Hotel Restaurant la Musardiere

We had a Chambre Privilege. The "seating area" was a day bed against a wall too uncomfortable to use as a seat. The bathroom and toilet have frosted windows into the bedroom, so at night when you use the facilities then you also light up the bedroom. No mini bar, no safe - the latter being worrying as the hotel rooms are over the restaurant which means there are lots of people coming and going without any ability to control who enters the accommodation areas. Worse thing the loudspeakers for the restaurant appear to be built into the floor of the bedroom. At 10.45 pm we could not get to sleep due to the music noise and thudding base sounds and had to ring down to get the music turned down. Some worry also from a pedestal fan left running full tilt outside our room propping open a cupboard door, apparently trying to cool down the hotel's IT equipment Good things - about 100 m from Monet's gardens and lots of parking.

Our decision to stay at this hotel was the location to Claude Monet’s garden. It is a 3 minute walk away. Upon arrival the staff were very friendly and happy to help with our luggage up the stairs to our room. The staff were friendly, some did struggle with english, but that is to be expected. Parking is available onsite. It’s a lovely boutique hotel and the room we booked was spacious enough for our three night stay. I did notice much smaller rooms at the property, so you’d need to be conscious of this when making a booking. On reflection I don’t think we would have stayed here all three nights, as there is very little open in Giverny at night. Also not much option for dinner, as we ate in the hotel restaurant the first night. Overpriced for what we thought was just an ok meal. Fortunately we had a car and spent most of the time out seeing the area and eating at other restaurants. This hotel is an excellent location if you’re overnight in Giverny and looking to go to Monet’s garden.

Being that this hotel is an hour away from the airport and just steps away from Monet's garden/home made it a natural choice to begin our holiday and we were not disappointed. Our room was impressive...tastefully decorated, comfortable and clean...better yet it was ready early (extremely helpful as we had just finished a 10 hour flight). We found the staff to be very friendly and accommodating.

Great location with the benefit of parking. Attentive staff, good food. Bedroom very disappointing, couldn’t swing a cat in it! Had to clamber up a stair into the tiniest bathroom, step was very unsafe when wet.. Just felt like a greedy hotelier had gone all out to maximise number of rooms over quality of accommodation. One tiny light in the corner. Kept tripping over our bags in this badly lit tiny room. Sadly would not recommend.

From the first step in the door, the staff was incredibly friendly and helpful. Our room was the Chambres Privelège, which could not have been more beautiful, overlooking the town, gorgeous hotel grounds, and nearby fields of Normandy cows. The room had a full bath with a shower with multiple heads in a deep soaking tub. There was a comfortable large bed for us, and a daybed against the wall that was presented as lovely seating. We enjoyed the in-room Nespresso machine and tea kettle, as well as the tv. The lighting was built into the walls, so as to create an ambiance that was delightful, without glare, with additional retro pendant bulbs for extra light, and there were easily accessible switches and plugs. There was a spiral staircase to get to our room, but the staff carried our luggage up without us asking, which was much appreciated. We ate dinner at the restaurant downstairs, choosing the six course fixed menu. It was in the top three meals I've eaten in my life, and I've eaten at some great Michelin starred places. The lamb shoulder and saddle had a breaded portion that was absolutely exquisite and took my breath away, and the "perfect" 64 minute egg appetizer was spectacular, as were the scallops. Breakfast the next day appeared simple... A basket of bread and chocolate cake, local fruit, coffee, local jams and raw honey, oats, etc., but all spectacularly fresh and delicious. Then our server brought us the best local apple juice I've ever tasted (my husband got orange), local yogurt, and local cheese that was too die for. It was blissfully quiet and unrushed and we could not have enjoyed it more. The hotel is right in the heart of Giverny, just a few minutes walk from Monet's house and gardens. We walked the streets in the dark at night and enjoyed the sights during the day. The hotel had beautiful grounds to relax in and ample free parking. October was a fantastic time to be there, with almost no crowd, so we could easily move around as we pleased without a wait, with gorgeous fall leaves and plenty of flowers at Monet's house and on the grounds of the hotel. The price was a steal, especially compared to a Marriott, etc., and the hotel and restaurant experience was as delightful as seeing the rest of the town. I would go back there in a heartbeat.