If you are not fond of what many consider the
sport king
, CR7 will not tell them much, but if we add that behind this
numeronym
(palabro ugly as little) is Cristiano Ronaldo, perhaps locate something more.
A hyper-famous footballer and one of the most media sportsmen in the world, he is also a hotelier in full expansion that opens hotels almost in pairs.
Thus, it has just opened Pestana CR7 Times Square in New York - which is in addition to the one it already had in the city of skyscrapers and another in Miami - and just a few weeks before it launched Pestana CR7 Gran Vía, in Madrid.
All open with the
Pestana CR7 Lifestyle Hotels
banner
, a company founded in 2015 by the former Real Madrid player and Pestana Hotel Group, an international chain of
Portuguese origin
with more than 100 hotels in 16 countries, whose president, Dionisio Pestana, shares a
country girl
with Ronaldo (Funchal, on the island of Madeira).
Sports Bar.
Although Pestana and Ronaldo not only share nationality, they also share a business sense and have opted to install their hotels in
fashionable destinations and privileged enclaves
. Like the spectacular Pestana CR7 Gran Vía, with a rooftop (or roof terrace) with
360-degree views of
the
Madrid
skyline
, which was scheduled to open last summer.
This
168-room hotel
enjoys a bluebell location, in the heart of the street that gives it its name: a building from the
20s of the last century
that has been restored to offer everything that
the brand's
lifestyle philosophy
entails. (It maintains a certain residue that recalls the golden age of that old Madrid). Conceived for fun, technology, health and well-being, the values of sport are not lost sight of (not only those of the
king
), since it also has an extensive training program and sports activities. And, as
lifestyle
is also gastronomy, the hotel has turned into a
triple gastronomic offer
, developed in three different spaces on
Floor 9 CR7, open to the public
.
Pizza shop.
We start with the
Pizzeria
and a gourmet proposal that bears the stamp of
Mauro Soggiu
-one of the ideologues of
Roberta's
, the famous Brooklyn pizzeria, whose
Neapolitan pizzas
are among the best in New York- and
Borja Veguillas
, executive chef of this hotel and also from the Pestana Plaza Mayor, from the Pestana Hotel Group.
Here reign the pizzas made in
a traditional way
and with first-class products, international, national and even from
its
own
urban mini-garden
located on one of the terraces of the hotel establishment.
There is
something
for all tastes: the classic
margherita
or five cheeses and other less traditional ones, like the spicy one (Manchego cheese, spicy spianata, honey, brava sauce, spring onion and chili flakes);
Grill
(gorgonzola, caramelized piquillos, smoked ribs, barbecue sauce) or
the chef's
(with
lobster at low temperature
in garlic oil, citronella, saffron, sweet paprika and seafood bisque).
Garden pizza.
The offer is completed with the essential
antipasti
, salads, pasta dishes (for example, carbonara with
guanciale
or the
cuttlefish
and seafood
ragout lasagna
in crunchy pasta with pecorino foam) and some risotto. In the cellar, Italian and Spanish wines, including
generous by the glass
.
We are still on Floor 9 CR7, now, in the
Sports Bar
, a space designed to follow
sports competitions
, bent at its bar, sitting in its armchairs, in its high chairs or on its terrace from which the city is scanned. Here, the proposal revolves around
tapas, beers and cocktails
. And, we arrived at the
Rooftop
, that spectacular
rooftop with various heights
and 360-degree views of the city. These are
different terraces connected to
each other, with different environments, from a
plunge pool
to an area with low and high tables or another with sun loungers; with
live music
;
mixed drinks and a menu that focuses on appetizers and tapas.
Take a look, buffalo mozzarella stuffed with pepper and roasted aubergine, dressed with tapenade and au gratin aioli;
fried blue and white corn tortillas
, fresh guacamole with crème fraîche and boiled onion;
hummus, corned
beef
...
Sports Bar.
All coordinated by Borja
Veguillas
, a seasoned chef who for 20 years has worked in
hotel chains such
as Meliá Hotels International or NH Hotel Group;
in the restaurant group
La Maquina
;
at El Chaflán, Nodo, BiBo Madrid (he was production manager) or
Ricard Camarena's
Canalla Bistro restaurants
in Madrid (chef).
Cristiano Ronaldo, finally, has his hotel in Madrid and, after New York, there are new openings planned:
Marrakech, Paris and Manchester
.
We already said it at the beginning, a hotelier in expansion.
Address:
Gran Vía, 29.
Pestana Pizzeria and the Rooftop are
open from Wednesday to Sunday, from 7 pm to midnight.
Sports Bar is
open all day from Monday to Sunday.
In none of the spaces is it essential to reserve, but it is advisable.
Reservations on the tef .: 91 771 70 35. Average price: 15-40 euros.
Mozzarella stuffed with grilled roasted vegetables, at Sports Bar.
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