發掘伯伊的住宿

The restaurant at Auberge Quintessence was a wonderful experience. The cuisine is modern, interesting and very skillfully crafted. Wine selection well curated and pairings make sense. Service is friendly, chairs comfortable, tables quite large with ample space between them. The view is astonishing. Usually, I would not write more on Tripadvisor than the above text, since I am a professional restaurant critic and spare my energy for the newspaper I am employed by. In that paper I have written more than 2.000 newspaper pages about good restaurants during the last 21 years, so I am not easily impressed. But Quintessence impresses me, and I wish to support the place, as I feel they are showing a new way to go, in these trying times where restaurant and kitchen staff is so hard to find. I have been travelling in France frequently for almost 30 years and watched how the gastronomic level seems to have declined. Or maybe it is just that I have gotten more demanding. To try and assess the situation and compare the old stars the the present time, I recently dined at 3 Michelin star Precatalan and Ledoyen, 1-star Laserre, Tour d’Argent, Maxims, Chez l’Ami Louis, La Coupole and Bofinger. Several of these I have visited more than once. This is what I compare Quintessence against, and of course Quintessence’s gastronomy cannot match Precatalan or Ledoyen, nor can the ambiance of the mentioned historic places be challenged by the very modest dining room of Quintessence (apart from the view which challenges Tour d’Argent..). But nevertheless, I find the precision (not the produce, this is no place for caviar etc.) in cooking quite close to these two famous restaurants, and that is impressive since Quintessence is such a small setup. The chef is also owner, and in the kitchen he has only one cook to help him. The chef’s wife is also the Maitre d’ and waiter, and when I finished the meal and went to visit the kitchen to thank the chef, I found him and the wife busy cleaning the dishes helped by their daughter of 8-10 years! Such devotion is astonishing, and this is my point: One thing is to operate a famous restaurant with lots of staff and charging high prices. Another is for a husband- and wife team to operate an auberge at a distant mountain top delivering very fine and interesting cuisine with both attentive and friendly service. Of course, they need to be practical so there is no á la carte just one menu, and everybody sit down to eat at 19.30. But if you are happy with that, I will warmly recommend the Auberge Quintessence. The settings are wonderful high in the mountains, and you will especially appreciate it if you are a biker, since there was an almost constant traffic of motorbikes on the roads. I am no longer a biker, and although I used to love the sound of my big motorbike, I now find it very annoying, especially on a mountain top. But I look forward to a visit in the wintertime, hoping there wont be a lot of snow scooters instead.

Formidable séjour en famille dans ce petit cocon. Nous avons adoré l’emplacement juste en face des pistes, l’accueil chaleureux, la facilité de stationnement, l’appartement très propre et adapté aux familles, un coin jeux pour les enfants, le petit-déjeuner qui permet d’apprécier les vacances et la station qui est top. Merci à Marie et Robert qui font de cet endroit notre « home away from home » ! A bientôt

這家“酒店”位於同名咖啡館的上方,但我們到達時咖啡館關閉了。鑰匙箱也不行,所以我們不得不打電話給房東女士進去。她及時趕到了,我們拿到了鑰匙。然後我們試圖找到吃飯的地方,這並不容易。隔壁的地方沒有酒牌,所以我們喝冷啤酒的希望消失了(當我們在同一個地方停了幾個小時,他也沒有食物。他說,聳聳肩,一切都賣光了)。主街上的另外兩個地方也關閉了,其中一個很好看。但我們確實找到了一個披薩店,既供應啤酒,也供應披薩,最後在那裏度過了晚上的更好部分。不是一個非常花哨的地方,但看不到任何選擇,它必須湊合。但我們不會回到紀姆斯。它比美國墓地大一半,死亡兩倍,正如他們所說的。

Bon séjour a refaire juste une petite remarque les matelas pas confortable autrement rien a dire le centre bien entretenu et l'endroit et surtout Valberg très magnifique est le directeur Frederic très sympas .

Nous avons passé une nuit en famille et avec des amis et nous avons passé un excellent séjour. Les chambres étaient grandes et spacieuses, les lits confortables, le linge de toilette de très bonne qualité ( ce qui est rare). De plus nous avons pris la formule diner et petit déjeuner et sincèrement nous nous sommes régalés ( lasagnes épinards chèvre ricotta et dessert pana cotta ). Paola et ses employés sont des gens accueillants gentils serviables et souriants. Merci encore pour les vélos qui étaient en sécurité. C'est avec un grand plaisir que nous reviendrons chez vous :)