, meticulously coordinated in terms of appearance, feel, and sound, create a harmonious and uncluttered atmosphere. An homage to the beauty of simplicity, and a return to the essentials. In keeping with the hotel’s philosophy, the cuisine of its two-Michelin-starred restaurant impresses with precision and utmost clarity. With passion, playful ease, and me22
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ticulous attention to detail, chef de cuisine Silio Del Fabro creates a modern interpretation of haute cuisine from market-fresh ingredients, drawing on classic French, Mediterranean, and Japanese influences and based on regional produce from the restaurant's own biodynamic farm. The culinary experience is further enhanced by a selection from the finely curated wine cellar, boasting over 800 exquisite wines. Like the two-Michelin-starred restaurant ESPLANADE, Le petit CINQ, the second restaurant in the boutique hotel ESPLANADE, is committed to the same philosophy of sustainable culinary culture. Le petit CINQ stands for a relaxed, informal, yet sensual cuisine. The dishes speak to the heart and
soul; they are both modern and timeless: soul food in the truest sense. www.esplanade-sb.de
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TEXT & PHOTOS: ESPLANADE
Surrounded by large plane trees, the ESPLANADE is located directly on MaxOphüls-Platz, at the entrance to the trendy Nauwieser Quarter, the cultural centre of Saarbrücken. In the detached, listed Gründerzeit building, constructed around 1890, stylish comfort, timelessly elegant interior design, and creative cuisine come together: a new refuge – between Frankfurt and Paris, in the heart of Europe – for gourmet travellers and design enthusiasts.