Ask for a terrace with sea view at this family-run hotel in the centre of Dinard, close to the beach in the middle of town. Breakfast inside or out, overlooking the sea and bay. Excellent and very good-value for its prime location

We booked direct with this small family-run hotel virtually on the beach in Dinard about three weeks before departure. Mme Gauvin and her staff are friendly and efficient and there is a lovely terrace overlooking the beach where we breakfasted when the sun shone, despite warnings about marauding seagulls.
The Hotel de la Plage has a Logis de France designation and is spotlessly clean. The rooms aren't especially big but are nicely decorated in what they describe as the "Louis Phillipe" style, which looks vaguely late 19th century. One of ours had an oblique view over the beach. There is no restaurant. but Dinard is packed with them so that was no problem. (We tried the Pizzeria which is joined to the hotel by an adjoining door and was probably originally part of the hotel but , though the Pizzas are fine, the service was absolutely awful.)
After we settled up on the last evening, we realised that we had been charged more than the original quote and feared the worst. However, when we raised the issue by email with Mme Gauvin, she immediately acknowledged the error and sent a cash refund by express mail along with her apologies.
Hotel de la Plage isn't grand luxury but it is a very attractive well-run three star hotel that we would be happy to recommend to anyone.

Overall experience - adequate. The view from the balcony of our 100€ per night room was wonderful. For 100€ we thought we might have been provided with a proper shower. The welcome perfectly okay with Englsih spoken. The 9€ per person breakfast was really poor, mean and certainly not worth the money. It is sad that such a silly thing spoils an otherwise good experience - it costs so little extra to provide more choice of cerials, non stewed coffee, some fruit and cheese - rather than the sole choice of Vache qui Rire (Laughing Cow)! I am told that many other guests have the same view. Spend a little more on providing better and people will come back.