Chandelier

JulesHolmwood

Chic, smart, trendy, amazing restaurant 6th August 2007

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We were in a beautiful if somewhat unusual clothes shop in Milan. On talking to the owner we were recommended we go to Chandelier with the password that he had sent us! Walking along what appeared to be a residential street we thought we were in the wrong place. Then we happened across a door, opened it and an outrageous fusion of décor, light and sound met us – WOW!

One part Fellini film, one part Louis XV Palace, many parts Moulin Rouge, it's a lavish red-carpeted lounge containing several rooms that drip with baroque thrones, glittering candelabras, gilt-edged tables and of course, the eponymous chandeliers. In other parts you'll find naughty mannequins in lace underwear, Moroccan beds and more antiques than a Sotheby's catalogue.

It's one of the city's hottest hangouts, frequented by the global designer set, among them Gaultier and Versace. The food, everything from foie gras to pasta and fish, is probably pricey, but the cocktails are as colourful and gorgeous as the waiters in glittering saris who deliver them. What's more, everything you see is for sale.

This is a mind and body experience!!!