We stayed here 4 nights and had dinner at the restaurant the last night. To be clear, this place was generally wonderful and I’d consider staying here again, but for somewhere with this Michelin rating and reputation, it fell short in a few areas.
First, the good: the staff were generally superb, rooms were very spacious and beautiful, grounds were lovely, and the champagne selection was, of course, excellent.
The bad (which, again, not THAT bad, no huge mess-ups, just a few puzzling things that I’d expect a place like this to get right):
The room’s lights were mostly controlled by a little touch-screen panel next to the bed (another located near the front door). This includes the bedside lights (though the closet and WC are on motion-sensors, and the bathroom and lounge still had switches). So if you’re on the side of the bed without the panel and you need your bedside light for whatever reason, too bad. The WC door also does not fully close (sliding frosted glass door with a 1” gap), and since it’s on a motion sensor light, it’s not light-tight. There seems to be a type of hotel room growing in popularity that I categorize as the “can’t get up to pee at night without waking your partner” type, and this room committed multiple sins in that category.
The restaurant was generally lovely, with an interesting wine pairing, but of the Michelin 3* places I’ve been, I’d probably put this one at the bottom of the list. While each of the dishes in the tasting menu was individually very good (and some excellent), the menu lacked some cohesion and flow for me. There wasn’t really a climax, and some dishes seemed out of place among the others. The lobster dish tasted primarily like paprika, and the croutons in the peas & goat cheese dish were unfortunately soggy, missing a great opportunity for some textural contrast. A lot of the dishes also seemed way too acidic to me - idk maybe I was having an off night, but I literally couldn’t finish 3 of the dishes because of the acidity (and I’m normally someone who loves acidity in foods). There was just a lack of balance in my opinion. The strawberry dessert with ratafia wine pairing was excellent, however.
Again, overall a great stay and a good meal, but some disappointing misses considering the price and reputation.