Chateau Du Val - Planguenoual

We were there as part of our 5 year anniversary two meals, delicious ! Pluma and saint Jacques were our top dishes, wines were excellent (we had one crozes hermitage and one Viognier five stars), chef cooks vegetables perfectly Will come again as soon as possible Kind regards, Deia Claudio Arenas

We had the most friendly staff these 2 days we had a dinner. That is a part of dining. When you have like little mishaps, they get forgiven easily. We had 2 dinners here, food was very good. We had 2 days the same amuse, you should have like 2 different amuses, so we people return (hotel guests) you can offer them something else. This is worth a dinner. Menu card is a bit dated physically and there is too much of an offer on the wines. It is cool that you can say that you have over 800 wines, but you can't see the trees in the wood.

First tip...use GPS or find the town first...and that will be difficult enough given French road signage... Second tip...any signs for the hotel will say Domaine du Val not Chateau and will be slightly larger that postage stamps. Third tip...if you finally get to the driveway, there will be an unlit stone slab sign that you may or may not notice. We got there later than we wanted, having gotten lost in several towns. Few people (like maybe 3 out of ten locals can even describe where the town or the hotel is and send you in the right direction. Arrive finally at close to 10pm to a dark driveway and property, but fortunately there were staff expecting us. We insisted (and they complied with being shown to our dark upstairs cottage, where to park in the full parking lot (I would have just left the car blocking the driveway by then! and how to negotiate the unlit grounds with our luggage. The room was comfortable and shabby chic , the grounds need attention and some of the statuary is of fat and oafish Gauls. (Others are more classical. We did not understand why there was a broken s;ab of granite thrown into the pool and the mismatched outdoor furniture (western wagon wheel , cheap chinese plastic and mid-century modern did not enhance the grounds either. The breakfast was good and the staff there very nice. The surrounding area was lovely and in the light of day you could enjoy the property and the location near the sea. There nothing wrong that a few million couldn 't cure and make this a first rate Chateau or Domaine to enjoy!

Room excessively musty smelling and entranceways and veranda areas not particularly clean. Food out of this world and Felix the waiter can't do enough to help. I recommend for a fine dine experience but do not recommend the accommodation

What a treat! Great service, élégant style, furnishing 19th century , food excellente with a lot of taste, old veggies from their garden, and and exceptional wines list!