The Karl Lagerfeld

The Karl Lagerfeld

The Book Lounge on the ground floor pours tea, confectionery and wine in a room modeled on Karl Lagerfeld's own library in Paris, one visible proof of a claim the whole property backs up: this is the world's first and only hotel entirely designed by and named after the fashion designer, down to the specially commissioned furniture and art. That same rock-chic, Chinoiserie-touched design runs through all 271 rooms and suites and into the Spa, Gym and pools on Level 3. Standard King rooms measure 646 square feet with mini bar, safe, bathrobe and soundproofing against Cotai's traffic; Grand rooms open to 753 square feet, some facing the garden, with the same private-bathroom fittings throughout. The hotel sits within walking distance of the Venetian Macao Casino, Cotai Arena and Mandarin's House, so the strip's noise and neon are close but not inside the room. Dinner runs through Mesa by José Avillez, contemporary Portuguese plates and petiscos with a Portuguese wine list, and cocktails come from Resort Master Mixologist Frederick Ma at MESA Bar next door. A woman who wants a design story with her stay, not a generic four walls, will find one built into the architecture rather than added as decor; someone hoping for a quiet retreat away from casino energy, or traveling with a pet, will not. Reception runs 24 hours, concierge and laundry are on call, and a deposit is collected at check-in, standard practice for a resort of this scale. No other hotel on this stretch of Cotai can say the same designer chose every chair, every wall, every room. That authorship is the one thing here nobody else has. The Karl Lagerfeld is the world's first hotel entirely designed by and named after the designer himself, its 271 rooms and Spa carrying the same rock-chic, Chinoiserie-touched vision. It sits in Cotai near the Venetian Macao Casino, with José Avillez's Portuguese cooking downstairs.