La Maison du Bassin

The hotel was very quaint and rustic. Rooms very basic for price and no aircon or view so felt a bit enclosed. The beds and linen were high quality and soaps were nice. The restaurant was good but the breakfast was disappointing as there were no gluten free options except for a very runny egg I had to pay extra for and a coffee. A nice option of fruit and cheese and meats would have been welcome. The dinner was good with excellent local fish. There is nowhere to sit like a lounge or terrace except for your room and with no terrace or balcony it meant staying out all day. A hotel terrace would be nice. The location was superb and I imagine in winter it is very cosy. Three nights in heatwave was plenty. Overall we did have a lovely stay but you need to pay more if you want to have more space to be comfortable which we didn’t realise. It’s well worth a 2 night stay as it was a lovely experience and charming. The staff were very friendly and the place oozed a lovely charm.

The rooms are very small. In our case I need to climb over my partner to get out of the bed!. Linen is also dated. The restaurant and bar are a good addition.

Arriving late night in a cold winter evening and then suddenly being welcomed like princes out of my MG TF driven by Nicolas Chevalier taken nicely to our bedroom then down to the bar drinking champagne and then an amazing dinner made of fresh Fisk simply on the grill with vegetables and more… after that we played pool protected by the team and had our first night and an amazing breakfast in bed ! Congratulations to the owner and team JC. NR

This is a lovely older motel. Staff is excellent, helpful and friendly. The bed was quite comfortable and the bedding was of high quality as were the towels. The room is large for a small hotel and very comfortable. There is a nice wardrobe. Bathrobes were a nice touch We slept well. The restaurant associated with the hotel is excellent. The hotel is also associated with a very good bar with outside seating on a pleasant terrace. Our room had a very nice and lovely private terrace . Room cleaning was prompt and thorough. As an older building the hotel is very charming but with a few quirks, none of which were major or annoying. The older doors can be difficult to open and lock and our room had several small steps between the shower and the room and also the toilet and the room, not an issue with us but could be for someone else. The bath mirror is antique and very nice but because of the pattern on the glass is difficult to use for shaving for instance. We only received the exact amount of soap and shampoo for our stay. We could have asked for more, but it was adequate. The hotel is located about a kilometer from the ferry. It is an easy walk except if one had lots of baggage. ||. |All in all a delightful place to stay. I would recommend

The welcome on our arrival wasn't the friendliest and our first impression of the 2 rooms was they were somewhat dilapidated and had no aircon (we were there during heatwave). ||Our ground floor room (in outbuilding) had a veranda, was quite big and the bed was comfortable. However the furnishings were more shabby than chic - Door handles virtually dropping off, cabinet handles were dropping off etc. However, the place grew on us and we thought for a relatively small outlay they could get the rooms really really nice - They need to modernise the shower (a thermostat mixer would be a start) and add some ceiling lighting - it was really quite dark even at midday. Otherwise seeing past the shabby, it was clean, recently painted etc. ||I didn't look in our son's room which was in main building, but he said it was very hot and something about the headboard made the bed uncomfortable. ||||The hotel itself is a charming looking place and has a great location just a few minutes from the beach. No traffic noise. ||||The restaurant was excellent. Breakfast was by far the best we had in 2 weeks and similar to be said for the 2 evening meals we had. Wife and son converted to Oyster eaters. It has a nice bar too. ||||Aside from the grumpy welcome, the staff were all really good and most spoke pretty good English. ||||Summary, Rooms need a bit of sympathetic modernisation, but it is a quaint place with very good food and service - far superior to the other high-end hotels we stopped at on our 2 week trip.

Fabulous outdoor seating, great drinks for aperitif and small bites. Friendly bar and resto staff. The only thing missing unfortunately was qualitative food. Basics like pasta scampi, tuna and scallops I'd unfortunately rate as ... very basic. We were disappointed. So. We recommend for apero & stuff.

This review mostly concerns the restaurant Le Bistrot du Bassin which is part of the hotel. Only there one night and we got the last room so our expectations were lower. One big issue was the bed was tucked into an alcove so if the person on the inside needed to get up in the middle of the night, they would have to roll over the person on the outside. That should have been disclosed prior to booking that room. The property is visibly very charming and that extends to the dining room. Wait staff was nice enough but had not been properly trained. We had a reservation and were staying at the hotel. The manager was upset that we did not want to sit at a table next to front door and moved us grudgingly. There was a table next the window next to our table that we would have preferred and it was unreserved...he refused. The restaurant was half full and the table was unreserved. The wait staff took our appertif order and then preceded to bring the dinner wine and main courses before we had finished our apertif. The service felt rushed and somewhat clueless. Food was fine but would have expected a higher quality of preparation and presentation at those prices. The dessert buffet was not well executed and lacking in quality. For prices they charge, think you can do alot better in Cap Ferret.

The restaurant here was recommended by a personal friend. It has an incredible selection of food that is fine dining, and reasonably priced. It is a nice escape from the crowds of Cap Ferret. Our waitress was attentive and kind and the food was incredible - I recommend the carpaccio. On a pouring rainy night, the manager Jerome drove us himself to the ferry boat when we could not find a ride!!! Thank you Jerome you are wonderful. You won’t find better service on the cap!