Auberge du Bois Prin in Chamonix

This hotel is overrated on this site from our experience. We stayed in 4 hotels over two weeks in Switzerland Italy and France and this rates third. Shabby landscaping greets guests, rooms feel outdated, bathroom products should be upgraded to something more suitable at this price point. Food was ok, again overrated we thought. Staff was stiff. Overall disappointing despite the mointain views.

I should start by telling you all that I rated the restaurant here 5 stars. My review is coloured by the simple fact that I regard €400 for a room to be fairly expensive, especially as we stayed 3 nights. This is the sort of charge I would pay for a very high level hotel in the UK with an excellent breakfast and dinner on one night. This made our stay quite expensive and for that I would expect a very high hotel standard. Unfortunately the restaurant is let down by the hotel. Perhaps a cheaper room would have been better. So- things that I would expect in a €400 a night hotel room (a Junior Suite) but did not get: Some attempt to keep the weeds outside the patio door under control A heated mirror in the bathroom Slippers At least a small concession to tourists by providing a channel on a decent TV for them. There is not a single foreign channel, not even BBC worldwide. The TV is firmly fixed to the wall and there is no access to HDMI sockets for your phone/ tablet to watch something in your own language. The bed very comfortable but the pillows not. One is small, oblong and hard, the other very soft and square. The shower screen around the bath is too short and the bathroom is sprayed as the water bounces off the body. As the shower is over the bath there should be a grab-handle to assist getting in and out. One side of the bed has an electrical socket, the other does not. There are no sockets around the table. We ended up with chargers in the bathroom. No opening window! No way to get fresh air other than opening the patio doors. Breakfast €25 extra! A total rip off when already paying €400 for the room. Good things about the room: Superb coffee machine! Housekeeping is good. The shower is fabulous! Both temperature and powerful. Good choice of chairs. The incredible view- which is why they charge so much. However, research reveals that similar views are available in town for €120 a night.... A note about breakfast: We then decided to take breakfast at an extra €25 each on our second day because of the weather forecast. The 'cooked to order' was nothing of the sort. It was a simple buffet of juices, yoghurt and bread with croissants bought to the table. Nothing cooked at all unless we wanted eggs. That was it. Definitely not worth €25 and I would not recommend it unless you are desperate. Far better value to be had in town. This is profiteering by the hotel and not worthy of somewhere which regards itself as high-end.