Hostellerie Saint Germain

We stumbled across this restaurant almost by chance when visiting the area. In a shady courtyard we enjoyed an excellent lunch, complete with inventive amuse-bouches. Obviously this place is a favourite of local business men, as there were several groups dining here. The menu was extensive yet not over-stretched, the quality exceptional and the service efficient and not intrusive. The rest rooms were immaculate and the whole atmosphere was unhurried, tranquil and genteel. A very enjoyable experience.

This is a lovely old stone building set in a classic small French country village. ||My room appeared recently renovated and was nice and comfortable. Despite the four-lane highway being only 200 meters away, it was peaceful and quiet. ||All of the staff are kind and friendly, and the service always very correct and prompt. Certainly a strong point!||My dinner turned out quite expensive compared to the room rate. True I ate 'a la carte' which one does expect in France to be much less economical than set menus. ||However I do have some mixed feelings about the food. The products are of good quality and well cooked, but I found my gazpacho 'entree' over complicated, and the accompaniment to the otherwise good 'Volaille de Bresse au Vin Jaune et Morilles' dull.||Still I had an enjoyable meal and the choice of local Jura wines is vast and reasonably priced. Also the continental breakfast is excellent.

Remarkable restaurant. Excellent food, from the appetizer to the desert. Excellent service as well. We just sat down when they already asked us if we wanted an aperitif. A few seconds later the aperitif was there: a very nice cremant de Jura, together with some appetizers. All the dishes had traditional, terroir based ingredients, but the compositions and the preparations had modern touches, like a reduction of vin jaune with the desert.||All the details we just right. Not a single negative point.||Next time we are in the region we certainly will go back.

The hostellerie is in a very small town, the building looked old from the outside but if you turn the corner you find the modern addition. The building is modern and contemporary on the inside. The rooms are nice, neat and clean. We did not do dinner (renowned chef in the kitchen however but we had other plans) but the breakfast was superb.

Only dined here. Went with highish expectations following local suggestion to dine here from a winemaker. He suggested also La Balance and Graipot, but really urged dining at HSG. The setting is excellent, particularly if you can nab a spot outside on the terrace, looking back at the historical building. Service is patchy - Saturday night looked like school boy waiter night with revolving attendees at the table. Friendly though. Wine was left unpoured and out of reach at times (save a tactical move on the open bottle off the pouring table), the lights got flicked on in the garden at twilight which was a touch affronting. Food was average to ok. Amuse bouche with foie gras was dessert sweet but fine, the classic regional dish of Bresse chicken with vin jaune sauce should have been just that (ok, the morels were pretty good actually) but a half cooked pancake with some corn kernels came with it, and a really stodgy, heavily cheesed slap off mashed potatoes was overkill - and a crisp (stale, dirty oil, inedible) with some leaf set in it was, well, awful. Entree terrine of lamb and vegetables saved things, but what were those chick peas doing there? Anyway, best said that perhaps dishes chosen were poorly decided upon and a repeat visit might clear things - but off the back of this one visit, there won't be a return. Off to try Grapiot, La Balance, Bistrot des Claquets (wine bar) and Les Jardins de St Vincent (wine bar).

Excellent small hotel in the beautiful little village of Saint-Germain-les-Arlay. Charming owners, and excellent service. Charming traditional building with modern, very comfortable bedrooms, good breakfast. Ideal for the area.

A most excellent address for those looking for exquisite modern comfort at a very decent price in the region. The restaurant is just as great, and is worth the visit on its own.

Nice modern Hotel with excellent restaurant.