The setting of this hotel/ restaurant is beautiful; the decor is traditional yet stylish. The choice of food in the restaurant/bar is varied and on the whole very good. However we were extremely disappointed with the service. Menus are shoved in your face at full throttle when you arrive. Our waiter returned to our table three times in the space of half an hour after we apologetically asked for more time to make our menu choices. My husband politely asked for a 10 minute break between courses but obviously this wasn't possible as the second course was whipped out out the kitchen within a short space of the last gulp of our starters. The waiter cleared our table as soon as we had finished our main course, uttering "Desserts or coffees?" in the similarly hurried tone of the evening. The restaurant certainly wasnt busy so we cannot understand why the staff were in such a hurry to get rid of diners. Management was scarce so we felt unable to voice our complaints. A very disappointing and unrelaxing evening. I am sure one would be able to relax and unwind more at a McDonalds!

We celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary by staying at the Fleur du Jardin. It was our first time in Guernsey since our honeymoon and several things on the island had changed, but not the idyllic location of the hotel or the friendliness of the staff. Our room had a good view towards Vazon Bay and included all we could have wished for. Meal times in the excellent dining room were good value for money. As the hotel is situated in the country it provides a really central location for discovering all the island has to offer, with a reliable bus service on the doorstep for those not wishing to take the car. But perhaps the real highlight was the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff, who went out of their way to make our stay as enjoyable as possible. We will return, and it will be sooner rather than later!

We spent a week on B & B basis. Hotel in west of island in pleasant village setting, easy to find. Room at back of hotel (but no noise) a little dated and with squeaky floor but clean and spacious with large modern bathroom. Comfortable bed, slept very well. Terrible TV reception on BBC1/2 and ITV 3/4 but this didn't worry us. Attractive garden and large patio used for al fresco dining.
Attractive beamed bar and eating areas in old part of building (watch out for low beams). Bar popular with locals as well as tourists with 2 real ales from mainland UK changed every 3-4 days but a shame there were no local island beers eg Randalls. Dinner popular with visitors as well as guests, reserve a table at breakfast time. Good choice of cooked breakfast dishes and excellent wet and dry fruit salads. Wide range of fish, meat and vegetarian dinner dishes of generally excellent quality and quantity with occasional slips eg unripe avocado, salad totally smothered in dressing. Excellent sandwiches provided on request on a Sunday evening. A good reasonably priced wine list.
Lady owner very welcoming and helpful with suggestions for sightseeing, walks etc. Staff appeared to be a mix of UK students plus Eastern European and French. Service in general very good, friendly and efficient. A couple of lapses at busy times with a 25 min wait for toast and a 25 min wait for drinks at dinner. And the blonde 'front of house' lady escorting you to your table could try smiling at times.
Internet access available in the lounge area, no trouble in getting connected.
Requested newspapers delivered each morning except the first.
Overall a very pleasant independent hotel with generally good service, food and drink.

We spent 5 nights here in September 2009 and found it to be perfectly OK - nothing amazing but equally nothing awful. We stayed in room 207 (not sure which type of room this was as we found the tariffs/room types quite confusing on their website) which had a large seating area as well as the bedroom. On the positive side the bed was very comfortable and the room was large and at the back of the hotel so we didn't have the cars going past right outside. However on the negative side we did have the lorry coming to empty the cess pit underneath our window before 7am in the morning - with the windows shut and ear plugs in I still heard it as it was that loud so would say this was not for light sleepers. Also when opening the bathroom window to let steam out after a shower there was an acrid smell, perhaps from a generator, which was not so good.

The breakfast was nice, although it was exactly the same every day so felt a little limited after 5 days. It consists of a choice of juice/cereals, croissants, local gache (fruit bread), yoghurt, ham, cheese, toast and an excellent homemade damson jam plus a cooked breakfast (kippers, smoked haddock, fried/poached/scrambled/boiled eggs or full English breakfast) so very filling and plentiful. However we never heard anyone ask for kippers or haddock and I got bored of eggs so it would be nice if they could offer something different e.g. pancakes, waffles with maple syrup. I did enquire whether pancakes would be possible but was told it wasn't and the waitress didn't feel inclined to ask the chef.

We had some nice meals in the restaurant. The slow roasted lamb shank on mash was especially delicious. The restaurant does seem popular so it is wise to book a table; although they did fit us in at short notice on a couple of evenings.

It does have a pool and it does have beauty treatments at The Lavender Rooms but we didn't try either.

We hadn't hired a car before we left as we thought we'd try and get around on the bus. We did this the first day but the frequency of the buses from outside the hotel is every 2 hours (it's more frequent on the coast roads) and the last bus back from St Peter's Port on the Saturday is 6pm so quite limiting. Hence we ended up hiring a car from Value cars. They delivered a car to the hotel before 10am on the Sunday and gave us a discount as we were staying at Fleur du jardin so we'd recommend them. Hiring a car is probably essential to get around more effectively unless you've got a lot of time on your hands/on the island. By the way it cost us £7.20 for a taxi from airport to the hotel.

Finally some general comments about Guernsey: 1) Sunday lunch at the Palm Court restaurant at Fermain Valley hotel was delicious 2) likewise Cobo Tea rooms is well worth a visit as the tea and cakes were great and very good value 3) we tried afternoon tea at Old Government House as the weather wasn't great one day and we wanted something to do. It was not worth the money at approx. £8 each. Even though afternoon tea had only just started and the description of afternoon tea in their menu listed cream it arrived without any and when we enquired they advised they had run out of cream for the scones. When we insisted on some cream the chef made some but it was very runny and not really worth the wait 4) we found the Tourist Information Office to be sarcastic and not particularly helpful - we did however call in on a Saturday so may be the weekend staff are different to those on the desk during the week 5) we found Oatlands mini golf course to be well kept, challenging and a whole lot of fun 6) we enjoyed a day trip to Herm and a walk around the island takes about 3 hours at a nice leisurely pace.