Visited Auxerre in early July. Looking for a french meal and found italian. Excellent!read more

This review is for what is supposed to be a 5* hotel. Sent couple of emails requesting information…read moreas there's conflicting information on their websites to figure out if they and the restaurant were open but after 3 days of wait no answer. I will let you figure out how to feel if you want to stay and eat there but there's no answer. No customer service. I'm surprised and confused as I was really looking forward to staying there.

My friend and I had visited last year but on a Sunday night they were open to hotel guest only. So…read morenow that I'm back in the area we returned recently on a Friday night. They weren't too busy. The service was exceptional, well trained staff and multiple staff people waiting on our table. My companion had a set menu: starter, 2 main courses and dessert with wine pairings. I don't like eating so much at the typical French dinner time of 8 or 830pm. So I had one main dish and dessert. They brought us amuse bouche with our pre-dinner drinks, upstairs. And then once we took the gold elevator to the ground level there was another light dish before the meal. I had the veal with short rib, with artichokes and a lovely melange of fall vegetables. The veal and short rib were tender and bursting w flavor. My companion had both the lobster and sweetbread dishes. He commented that the sweetbread was excellent. Again we were presented with a pre dessert, a lovely glass piece with tiny bites of various pateries. Delightful. My dessert choice was far superior - napoleon. They cut it into 2 slices and I could only eat the first half. The creme was rich and light at the same time. The pastry also light layers, but still held the dish together.

I found it to be a little too pretentious for the quality of food that was served…read more Don't get me wrong it was tasty and well prepared but that is about it. I would have expected for the prices that the restaurant demand something a bit more .... inspired if not spectacular. This is a well rounded place to have a meal but I wouldn't pay what they are asking for...

Frankly, I don't know what the other reviewers were thinking when they wrote their reviews but I…read morefound this restaurant very good. The food was ample and tasty and was very well presented. Service was excellent and attentive but not hovering. After leaving burgundy we went to Paris and had dinner at le Cinq in the George 5 hôtel, one of the top restaurants in the world and looking back at hostelliere, still found that restaurant very good in comparaison. Additionally, we had bottles of Dauvissat les clos and an '05 raveneau Clos and they were both excellent and evidenced that they had been meticulously preserved. I can't wait to go back to this restaurant.