Château Mont Joly Hotel Restaurant Dole, Jura

This is an exceptional place. The restaurant and service is outstanding and yet manages to be unpretentious. As someone who is gluten intolerant it is one of the few establishments I have come across in France who take pride in not just accommodating the dietary preference but ensuring they had prepared special amuse bouche without gluten. It is a reflection of the care and attention to detail they take. Worth making a detour to visit (even if you are not gluten intolerant!).

Stopped here overnight on our way from Switzerland in November, an amazing spot with some outstanding food, the service was impeccable and we enjoyed the chance to try different wines from the area. A treat the following morning to be shown the wine cellar by Romuald and talk about his long career at the top of the culinary food scene

A lovely homely chateau, which has about 7 bedrooms and is owned and run by the chef and his wife. They have a great team working with them who are always helpful. English is spoken by all.|A great place to break the drive when heading south from Calais. There is a nice garden with a good size swimming pool. There are also some goats at the bottom of the garden - fenced in.|The restaurant is excellent, a one star Michelin with a great wine selection, breakfast on the patio before a further drive is relaxing.

Great dinner (deserve its Michelin star), excellent service! Highly recommended

Can’t say enough great things about this restaurant. The hotel and domaine are beautiful, the staff is amazing! The chef is so friendly and welcoming! It was really a great pick for my first Michelin star restaurant. Every course was perfect, well balanced, and surprising. They really use all the products of the region and put them on a plate. Next time we will do the full experience of staying at the hotel and dinner because it seems amazing! Highly recommended and will definitely go back. It was without a doubt the best meal of my life.

Wonderful chateau hotel (4 stars) with a nice park and big pool. Great food with by an innovative chef (R. Fassenet), accompanied by fitting local wine selections. This is a family led business - they are in with their heart and this makes all the difference.

The hotel is run by a chef and his wife, and is more a top-class restaurant with rooms, than a hotel first and foremost. There were no complaints about service however which was always professional and courteous, if a little detached. The rooms are modernised, air-conditioned and spacious, with a quirky bathroom which is attached to the room rather than en-suite, but fully serviceable and modern. There is a lovely pool in the grounds although you have to catch it early the next morning since the robot cleaner is put in shortly after breakfast! The food was excellent with a wonderful array of creative amuse-bouches and starters, and we both had a delicious lamb for the main course. The wine list is abundant with some reasonably priced local wines going up to some very fine wines at much higher price levels. The restaurant decor is very relaxing and airy, with nice views over the gardens and pool, and well-spaced tables. All in all a lovely overnight stay, but please keep the pool open a bit longer in the morning for those who do not rise early!

After all the great reviews, I really expect something extra. Unfortunately, I didn't get what I expected, my personal opinion. Average: room, breakfast (disappointed for that price). Building by self is great, and this is all that I can remember, like a good memory. Value of money and reality, hmmm mismatch.