La Mère Poulard  

Location was beautiful, hotel has tons of charm, welcome desk staff very friendly.

Price of the restaurant was absolutely ridiculous. Paying $30 for a few drops of champagne in a glass and $80 for a 5-cent omelet was disgusting. They should give their guests a discount at the restaurant seeing as that they are already shelling out hundreds of euros per night. Avoid restaurant at all costs -- absolutely not worth it. Sorry restaurant owner but you brought it upon yourself, this was truly a disgrace, will never return. Hotel was fine although extremely expensive.

THE LOCATION IS GREAT .

EXPESSIVE HOTEL, EXPENSIVE DINNER AND BRAEKFAST. BOTH MEALS WERE NOT WORTH THE MONEY BY FAR. THE PARKING IS NOT SO CLOSE TO THE HOTEL SO BE READY TO WALK WITH YOUR BAGS

It was very peaceful and we appreciated that. The location was good to have a rest every now and then. This hotel would make a nice place for different sorts of people, families, honeymoon hotel., nature lovers, etc.

Only a small detail- the toilet water was running nearly all the time.

The location was magnificent, and after the tourists left for the day, it was very relaxing to sit in a restaurant and watch the tide come in.

The price of the food in the dining room of the hotel was very high even if the omelet has lobster in it. A dining experience, true, but an omelet for 25 euros each is excessive. We had an excellent meal a few doors away where for the same price we had a three course meal with wine.

Location

Staff were not very helpful. Actually they were snobs.

Location

No elevator, and no help with luggage (room was on 5th floor).

The location was excellent.

Garbage collection trucks and beach cleaning trucks started working around 3:00am and the noise in the room prevented any sleep from then on. The restaurant was extremely expensive and the quality of the food poor---especially the "famous" Mere Poulard omelette.

Breakfast was good. It was the only good point.

The attitude of one of the staff was incredibly terrible. When we arrived at that hotel, she replied that the breakfast was NOT INCLUDED to our question without checking anything. After consulting the data of BookingCom by ourselves, we pointed out that she had mistaken by telephone, and she was so upset that she cut off the line suddenly. So, we went down to the reception, and asked why she cut off the line without checking data, then she replied that she did not want to be bothered because she ate lunch. And then she refused to offer us any service as receptionist.

Hotel is conveniently located - right inside the city walls - so you don't have to schlep your things very far. We did have to carry it all up the stairs to the 5th floor, but the beautiful view out our window was worth it! The room was pretty teeny, but the bed was comfortable and the hotel feels old and magical. Framed pictures line the stairwells and many of the public rooms showing all of the famous people who have stayed there in it's hundred year history. Sleeping on the island itself allows you to experience the island in the early morning and evening, without the crush of midday tourists.

The only good thing about this hotel is the location and the fact that the plumbing worked (sort of).

The hotel was dirty, ill-equipped, poorly maintained, and unattractive. There was not even a token effort to provide good value for he money. The staff was unhelpful, the bed was terrible, the common areas were filthy, there was mold in the shower and chewing gum in the rug. The restaurant in particular was awful (unusual in France) and the prices were absurd. I am an experienced European traveler, and do not have unrealistic expectations, but this hotel is sub-standard in every respect, and would not even be acceptable at 60 Euros.

The best feature of staying at La Mère Poulard was the location, it is the very first hotel you meet upon entering the gates of Mt St. Michele.

Restaurant staff were not very friendly on our first night and to be honest for the price you pay for a meal at this particular hotel a smile would be the least a customer could ask for from their waiter/waitress. Prices for food in this hotel far exceeded the rest of the island, I would advise if you do decide to stay here go elsewhere for a meal, there is a lovely restaurant just at the start of the decent on the right. We were accommodated on the third floor, take into consideration that we traveller here on motorbikes and were offered no assistance with our luggage, of which we had quiet a bit. Parking was a disaster!!! On the web site it states that the hotel offers secured parking, there is no secure parking as you park with everyone else, apologies I must admit they cordon off a small area for hotel customers which is a little closer to the mt. This did not ease our concerns about leaving two motorbikes outside for two days un-secure. Finally price! The prices of this hotel far exceeds the price of other hotels with no benefits, this is just a very expensive hotel with poor staff and expensive food. Evethought we enjoyed our stay I would never stay here again nor would I ever recommend anyone to stay here.

The hotel was at a beautiful location.

The prices are extremely high for a limited buffet breakfast at 19euro, I think that was excessive! Understandably no elevators, but there should have had someone to help with the luggage, especially if your room is at the top floor. For me it was a first time experience and never again!

Disappointments: Given a room in the annexe without advance notice of this - wifi doesn't work in the annexe. The third bed in the room was a metal fold-up "Zed" bed. The bathroom was poor - paint flaking from damp patch on ceiling; black mould all round the top of the bath, but, most annoyingly, it took nearly an hour to run a bath to half height, by whivh time the water had cooled to tepid! Paid a klot of money to have two dogs in the room, but the parquet floor was not washed once during our week's stay. It would have been nice to have eaten more often in the hotel restaurant but it was exorbitantly expensive with a very restricted menu and a wine list for which you need an overdraft!