Reviews for Chateau La Chaire Hotel, St Martin, Jersey, JE3 6AJ

The hotel was located 5 mins from a bus stop, up from the bay/port 5 mins walk to the sea. Beautiful coastal location with fantastic nearby coastal walks. You have to eat all meals apart from breakfast in the pub, contrary to how it reads in the offer. The hotel restaurant is not open any more. But the Rozel pub is lovely and the food there is very good.

The good points are the lovely old building and spacious public rooms. Our superior room large and quite comfortable but wasn't the cleanest. We also had a couple of issues with plumbing, both of which should have been picked up before we arrived. Our main disappointment was that the restaurant was only open for breakfast, dinner being served in the local pub, down a lane in pitch darkness and the rain and being greeted there with the news that the restaurant was not open and we would have to eat in the bar! The quality of breakfast was patchy, the "full English" was fine but the Eggs Benedict was poor, the muffin being inedible. There is no on-site presence by staff after 10:00pm. We had expected better and it seems that the hotel standards are declining from their previous high regard.

This is a lovely period building, beautifully maintained, and in a fine location just up from Rozel harbour. We did enjoy our stay, but as an elderly couple wish that we had been prewarned about the climb from the road to the hotel. Our room was on the third floor so we were bushed by the time we got to it! The room was spacious, warm and comfortable, but with the ceiling sloping down over the bath the shower attachment was redundant as it was impossible to stand up.

This was my 6th or 7th time at Chateau La Chaire, and things have changed, not for the better.

Although the hotel had many good points we felt the lack of coffee/tea facilities in the room just added to the expense of the holiday. The room itself was a very good size but very dark, we needed all the lights on, on a bright sunny day. The staff were very friendly and helpful but the very small restaurant menu did not have enough dishes to be able to have something different every night for a week.