The Grand Hôtel inaugurated in 1862 beside the Opéra Garnier, restored and reopened in 2021: 455 rooms, more than 2,000 m² of event space and the Salon Opéra, a listed ballroom of 450 m² beneath a 14-metre dome.
| Address | 2 rue Scribe, 75009 Paris |
| Brand | InterContinental (IHG) |
| Bedrooms | 455, including 82 suites (hotel brochure) |
| Event space | More than 2,000 m² |
| Conference centre | 13 meeting rooms on the first floor |
| Salon Opéra | 450 m², dome 14 m high; listed historic monument |
| Salon Opéra capacities | Cocktail 600 · seated dinner 490 at 1.5 m tables or 330 at 1.8 m tables · theatre up to about 580 |
| Salon Berlioz | 450 m², with a TV studio and a curved LED screen of 10 × 3 m |
| History | Inaugurated by Empress Eugénie on 5 May 1862; reopened in 2021 after a restoration led by Pierre-Yves Rochon |
| Public transport | Opéra (metro 3, 7, 8), Havre-Caumartin (3), Chaussée d’Antin – La Fayette (7), Auber (RER A) |
| Parking | Édouard VII car park, 250 spaces, opposite 23 rue Caumartin |
Sources: InterContinental Paris Le Grand website and 2024 meetings brochure, checked on 17 September 2026. The brochure and the website give slightly different capacities for several salons; the figures above follow the website, to be confirmed for your layout.
Few hotel ballrooms in Paris carry as much history as the Salon Opéra, whose dome and decoration date back to the Grand Hôtel of the Second Empire. The hotel combines this reception room with a modern conference centre and a TV studio, which lets a company hold a working day and a formal evening in the same building, a few steps from the Opéra Garnier.
Gala dinners and award ceremonies of 300 to 500 guests in the Salon Opéra, cocktails of up to 600, conferences with breakout sessions in the thirteen meeting rooms, and hybrid events broadcast from the Salon Berlioz studio. Its central location near Opéra and the Auber RER station makes it easy to reach for guests staying across Paris.
The seated capacity of the Salon Opéra depends directly on the tables: 490 guests at 1.5-metre rounds, but 330 at 1.8-metre rounds. Decide the table size with the caterer and the audiovisual team before announcing a guest list, since the difference exceeds 150 seats.
Other palace and luxury hotel ballrooms, including the Shangri-La Paris, are compared in our guide to Paris hotels with event space, and seated evening capacities in our guide to gala dinner venues.
According to the hotel, the Salon Opéra, 450 m² under a 14-metre dome, holds 600 guests at a cocktail and 490 at a seated dinner with 1.5-metre tables, or 330 with 1.8-metre tables.
Its conference centre has 13 meeting rooms on the first floor, within more than 2,000 m² of event space.
The Grand Hôtel was inaugurated by Empress Eugénie on 5 May 1862. It reopened in 2021 after a complete restoration led by Pierre-Yves Rochon.
By metro to Opéra (lines 3, 7 and 8) or by RER A to Auber.