Top Hotels in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre
The best available hotels & places to stay near Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre
Discover the best hotels in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre, Vendee, Pays de la Loire including La Chaumiere Hotel Restaurant, Chateau de la Barbiniere, Maison Toussaint, Residences du Palmier, Appart-Alma, Chateau de la Barbiniere.
1. La Chaumiere Hotel Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 159 reviews
If you’re looking for a quaint hotel in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre, look no further than La Chaumiere Hotel Restaurant. Free wifi is offered to guests, and rooms at La Chaumiere Hotel Restaurant offer a desk. During your stay, take advantage of some of the amenities offered, including newspaper and executive lounge access. Guests of La Chaumiere Hotel Restaurant are also welcome to enjoy a pool and an on-site restaurant. For travelers arriving by car, free parking is available. If you like French restaurants, La Chaumiere Hotel Restaurant is conveniently located near La Muse Gueule. The staff at La Chaumiere Hotel Restaurant looks forward to serving you during your upcoming visit.
I'd take a better room next time
Reviewed By Ian AVery convenient little hotel, close to where our daughter is working, which is the only reason we chose it. But it was very convenient for Cholet (don't go shopping on a Sunday, everything is closed) and for Puy du Fou, which was an unexpected delight and definitely worth a visit. I think the hotel is probably worth a 4 star rating, if you go for one of the superior rooms, ours was small and functional, with nothing wrong at all, just a bit pokey and with a shower arrangement in the bath which made it impossible to keep the floor dry. Staff very friendly and welcoming, breakfast is exactly what you'd expect in France - with squeezing your own orange juice an extra bit of added jeopardy. Looks like the restaurant gets busy in the evenings, but we didn't try it. We would definitely stay again, but I would upgrade to a different room next time.
2. Chateau de la Barbiniere
Overall Ratings
4 based on 277 reviews
Situé à seulement 10 minutes du Puy du Fou, le Château de la Barbinière allie design et raffinement pour un séjour emprunt de luxe et de modernité dans un cadre exceptionnel en Vendée. Son magnifique parc de 13 hectares déploie son architecture dans un environnement naturel et calme. Le parc se prête à de multiples activités comme le golf, la balade, la baignade dans la piscine chauffée de mai à septembre*. Appréciez la cuisine de notre restaurant classé Maître restaurateur. Le Château de la Barbinière organise vos événements : mariages, séminaires, cocktails d'entreprise, etc. avec sa nouvelle salle de 550 m2 Le Pavillon.
If only!
Reviewed By BSM72The best way I can describe this hotel is to compare it with the business class cabin of a long-range Dreamliner aircraft of a good (but not quite top) international airline : seats that convert into a fully lie-flat bed, privacy dividers and wide individual video screens : i.e. the works, but nothing truly exceptional. Add to it an even better-quality galley, still always business class. Please note that I use the analogy to business class not to first class: this is after all a 4-star hotel (in my view only just) and not a luxury 5-star Relais & Châteaux. Now, hand it over to a run-of-the mill decorator with a taste for a clean minimalistic look and for lower quality materials in bright colours and ask him to re-upholster the seats and to change the floor and wall coverings. THEN, ask Ryanair to provide its most disliked cabin crew. You know the one I mean, it's the one where you feel the hostesses have been recruited on the basis of their ability to be nasty to passengers and seem to take it out on them as if it were some form of additional salary in kind. With that in mind you have the Chateau-Hotel de la Barbinière, namely a completely mixed bag : 4 TA dots for the rooms and buildings, 5 for the restaurant, 2 for the decoration and a fail for service. It is a small hotel (30 rooms) which has an awful lot going for it : - A really quite nice 19th century manor house which seems to have been fully renovated sometime in the past ten years (19th century because all the castles and churches in the region were burned and destroyed to the ground during the French Revolution) ; - Nearly 30 acres of outstanding grounds with a big outdoor swimming pool and a three-hole pitch and putt golf course ; Close proximity (8 km) to the world-acclaimed historical theme park of Le Puy du Fou, from which the hotel derives probably most of its clientele ; - A new young and very talented chef who has just been recruited : we had a dinner which was truly worthy of a one Michelin star ; and one can only hope the chef will not move on too soon ; - Our room and our bathroom were spotlessly clean ; - The bedding was of excellent quality ; and finally - There was no lack of staff, as I counted four waiters for eleven 2- or 4-seat tables being served for dinner for 60-70% occupancy We stayed only one night at La Barbinière, had dinner and breakfast with all of my family on a recent two-day visit to the Puy du Fou : my wife, our children, our grandchildren aged 2 to 6 and the au pair, 12 people in all . But what an absolute nightmare as soon as one came into contact with the staff. During my less than 24-hour stay, I crossed paths with 7 members of staff, and I have reported to the general manager 11 separate incidents linked to 5 of those 7 members of staff. I don't know if it was Murphy's law or if every client has shared the same experience and either didn't care or did not know enough about the hospitality industry in France to know what to expect from a 4-star hotel in terms of service. I won't bore you with the details, let me just say that the attitude of four of the five members of staff against whom I have grievances was unbelievably unhelpful and, as for the fifth, it was a case of ordinary rudeness, but followed by blatant and aggressive mendacity when confronted. This last one was a person who I understand might even be part of the hotel's management, although she was serving at the breakfast buffet at the time. I will just give you one example from the 11 incidents of what I mean by an abnormally unhelpful behaviour. We came in for breakfast and the hostess asked for our room numbers and the number of guests which I duly gave her. I then added that it would be appropriate for her to have an additional table for six set up, as my son and his family, who could not be accommodated overnight at La Barbinière, would be arriving shortly to join us for breakfast. The hostess looked straight at me and all she said was "NO!" and not one word more. Let me assure you that it was not a "no" of interrogation or surprise, it was a definitive firm "no negative" and she didn't even try to follow up. I don't personally count this laconic response as rudeness - I will let you decide for yourselves - but it certainly was unhelpful. I was so stunned that, having asked her to repeat and again getting a one-word "no" response, I left speechless to go to the buffet and let my wife explain to the hostess that this had been prearranged and agreed with the hotel. My son and his family duly arrived 5-10 minutes later and what do you think happened? Not only had no table been set up, but the hostess and the other lady serving breakfast refused to accommodate them. My son showed them the written confirmation message from the hotel on his smartphone, but before he was allowed in and a table set up, he had to go himself and fetch the receptionist so that she could confirm in person to the ladies that the message was for real !!! If this does not qualify as a case of utter and total unhelpfulness, then I don't belong in this brave new world. Some will think : easy ! This whole unpleasant mix-up was due to the language barrier. Well no! All of my family and I happen to be French living in France… As you can see from my record of infrequent contributions on TripAdvisor, I am more in the habit of writing about hotels I truly like and, when I do have complaints, I hope they will lead to corrective action. In the case of La Barbinière, the problem is staff training, guidance and supervision. I am sure you now understand what I meant by the comparison with Ryanair. However, I sincerely believe that a few days of professional training of the front office and dining room staff – possibly even just a few hours – could turn the situation around. This would naturally require the full support and leadership of the hotel's management. I fear, however, that the General Manager may be quite set in his ways : after all he promotes himself as "Creator of the hotel" on his LinkedIn page and, although probably younger than I, he is getting on in years,. I have therefore entitled this piece "IF ONLY !" because "if only" the General Manager would retire and hand over the management to a new team which could educate and re-motivate the staff, La Barbinière could become a truly wonderful place. As an aside, for my money the new team could also make some changes to the decoration of the rooms: the photos on the hotel's website – even if probably nicely touched up – will tell you all you want to know on that score.
3. Maison Toussaint
Overall Ratings
5 based on 8 reviews
4. Residences du Palmier
5. Appart-Alma
Overall Ratings
4 based on 8 reviews
6. Chateau de la Barbiniere
Overall Ratings
4 based on 277 reviews
Situé à seulement 10 minutes du Puy du Fou, le Château de la Barbinière allie design et raffinement pour un séjour emprunt de luxe et de modernité dans un cadre exceptionnel en Vendée. Son magnifique parc de 13 hectares déploie son architecture dans un environnement naturel et calme. Le parc se prête à de multiples activités comme le golf, la balade, la baignade dans la piscine chauffée de mai à septembre*. Appréciez la cuisine de notre restaurant classé Maître restaurateur. Le Château de la Barbinière organise vos événements : mariages, séminaires, cocktails d'entreprise, etc. avec sa nouvelle salle de 550 m2 Le Pavillon.
If only!
Reviewed By BSM72The best way I can describe this hotel is to compare it with the business class cabin of a long-range Dreamliner aircraft of a good (but not quite top) international airline : seats that convert into a fully lie-flat bed, privacy dividers and wide individual video screens : i.e. the works, but nothing truly exceptional. Add to it an even better-quality galley, still always business class. Please note that I use the analogy to business class not to first class: this is after all a 4-star hotel (in my view only just) and not a luxury 5-star Relais & Châteaux. Now, hand it over to a run-of-the mill decorator with a taste for a clean minimalistic look and for lower quality materials in bright colours and ask him to re-upholster the seats and to change the floor and wall coverings. THEN, ask Ryanair to provide its most disliked cabin crew. You know the one I mean, it's the one where you feel the hostesses have been recruited on the basis of their ability to be nasty to passengers and seem to take it out on them as if it were some form of additional salary in kind. With that in mind you have the Chateau-Hotel de la Barbinière, namely a completely mixed bag : 4 TA dots for the rooms and buildings, 5 for the restaurant, 2 for the decoration and a fail for service. It is a small hotel (30 rooms) which has an awful lot going for it : - A really quite nice 19th century manor house which seems to have been fully renovated sometime in the past ten years (19th century because all the castles and churches in the region were burned and destroyed to the ground during the French Revolution) ; - Nearly 30 acres of outstanding grounds with a big outdoor swimming pool and a three-hole pitch and putt golf course ; Close proximity (8 km) to the world-acclaimed historical theme park of Le Puy du Fou, from which the hotel derives probably most of its clientele ; - A new young and very talented chef who has just been recruited : we had a dinner which was truly worthy of a one Michelin star ; and one can only hope the chef will not move on too soon ; - Our room and our bathroom were spotlessly clean ; - The bedding was of excellent quality ; and finally - There was no lack of staff, as I counted four waiters for eleven 2- or 4-seat tables being served for dinner for 60-70% occupancy We stayed only one night at La Barbinière, had dinner and breakfast with all of my family on a recent two-day visit to the Puy du Fou : my wife, our children, our grandchildren aged 2 to 6 and the au pair, 12 people in all . But what an absolute nightmare as soon as one came into contact with the staff. During my less than 24-hour stay, I crossed paths with 7 members of staff, and I have reported to the general manager 11 separate incidents linked to 5 of those 7 members of staff. I don't know if it was Murphy's law or if every client has shared the same experience and either didn't care or did not know enough about the hospitality industry in France to know what to expect from a 4-star hotel in terms of service. I won't bore you with the details, let me just say that the attitude of four of the five members of staff against whom I have grievances was unbelievably unhelpful and, as for the fifth, it was a case of ordinary rudeness, but followed by blatant and aggressive mendacity when confronted. This last one was a person who I understand might even be part of the hotel's management, although she was serving at the breakfast buffet at the time. I will just give you one example from the 11 incidents of what I mean by an abnormally unhelpful behaviour. We came in for breakfast and the hostess asked for our room numbers and the number of guests which I duly gave her. I then added that it would be appropriate for her to have an additional table for six set up, as my son and his family, who could not be accommodated overnight at La Barbinière, would be arriving shortly to join us for breakfast. The hostess looked straight at me and all she said was "NO!" and not one word more. Let me assure you that it was not a "no" of interrogation or surprise, it was a definitive firm "no negative" and she didn't even try to follow up. I don't personally count this laconic response as rudeness - I will let you decide for yourselves - but it certainly was unhelpful. I was so stunned that, having asked her to repeat and again getting a one-word "no" response, I left speechless to go to the buffet and let my wife explain to the hostess that this had been prearranged and agreed with the hotel. My son and his family duly arrived 5-10 minutes later and what do you think happened? Not only had no table been set up, but the hostess and the other lady serving breakfast refused to accommodate them. My son showed them the written confirmation message from the hotel on his smartphone, but before he was allowed in and a table set up, he had to go himself and fetch the receptionist so that she could confirm in person to the ladies that the message was for real !!! If this does not qualify as a case of utter and total unhelpfulness, then I don't belong in this brave new world. Some will think : easy ! This whole unpleasant mix-up was due to the language barrier. Well no! All of my family and I happen to be French living in France… As you can see from my record of infrequent contributions on TripAdvisor, I am more in the habit of writing about hotels I truly like and, when I do have complaints, I hope they will lead to corrective action. In the case of La Barbinière, the problem is staff training, guidance and supervision. I am sure you now understand what I meant by the comparison with Ryanair. However, I sincerely believe that a few days of professional training of the front office and dining room staff – possibly even just a few hours – could turn the situation around. This would naturally require the full support and leadership of the hotel's management. I fear, however, that the General Manager may be quite set in his ways : after all he promotes himself as "Creator of the hotel" on his LinkedIn page and, although probably younger than I, he is getting on in years,. I have therefore entitled this piece "IF ONLY !" because "if only" the General Manager would retire and hand over the management to a new team which could educate and re-motivate the staff, La Barbinière could become a truly wonderful place. As an aside, for my money the new team could also make some changes to the decoration of the rooms: the photos on the hotel's website – even if probably nicely touched up – will tell you all you want to know on that score.
