We always stop in Coutances after geeting off the ferry, whether to sleep, eat or shop. The cheese…read moreis wonderful!! We stayed here once, it has a great bistro, which is all you can eat, or there is the rather elegant restaurant. Roughing it as we do, when we stay in a hotel, we went out to eat. We've eaten in so many cafes and bars. One of my favourites is Salade Nicoise - gosh I'm getting hungry!! this hotel is rather nice indeed. You must see the cathedral and the gardens, and get the local cheese - it's very calorific.

Excellent for the jazz festival in May. Just a stroll from town. Attentive staffread more

Stayed here and enjoyed 2 dinners. This is a hidden gem and the highlight of our vacation. The…read moreaccommodations are lovely, as are all the people that work here. Most speak excellent English and are very service-minded. The daily menu is a good deal and quite delicious. We had sea bass one evening and steak the other. We felt welcome like family here. It's small, so they come to know you. This is very kid friendly and comfortable. It's a great place to stay if you want something quiet, homey and charming. I now feel like I have experienced a French manor after staying here.

We were a group of 15 D Day tourists that came here for lunch. A beautiful place with very nice…read morestaff. Food was wonderful. I had an appitizer of salmon tartare that was spot on. The slow cooked pork was outstanding. Bottom line we were all smiles on our way out. Thus, the 5 stars!

Stayed here the night before our Normandy tour. As you would expect in a small French town, the…read morehotel is historic. So it doesn't have all the comforts of a modern hotel. But the beds are comfortable, shower has great water pressure, and the staff is extremely friendly. Location is great as you can walk around town easily. Only issue that I don't think you can fix, as you can hear other rooms sometimes. Breakfast is good. I would definitely recommend for a few nights went in town.

Beautiful,breathtaking place , build in the c1500 , super friendly staff , owner very much…read moreinvolved, making the place very welcoming. My husband and definitely will return , to stay there .

In January this year, my father in law, brother and I were trying to find our way from Paris to the…read moreNormandy beaches. We got as far as Bayeux by train but it was the off season and everything was shut down so we were having a hard time finding a way to get to the beach. Nothing was open anywhere. We wandered into the Hotel le Bayeux and even though we weren't staying there, the really friendly staff took the time to help us find a rental car and gave us perfect directions (all in English!) for getting to the memorial, cemetery and beach. We were flying out of Paris the following day, if it wasn't for their help, we would have missed all of Normandy. Instead, it was the best day of our trip to France. The location is great, the hotel looked really nice and if the rooms are half as good as the staff, its worth a stay. Hope we can go back some day and spend a few days here.

If I could give this hotel a "0" I would. While the location is ideal, the owner of this…read moreestablishment is neglectful and unprofessional. There are very young inexperienced people taking care of an entire hotel that offers free breakfast. The rooms are dilapidated and not clean. Amenities are nonexistent, and any problem addressed with the front desk receives the response "I have to wait until the owner gets here" and then you never hear from the owner. I'm not sure there is one. Breakfast is okay but the bacon is raw and put in a warmer with the hopes it will cook. Everything else is cold and you must microwave it to be warmed. Coffee machine broke often; ice machine worked intermittently. The rooms are better explained through pictures. Last day the cook didn't show up, the night manager was back in to cover and the young girl who was afraid of her own shadow grabbed her coat and left at some point. This place was expensive and not worth it at all.

Déjà vu. As we drove…read moreup to the Château, something tugged at my memory about this place. It was familiar...but from where? A contact I had in Normandy made a reservation for me here, knowing my interest in local cuisine and ingredients. Sitting in the main dining room with an exquisite view of the French (English, to some) Channel and watching the tides' tremendous retreat, it struck me. Anthony Bourdain had been a guest of Chef Olivier Roellinger in his Brittany episode...which may explain why, at 2 tables, people were taking pictures of every dish. Gastro-tourism at its finest. What was nice about having seen the show was knowing the backstory. The attention to detail, the emphasis on local ingredients, the gardens, the locally sourced meats and fish. Even the simple country bread was memorable. We enjoyed a decadent (prix fixe) lunch, consisting of an appetizer, entrée, and dessert. The selections were seafood focused, with local Cancale Oysters as a highlight (you can see the chateaux from the oyster houses on the coastline), and various fish and shellfish. I enjoyed the "Mont St. Michel" lamb, as well. World class, exquisite fare that was fresh beyond belief...although classic French, the modern influences, even some Asian in a little lagniappe that we had at the start of the meal. (Yes, I know lagniappe is Cajun not Continental French, but although you can take the girl out of Louisiana...) We could not pass up the cheese cart (insert between entree and dessert). It's a required gastronomic experience when visiting northern France...Normandy and Bretagne cheeses are the best in the world, in my opinion...though my Norman travelling companion had a strong opinion on #1 in that constest. The dessert cart was a superlative experience...one could make a feast of that alone. I went for a mere four little tastes including a delicious pistachio confection and (for me) the obligatory chocolate treat. The wine list was pretty phenomenal, as I would expect, and we enjoyed a bottle of Chassagne Montrachet, a noteworthy wine to accompany an unforgettable experience. Indeed. I won't forget this one.

On of the most romantic place I Have ever seen. The…read morerestaurant Roellinger in Cancale in nw closed and part of the team joins this hotel/restaurant and you can find some of the well know plate invented by Roellinger.