The location is amazing since it's quiet and serene up there. The room was very cozy and the people there were friendly. I especially loved the breakfast while my friends and i were sitting in the wooden "le cerf" resto while enjoying the view of snow outside. Surely we'll visit it again soon! Thank you.

We moved out of another cheaper hotel into the Auberge des Cedres to complete our Feb 2010 skiing trip, hoping for a wow end to the holiday - which we got but not the one we had hoped for. There was a deep fat frier fire in the kitchen around 10:30 at night and all the staff evacuated the building. We became aware of the fire when the smell of smoke started to enter our room. On exiting the room to investigate we were confronted by dense black, suffocating smoke filling the hall and lobby. There were no fire or smoke alarms installed and the staff had either forgotten that there were guests in the hotel or choose not to inform us. The fire was put out by a brave member of staff but the smoke lingered on into the morning. After much debate we were eventually moved to a cabin for the night. On confronting senior management in the morning they cared little about our plight the night before and declined any form of recompense. I understand that this was not the first fire at this hotel and yet the management choose not to install fire alarms. I would advise anyone to check that this hotel has installed fire and smoke alarms before considering a booking here.

Auberge des Cedres is a rare gem in Lebanon's tourism landscape, whose hotels seem to fall in two categories, either the glitzy luxurious type of hotels and resorts; second the rather shabby, concrete-block type of family hotel. There is not much in between, and there are few boutique hotels which stand out from this crowd. The Auberge des Cedres is certainly special. Friendly, with a very tasteful style which nicely blends into the mountain scenery, set in a beautiful landscape. However, the hotel could be much more attractive if more attention was placed on a few details, especially on the food and drinks which partly did not match expectations at this price category: we received a "cappuccino" which tasted like instant coffee (which it probably was), or a US$8 crepe dessert arriving cold and without any decoration. While the nature setting is beautiful, we had the impression that the hotel could be more active in promoting nature-friendly outdoor activities such as hiking or biking, rather than the unavoidable quad-driving.

What makes this hotel special during all the seasons of the year is the wonderful location. A night in the beautiful, thousands of years old, cedar forest is a healing, energizing experience. We got a very cute bungalow with excellent heating facilities, and a very clean and well-sized bathroom. The view that greets you when you first open the door of your bungalow in the morning is absolutely breathtaking. Breakfast is also an experience in itself, with homemade dairy products such as country cheeses and labneh (yogurt), organic homemade jams, fresh bread and croissants, olives, and zaatar (thyme in olive oil). There is a cute restaurant-bar to spend the night in, and you can literally walk into the cedar forest a few steps from your door. The lobby walls are also decorated with paintings by Khalil Gibran (you can also visit the Khalil Gibran museum which is nearby). All in all, service/location/cleanliness were all great, and we would certainly recommend this hotel to anyone would like to spend a night in north Lebanon, particularly in the cedar area.