Hotel de L'Abbaye Le Tronchet - Handwritten Collection ★★★★

Beautiful property and location. Nice welcome. Excellent chef and great wine list.

Not using what they already have to highest potential. No music on in the bar area before dinner. Very lack lustre atmosphere for a Friday night. No fires lit in the stunning fireplaces. Staff need more training. Why face dining tables directly to windows in the evening when it is completely dark outside. Nothing to look at expect your reflection. Very odd! Shower power was dismally weak and if you’re taller than 5ft 11 then you will hit your head in showerhead! No shelf in the shower for your own products.

Excellent property, beautiful grounds, historic stone house building, very nice room. We booked a comfort room and we were allocated a room with direct access to the garden. Really special. The room was spacious, nicely decorated in a traditional style. Bed was comfortable (a bit too stiff in my opinion but still comfortable), bathroom was decent and the water kettle with quality tea bags was a very nice treat (after all it's north west France, most of the year it's pretty cold and a tea is always nice to conclude the day). There's a restaurant at the hotel, it is a michelin recommended restaurant. We had dinner there on the first night. We thought it was just OK. All very proper but it could have been better (food wise). Breakfast was good, nice friendly service. Parking next to the room was very comfortable. We booked 1 hour spa - which costs 20 Euros per person. It nice to have the spa for yourself, dry and wet sauna and a small jacuzzi. It was nice after a day sight seeing to warm up before dinner time. Service was friendly and professional. All staff members were extremely nice and responsive before and during our stay. Location - it's a real country side place, nothing to do around. Beautiful grounds and nature but quite remote and there's literally no where to eat or drink in the vicinity of the hotel. To get to Saint Malo and Dinard count a 30 minutes drive. It is not that close. To Mont Saint Michel (go there early morning or later in the afternoon to avoid to hordes of tourists) is about 45 minutes drive. We visited Avranches after Mont Saint Michel, just a town, beautiful, not touristy and with beautiful botanic garden and a cathedral.

Really nice place and a great experience, but if I have to pick something I would say that scrambled eggs at breakfast looked terrible and industrial. There's a bathrobe in a room but no slippers.

we’ve been lucky enough to stay here before, it’s our “ treat “ after a camping holiday and on our way to the ferry at Cherbourg . It’s set in lovely grounds , lovely rooms and food too .

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Lovely welcome from Abby Great room

The hotel and the surroundings are very pretty and immaculately kept. The room was good with everything you need . We enjoyed the breakfast with plenty of choice.

The restaurant isn’t very big so when we tried to book for our evening meal it was fully booked …so make sure you book as early as you can .

Great breakfast- evening meal really well cooked but limited choice

Really nice place, very quiet with an excellent restaurant. Rooms are spacious, staff is very friendly and giving nice recommendations for visits or restaurants. The restaurant is a gastronomy one where they offered me a gluten free menu with excellent bread ! Also for breakfast they did accommodate my gluten intolerance.

Swimming pool could be heated more as 24 degrees is really cold especially when weather is not super nice.

The food was wonderful and the wine-pairings were spot on. The server / sommelier really made the evening meal a wonderful experience.

We had to carry two heavy suitcases up the stairs. Perhaps you should highlight the fact there is no lift. We were disappointed not to use the spa. The jacuzzi was broken, so it didn't seem worth while (especially with it being too cold to use the outdoor pool)

Historic building surrounded by beautiful forests. Observes a beaver, kingfisher and herons right at the lake in front of the hotel. Great atmosphere and good breakfast, though some vegetables would be nice.

Minibar/fridge would be nice to keep drinks cool. Otherwise just beautiful, loved my stay.

Evening meal exceptional - amazing chef and friendly waiting staff

Grounds and gardens needed attention

Location was beautiful, in the countryside but half hour drive to all major places to see. The Abbey was really beautiful and the grounds super.

No WiFi in our room and bad phone reception generally in the area. Could do with some boosters around the building..especially with the thick stone walls.

Due to our booking error we arrived a month early but the staff were charming and extremely helpful in changing our reservation and giving us early access to our room to dress for an afternoon wedding. Hotel is in a lovely building, beautifully situated in a natural environment and staffed by a delightful team. Novel use of high quality pre-prepared food enabled the receptionist to quickly and efficiently provide an excellent light meal to suit our time schedule.

Lovely hotel in quite location, great room & fabulous restaurant, great breakfast.

Property was in a great location not too far from towns and villages to visit with beautiful surroundings. The building also had lots of character. The staff were very helpful and kind to us during our stay. The room was simple but we did not need more than what it offered.

On one occasion, the cleaning staff did not shut our room door properly. Additionally, the shower temperature was not consistent but was ok to use.

Beautiful, characterful building in lovely setting, Great heated pool. Very good breakfast

Staff, roooms and locations. Very quiet. Excellent breakfast.

Lack of different menu options in the restaurant. The set menu is excellent but it is the same every night.

The room was lovely. Beautiful view over the gardens. Very comfortable bed and good shower. Very peaceful place to stay. Restaurant was good we had the 5 course tasting menu. The service was very friendly but slightly erratic, things were missed. I wouldn't do the wine pairing again as the wine was not always served with the food it was meant to be with. Breakfast was good, usual meats, cheese and fish.

We really liked the hotel and would stay again if we wanted to be in that part of France. See above for what we were not thrilled with ie the service in the restaurant. There seemed to be one waitress and a trainee, the main waitress needed to delegate some tasks so that she could fulfil her tasks like ensuring that the wine was served at the right time and not missing out the 'petits fours'.

Nice building .. lovely gardens Good area

Given incorrect room and had to change reception to get correct one .. told restaurant was fully booked and they could only provide cheese in the bar but restaurant had 4 diners in all night .. other guest charged bottles of wine to our room

The room was very comfortable and all the facilities you would expect. the restaurant was a great dining experience with wines chosen to go with each course. Would recommend booking the restaurant when booking then room to avoid disappointment. Great choice/selection for breakfast. I would recommend this Hotel and its location for a quite break any time.

Wonderful location, all green and so peaceful!! Big comfy rooms. Great for families with kids and pets. Highly recommended!!