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Nous avons déjeuné à la brasserie. Repas très bon. Service de qualité. Bon accueil.
Le cadre est très bien.
Nous avons passé un très bon moment en famille.
Les prix sont facilement élevés. Mais peuvent rester mesurés.

This review is for the restaurant only. I did not stay in the hotel.
After my two main challenges completed (trying all the stars in Paris and 3 Stars in France), I’m now redoing most of them and discovering others, like this one.

A refreshing wind from the south.
What’s interesting here?
The new chef. This restaurant could be called an institution since it’s been a gastronomic place for nearly 80 years. I’m not going to dwell on this. I’m just going to use it to set the stage and to say that the place as a little “patina”, slightly passé with its design. Nothing dramatic, just the charming touch you can have in the country side in “family run” kind of places. So the set is stage. There, in 2022, a new chef, Thomas Vonderscher, arrived from the south. He clearly has a gastronomic character. But first, he immerses himself, and you by consequence, by only using local products. The sourcing is great and, by the way, perfectly translated by the waiter I had. The chef also understood the contradiction between the ocean and the land. How intense and rich each of those universe in Brittany are. So it’s not just that he does “terre/mer” (dishes that are mixing products from the sea and the land). Here, it’s not a figure of style, but it’s making sense. When he does, he manages to clearly express the apparent contradiction in Brittany, and demonstrate that the common point, the point that unites both sea and land, is the “strength of character “ of the Bretons, with flavorful arguments. I highly recommend the three different starters for that purpose. Then the fish is in his element with some algae, and the meat caramelized with some local alcohol. All of this, and more, wrapped in an understated, slightly passé place. The patina has its advantages, as it’s often hid gems and adds charm.

The crowd was mixed. French, locals and tourists, plus some foreigners, and even some patrons of the hotel. It’s a one star, so dress decently, but it’s really not the subject here.

Here the subject is really gastronomic. I really had a great time, and months after I remember how succulent it was. I’ll clearly come back.

An already very solid star.
If you’re into flavorful, this place is for you.

Personnel aux petits soins.
Exemple : Installés dans l'un des chalets, notre chat s'est faufilée dans les taillis formant la clôture dès le 1er jour. Le personnel nous a apporté l'aide et les renseignements dont nous avions besoin pour nous permettre de retrouver et de ramener notre animal sain et sauf. Le personnel a continué à prendre des nouvelles de notre animal tout au long de notre séjour.
Salon - Bar : vous y trouverez un barman qui sait très bien faire les Irish Coffee...

Lieux très agréable.
Super séjour mais beaucoup d'interrupteurs qui n'allumaient rien et plusieurs qui allumaient les même lumières.
Petit déjeuner copieux et de qualité.

Lieu très agréable, calme, chambre spacieuse et bien située côté jardin avec accès extérieur.
Piscine, jacuzzi et sauna tres appréciables.
Le dîner délicieux avec beaucoup de plats et vins ccompagnants adaptés à chaque mets.