To kick off our ski trip in the French Alps, we first spent a night in Geneva. We did this so that we had a bit of a buffer in the event of any irregular operations with flights, and so that we could start to adjust to the timezone prior to staying at Airelles Val…
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A more compact version of their spa/gym setup would be my dream at-home basement setup lol
Check your spelling of l'atelier...
If you ate at a Robuchon joint and didn't have the potatoes, you should go back.
When you mentionned Le Bristol... I was about to say meh!!! Of course I will go if you pay me the meal...
Now when I read L'atelier Robuchon, then I understand why you find the restaurant at this hotel excellent.
When Monsieur Robuchon was still alive, once at L'atelier in Paris, he was in the kitchen and I had two young Japanese couple beisdes me.
I called Monsieur Robuchon to come towards us, and when he just arrived, the young couple fell very much impressed to be saluted by him: they were "squared" in their body to salute him, exulting an amazing "Ah Monsieur Robuchon": this time that was the best ad he would have in Tokyo when the couple would say they had met Monsieur Robuchon in person. What a souvenir!
And the food is so good too indeed.
Wait, wait, wait.....a 5-star rating at a place that doesn't offer avocado toast for breakfast. Am I missing something here?? That just can't be.
Great review! Oetker is fantastic. I'm dying to stay at Brenner's Park in Baden-Baden.
Ben, you should do a staycation review whenever their Palm Beach property opens.
Was curious about the gym membership, turns out the annual cost is $8300 per person.
Ben, Le Jardinier and L'Atelier du Joël Robuchon are two of our fave restaurants in Miami. If you and Ford haven't been, highly recommend!
Learning a little French when going to a French speaking country is ideal. You will be surprised by how much the locals appreciate it.
I don’t think Ben said he didn’t know any French. He said some staff only spoke French, not German or English. Not the same thing.
Glad you enjoyed your stay, The Woodward has been on my radar ever since it was announced it was opening a few years back. It's on my list to stay when Im in Geneva pre-Courchevel!
That does imply though he didn't choose to try to speak French, but in turn expected them to speak English. Regardless, CR is correct, learning a little of the local language can go a long way rather than just expecting English to be spoken everywhere all at once!
An excellent review - thank you for your care and eye for detail. I am an Oetker devotee and this hotel is a welcome addition to the collection in a gorgeous city.
I look forward to you reviewing other properties in the group to compare notes.
Mon français est horrible, en fait je peux parler seulement en cognats et à le style maladroit. C’est tout que je me souviens de mon cours français à lycée il y a 15 ans. Et quoi de plus, je n’ai aucune d’abilities d’écouter la langue française. Je suis inutile sans un machine de translation. Mais, pour vous, je suis supposé faire ça……..
Thanks for the review. It seems to be a nice property and with Virtuoso benefits an o.k.-ish price.
In Geneva, the price depends on whether there are high level international conferences or the Arab summer holidays. Then it can be much more, in the second week of January it can also be less.
This looks extremely classy. Operators of North American 5* hotels should take notes.
Seeing as Switzerland doesn't really have a unified common language thats not as simple as you imply. Regardless, in a luxury hotel in Europe staff should be able to speak some English.