Hostellerie de l'Écu de Bretagne

Smooth check-in. The rooms are very spacious with a nice bed, air conditioning, and mini fridge. The staff was extra nice and was able to help us with our questions about the area and places to eat.

Beautiful hotel; tasteful, well-equipped room. Good customer service in both the hotel and the brasserie where we had an excellent meal after enjoying the pool. This was the best hotel we stayed at in over three weeks' touring France.

Stayed in a superior room which was very spacious and very clean. The hotel is having a complete renovation but didn't hear any noise. It is an old coach house being upgraded with very good taste and modern facilities; which is unusual for an independent French hotel (most private hotels stayed the same as 30 years ago).Beautifully located right in the centre of Beaugency with a parking within the hotel. Nice big bathroom with all amenities needed. Air conditioning, safe, mini bar (limited stock but free)... Pleasantly surprised by the standards of this hotel considering the very reasonable price tag. My only criticism would be that there is no stand for your suitcase. It would be a small investment but a big plus to protect the walls as well as your back. Didn't have breakfast as we had to leave early but would most definitely recommend this hotel and will be back next time around.

Wonderful stay. The best we have ever stayed in.

We wanted a hotel from where to have easy access to the castles of the Loire Valley. This hotel was just perfect for us. The town is very quiet, and the hotel was very comfortable , clean, friendly personnel, everything worked, including thr WI-FI. The price was absolutely great. We even had picnics on the banks of the Loire river, there are picnics places and the river is close to the hotel. In a word I would come again to this hotel and warmly recommend to anyone that want to visit the Loire Valley.

Location ideal for touring Loire area. Advise booking car park as it soon filled up. Recently refurbished hotel due to an EU grant, with very elegant decor and large spacious superior bedroom.Excellent queen sized bed with good quality bedding and pillows. Good lighting and a/c. Large and practical easy to use shower with soap holder (often missing in hotels) Illuminated shaving mirror. Heated towel rail.Only negatives: noisy door closers, ill fitted curtains, a/c a bit noisy, poorly stocked small empty mini bar (3 items!). There was no one on reception to check us in, only waiters.This was at 7.30! No information at all in the rooms about hotel facilities No check in at all after 10 p.m. Elegant but almost empty restaurant, we ate in the busy brasserie.Fixed menu was o.k. but portions were small. Loose wine very expensive - €16 small pichet and this was in the Loire Valley! No signage for lifts or exits to car park, possibly hotel not finished yet.

We last stayed here 40 years ago on our honeymoon and it has improved! The recent renovation has been well carried out and the hotel and rooms are comfortable, with decent beds. It has its own parking in the courtyard. The food in the restaurant and brasserie was well presented and well cooked but a bit pricey. The hotel is situated in the old town of Beaugency which is very attractive with its own chateau and lovely walks by the Loire. It is a good centre for visiting Chambord and Cheverny.

We had a wonderful stay in a beautiful room overlooking the square in Beaugency.The food in the restaurant was excellent and the service we received very good .We first visited this hotel about 16 years ago and the amount of investment in it recently has caused a sea change.

We have stayed at this hotel on our way to south-west France on a number of occasions and over the years have seen it improved and up-graded. We have always enjoyed the accommodation and the food. On this occasion we were a little disappointed. We arrived at 3.30pm after a five-hour journey and were given the keys to a room that was still in the process of being serviced. There is no lounge at L'Ecu so it was suggested we might like to look around the town. This was OK but we have been to the town before and I would by far have preferred to be in our room. Dinner in the restaurant is a set menu with a choice of 5 starters and the same number of main courses and desserts. One of the starters was not available and one of the main courses had been changed. One starter had a supplement to pay and 2 main courses had supplements. Although the restaurant is quite big, guests had been put together on a cluster of tables possibly because it made it easier to serve. My chair was frequently being knocked by the person serving the neighbouring table. All in all, it was not as good an experience as we have had previously.

The food was superb, the room was spacious warm and tidy,and we had an undisturbed nights sleep.