We stayed in this hotel in Feb 2009 as a stopover before flying out from Bergerac Airport.
Obviously it was a very quiet time for the hotel, in fact we were the only guests staying there at that time! In summary these are our thoughts:
Good Points:
- Very professional, friendly and attentive staff.
- Lovely location, set in nice grounds looking over the Dordogne river.
Not So Good Points
- Hotel rooms were a little dated but did include some beautiful period features
- Room facilites were not reflective of a 4* (the TV was old and only had limited channels, the shower was very poor, no tea/coffee in the room.
- The room was overly expensive (we paid 175Euros for one night). More importantly, food / drink was much too expensive, e.g. 18 Euros for a continental breakfast.
- We ate in the Bistro (the only people eating there!) food was OK but nothing special for the price. The total cost for one night was over 300 Euros, including food, one bottle of wine and their cheapest aperitifs - too expensive in my opinion.
Overall, the hotel was fine, but too expensive for it's quality. We won't bo going back.

We stayed with our four children for one night in July 2008. Our two rooms were situated in the orangary off the main building. The rooms themselves were oK. Ours was very large but smelt damp and the bathroom was in clear need of an upgrade. The childrens room, although being spacious was not of the standard one would expect of this category, although they did both have air conditioning.

One of the main reasons for staying at the hotel was that we believed it had a michelin star restaraunt. From reading earlier reviews we discovered it had lost it's star which almost led us to cancel the booking. The food however was very good and with the exception of the egg starter very enjoyable and of a starred category.

Breakfast was served in the bistro and was pleasant. The staff were all friendly and accommodating and we encountered no other problems highlighted in previous reviews.

We spent a night at this hotel on our way to the south of France, and had a great experience. The hotel is located in a large and romantic park with a great lawn, many flower banks and large trees, next to a river. The building is a large, old style French manor with a grand entrance hall. The owners are very nice and helpful.

We reserved a suite, as we were traveling with two children, and enjoyed the room's comfort. It is also very quiet, which is a plus. It seems the rooms all have their own personality and furnishing, which is a nice change from many impersonal hotels.

We ate at both the "gastronomique" restaurant, which serves some sophisticated arrangements with the expected local "foie gras", and the "bistro" restaurant, which serves some more simple but very flavorful dishes. Breakfast was pleasant as well. The staff was very attentive, even when it came to our two children.

The hotel is in the heart of a wonderful region which includes medieval cities and other picturesque sites. Make sure to try the local wine as well (Bergerac).

Being mid-way between Sarlat and Bergerac this is ideally situated for exploring the region. The small chateau gives the impression of almost being an English coiuntry house with a pretty flower filled garden. Although it is right beside the Dordogne river you cannot really see it from ground level which is a pity.

The "Privelige" room we had was on the first floor of the chateau (no lift for those higher up) and looked on to the garden. It was spacious, well decorated and had an extremely pretty bathroom which was not altogether satisfactory. It had a bath and a hand held shower with a very small screen which was ineffective and resulted in my husband spraying the entire bathroom each time he used it! The air conditioning was a bonus at it was extremely hot while we were there. It would have been impossible to have slept with the windows open as the entire property was heavily populatd by mosquitos in the afternoons and evenings. This meant we were unable to use the pool as on the one occasion we tried we were eaten alive by them.

The hotel, as previously advised, has recently changed hands and I would agree that this probably has made no, or little difference, except I would suggest to the restaurant. We had a rather disappointing dinner off the 48euro menu, with no choices and the feeling that the chef had used the cheapest ingredients he could find - eg eggs to start, very over cooked shoulder of lamb as a main course and strawberries for pudding, all interspersed with various "freebies" of "froth" in various guises. (We also spent most of the evening swatting mossies!) We ate in the bistro one night and again I though my main course of very fatty belly of pork with tiny potatoes was not up to scratch. (No other choice of meat) Breakfast on the terrace at 18euros was very expensive and although served by charming staff was ordinary.

The reception staff were not particularly forthcoming. They made little effort to begin with but after we had stayed 4 nights they became rather more approachable. With both restaurants being shut on the Monday night of our stay we asked for suggestions of where to go to eat and they seemed reluctant to recommend anywhere. Eventually they did send us to a very pretty little village, Tremolat, which we enjoyed.

Overall we enjoyed our stay as it was a superb base from which to explore the Dordogne area. Also as it was so hot, 30 degrees plus, it was a joy to get back to our air conditioned room, although a shame we didn't use the swimming pool. We did though find it did not come up to our expectations from the various reviews, especially the restaurant which we did not know had lost its star. We felt it was expensive for what it offered.