Gekko House, Urban Chic with a touch of laid back Southern Charm

Sitting almost unassumingly on Frankfurts Mainzer Landstraße is Gekko House! The latest addition to the Gekko Group establishments in Frankfurt.

The Vibe

Stepping inside away from busy street you find Southern laid back charm. Large emerald green velvet drapes beautifully frame the doorway revealing a mile long bar that eye can’t help but follow! It all but screams Coyote Ugly until you realise the ceiling is too low to stand comfortably never mind dance.

The bar backs onto a mesh like wall. Everything from signed football jerseys to number plates and a bicycles hang on the metal like fingers. Furthermore wire baskets hang above the bar housing everything from Nacho libre masks to some of your good old US bourbon and spirits.

Making your way round to the right, you find the elevators along with a bright red neon sign ‘Spati’ which hangs above a small alcove housing a vending machine. Without a doubt one of the coolest vending machine we’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing! Offering you everything from Moët to pretty little note books to start journaling – what you choose depends really on the night you plan on having.

The reception area with the bright red Spati and massive framed image of Claudia on emerald green chairs

The Rooms

Whilst Gekko House offers a range of rooms choose from a common theme of exposed concrete walls and emerald green velvet drapes as seen in the lobby run throughout! Without a doubt the use of texture and fairly muted colour palette is expertly executed giving each room a relaxed yet sumptuous feel.

The Junior suite is an absolute vision. The elevated bath tub has you dreaming of bubble baths, rose petals and forgetting about the chaos of the outside world if only for a moment.

Equally as important as the the feel and look of a room are the finishing touches. Most notably for us the inclusion of an easy to use sound system. Gekko House did not disappoint with the Marcus speaker providing fantastic sound quality

Amenities

Well, where do we begin? The Roof top bar or the American BBQ?

Chicago Roof top bar

Far up and above all the crowds you will find this urban city garden with view. So, grab a cocktail (or 2) sit back and watch the clouds float by. Also, for the food lovers the pastrami sandwiches should be mentioned

Chicago Williams Restaurant

In their own words “The BBQ food concept of Chicago Williams is pure passion for “maximum meat performance”. The concept is based on Nawid Samawat, friend and partner of the Gekko Group.”