Domaine Du Château  

Excellent staff (Duc the Dog included), Madame makes an excellent breakfast + we did stay one night for an excellent dinner. The location is just perfect & it is a charming Chateau. Loved it & strongly recommended.

It was clean, nice playground and excellent restaurant - staff excellent and could speak english

The reception staff were friendly and helpful.

I didn't like - cigarette holes in the bed linen, the prison-block decor, the total absence of any information in the room (even a number to call for reception), tatty furniture, poor sound proofing, hotel pool not well heated, horrible location beyond the commercial zone and not central for La Rochelle. It felt like a run-down budget hotel, totally lacking in atmosphere.

Hôtel (partie appartement) se targue de 4 étoiles. C est pour le mois complètement inadéquat. Il n y a aucune isolation et l hôtel est extrêmement bruyant ( musique a fond a 4 h du matin deux soirs de suite! L accès parking est très mal pense, le prix du petit déjeuner disproportionné. Nous sommes vraiment déçus par les prestations ...

location for visiting la rochelle

no cooker no kettle no toaster breakfast too expensive and a bit on the expensive side

Location was very good, close to La Rochelle and Ile de Re. Room was a good size for what we needed. Pool area and playground was nice for kids. Easy access.

There were no dish towels in our room, and no boxes of kleenex. Could not leave windows and patio doors open as smokers next door were smoking on their balcony and their fumes came into our room. Towels were not replaced. It would be nice to have a kettle to make tea or instant coffee. Beds were terrible! It was like sleeping on wood. Sofa was stained and looked dirty. Not very appealing.

The facilities in the hotel were great, with the best bits being the pool and restaurant. The staff were very helpful too.

The "Hotel" is not a Hotel but more like a cheap holiday appartment. The cleanliness of the room and the bedding was far from acceptable. Limited service out of hours

Very good if you have a car.

The room was disgustingly dirty on arrival and was not cleaned despite request. There was even bird poop on the door step to the room. Lots of dirt on the floor, old food left in fridge, dirty balcony. Outside the room there were cigarette butts everywhere and the place was generally in bad repair despite being reasonably new. The 'secure' underground parking gate did not shut so was not secure. Oh and finally the internet service didnt work! As a place to stay it couldnt be much worse, you would be better off in a tent!

Underground car park was secure

On arrival in the room I noticed that it was infested with ants and other bugs. I was bitten several times during the night, very unpleasant.

The food at the Restaurant was very nice, probably the best food i had on the whole trip to France. The room was spacious. The pool was nice too. There are nice cycle paths nearby. Got free upgrade which was nice. Dishwasher nice although washing mashine would be more usefull.

One or two of the staff were abrupt and unhelpful. Got the feeling if we were french we would have had better service. Would be very usefull if there were some basic necessities (sugar, tea, bread, cigarettes) available to buy somewhere onsite, or a local map of where these things can be obtained. The only maps available were of la rochelle which did not extend to the area of the hotel. Not many bikes available for hire. had to walk all the way to the bridge to Ile de Re to hire a bike. A shuttle service to downtown or local bus information would be extremely helpfull. No english channels on tv. dvd availability would be helpful in this situation if no english channels can be obtained. No english tourist material available either. I would recommend the hotel for the price, but would give plenty of advice about the above at the time. Airconditioning did not work and was not fixed. We were advised it wasn't working anywhere, which was untrue as we found it working in the gym.