L'AUBIER Eco-Hôtel Montezillon

Do not expect great luxury. The room is of a reasonable size with modest Ikea furniture and squeaky wooden floor. Internet Wi-Fi is available, no TV but only an AM/FM radio. Saying that, who needs more than the beautiful view of the Neuchatel lake and the Alps mountains that one can enjoy from the little balcony; that of course if you, like us, are lucky enough to be there on a clear day. There is ample free parking, also undercover (between the pillars, under the rooms).||||We enjoyed our steak tartar for dinner and the very good and recommended Pinot Noir (Domaine des Coccinelles). The service was good too.||||The breakfast was very good to our taste. We had fruit juice a boiled egg (nice machine!) and very good coffee (there is a great selection from the self-serve machine), croissants and bread of excellent quality as well as a good variety of fresh fruit. There were also cereals and yogurts, butter, gem and honey.||||We did enjoy our stay, though we agree with others here that it is a little on the dear side, considering the overall current state of the hotel.

Extremely friendly staff. Healthy atmosphere with nice lake view and balcony. The breakfast is fantastic with homemade bread and delicious cheese plus a very good coffee. Will come again soon!

We arrived via public transportation and had the pleasure to walk into that village. So we could enjoy the quiet and peaceful surrounding. While we had a delicious meal in the restaurant we enjoyed the breathtaking view over the lake and mountain range. We had to wait quite a while for a table. It is recommended to make a reservation. We will do so next time.

This is one of the most exciting places I've ever stayed! Everything in here comes from natural sources, starting from the construction materials of the house to the coating used inside the rooms and the toiletries. The food was simply amazing and one could taste the freshness of every ingredient. ||||We will definitely come back!

I stayed there for four nights in February. The view from the room and restaurant is great (if the weather is good which wasn't the case). My room was quiet. There is no TV in the room but you find books all around the house. If you need Internet you can have a fast wired connection for free. Also Swiss power adapters can be freely borrowed. The breakfast was also good for me with local food (cheese, yoghurt and eggs).

Nice quiet place with magnificent view in the morning reaching as far as the lake. Good breakfast and good dinner. All food is sourced as locally as possible with ecologic mindset. Mixed salad was great. Stayed in the outside pavillions but there are also in-house rooms that are a bit more spacious. Not needed though. WiFi is stable in the pavillions but has been proven to be more squeeky in the hotel rooms.

Staying at L’Aubier was a real pleasure. From the wonderful food and products at the restaurants/shop, to the beautiful views from our window and the walk around the farm, it felt like we were not only enjoying our holiday but also contributing to a real human-built sustainable space. If we did it again, we would only change going by car, to make it more accessible and possible to travel around the beautiful area more. But even if you go by public transport it is well located and the complimentary travel helps a lot. Overall, a beautiful stay. Thank you L’Aubier team!

We were so excited about going to this organic and ecological hotel - and were badly disappointed. They had booked us in a cubicle kind of room away from the main building of the hotel. This cubicle clearly had seen better days, the bathroom extremely small (two slim people could barely be there at the same time), poorly cleaned. The balcony was useless, as the roof above it was built from wooden slats with big spaces in between! And it was raining that night... ||||As we wanted to enjoy the truly benefits of organic food, we booked a table in the restaurant l'Aubier. The first disappointment there was, that some of the menus were not available for what so ever reason. After one full hour, when all guests around us had already received their food (they had ordered long after us) I collected all my best french to ask for our menus. They were totally surprised and hurried into the kitchen. And I was surprised how inattentive all the staff was as they did not realize the lack of our food!! After my complaint the food arrived within no time. But the portions were small (no, vegetarians do not want to loose weight!) and my menu was only lukewarm. ||||As a compensation to the delay they offered a coffee, for my friend they even offered a piece of chocolate cake instead.||||The biggest disappointment was the bed! This was horrible, never in my entire life have I slept worse than this night! Not only was the bed much too small for two people (again, very slim people) but it also had only one duvet and it was HARD like a pallet!! I hardly slept, moved from one side to the other and my back felt like breaking into pieces. In my misery I even tried to sleep on one of the IKEA armchairs, but of course this was even worse... ||||It turned out, that this is a "Hüsler-Nest"-bed... everybody knows, that you cannot sleep one night in a "Hüsler-Nest" and be happy but needs adjustment of minimum two weeks... this was torture. But of course our complaint while checking out was unheard and no compensation was offered. The price was definitely much to high for what we got.||||The idea of an organic and ecological hotel is absolute great and all the farm products they use are first quality. I fully support the philosophy of anthroposophical farming. But behind that idea should be more, it's not enough, sorry.