Le Cise, The Originals Relais

Hotel Le Cise is in a wonderful location; our room, across the valley, maybe 250m, [beware the very steep path] was quirky but comfortable and provided the promised 'sea view', looking out south-east at the hotel/restaurant, sea and cliffs.The room was billed as a 'suite', but, not in reality. The bath sides were very high; anybody even slightly infirm, could not use it and there is no shower curtain, so water everywhere. The restaurant's menu is heavily fish and sea-food oriented with only two 'meat' dishes available at the time; fine for one of us, but not the other [Veal knuckle - not tried, and Rotie de Boeuf; tried, but not liked - beef, but not roasted as we know it; alternately tough, fat, stringy, fat, tough, all in a delicious sauce. The fishophile loved both of his [4-course] meals. Terrific wine list, good selection of beer and cider. One very disappointing issue was the overt reluctance and failure to replace used towels - at 240Euro/night NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!

The hotel and location were unique. The hotel is perched on top of a cliff at Bois Le Cise and has a fantastic view across the English Channel. We were upgraded to a lovely room which had a modern/regency style. The meal was very enjoyable and the service impeccable.

Not easy to find and limited on site parking. I paid for a luxury room with sea view and I suppose thats exactly what I got! The view of the sea was to say the least minimal, though I could see water. All the staff I encountered where friendly and helpful though speaking little English. Minor problems with the room were quickly resolved. But the door proved difficult to lock and there was no milk or powder for the tea or coffee. The bath was more a novelty than top quality function and the lack of a shower cubical or highlevel bracket for the shower fitting made showering difficult. Ample toiletries, excellent towels and bathrobes did help. Plenty of hot water. The bed was very comfortable but as it was a double I was rather surprised by its two single duvets! The restaurant had a wide choice of meals and good service. The dinner I had was excellent. However breakfast was only partly ready by the advertised time of 7.30am and rather overpriced and not the widest choice I have been offered. In my opinion the experience was overpriced.