Hotel du Col

Mountainside hotel ski out and ski in to within 100 metres from the underground boot room door. Rooms -nice & clean comfy beds ask for a Mountain View. Food - variety of usual breakfast fair cereals yoghurts hot beans bacon but cold boiled eggs. Evening meal is Buffet style so not 4 course table service. Bit like school dinners. You pile your plate up as it’s not always refreshed so things run out. Bit disappointing really for a 4 star hotel. The staff are lovely & friendly couldn’t fault them. Good location comfortable friendly hotel. Food a bit of a let down otherwise a good choice to stay in

Please do not believe the negative reviews about this hotel, they are over exaggerated... Yes the hotel has some flaws but overall this is one of the best hotels in a ski resort I have stayed in. The room was a good size and the shower was amazingly powerful, just what you need after a day on the slopes. The downstairs boot room is the best I have experienced in over 30 years, you had you own heated locker and a good size room to get your boots and gear on (albeit, it gets very warm). The food wasn't brilliant but was good enough in my view for a buffet style, mainly pasta and a meat or fish dish on most nights, people are not being realistic if they expect piping hot food served to the masses for this style of serving. You also get a free carafe of wine for your table. Breakfast had some warm plates for bacon and scrambled eggs and a decent selection of cereals and fruit etc. The Irish themed bar downstairs was lively and had a good vibe most nights, you could watch sport on the big screen, play pool etc... What makes this hotel in my view is the location to slopes, you can pretty much ski over to the main chair and drag lifts in 2 minutes, unlike other places where you had an uphill walk or even a bus trip to get to the lifts... The hotel was mostly occupied by the Brits which made it feel very welcoming with a friendly atmosphere and the hotel staff were very friendly. All in all I would recommend this hotel to anyone and would come back here without hesitation.

We booked this last year as the reviews were very positive, unfortunately when this years ski season began, so did the poor reviews. To be fair on the hotel, the the rooms are fine, perhaps lack a bit more storage, the boot room is adequate, although the boot dryers are far too hot and may damage your boots. Location is perfect, it’s the food and bar that lets it down. The very first meal was at best tepid, as was breakfast. I firstly complained to the manager who took not the slightest bit of notice, cold plates , cold beans …..I mean how get you get something so simple so wrong. Four out of ten of our group had belly issues, I avoided the fish and pork main at all costs. One morning I got a green smelly boiled egg, which I pointed out to the restaurant manager who apologised and brough me another egg saying that I was unlucky??? I gave him a run down of how to run a restaurant as this was something I used to do, he looked sad as if it was beyond his power to put it right, in fact we ate out the last few night over the road at ‘Baby’ it’s fab and hot. The bar man is fine but the bar lady sucks all the joy out of life , never smiles…..if you don’t want the job quit…..I fully intend to complain to Crystal as there are so many truths about the food on tripadvisor, just some people have no idea what decent hot food is and will eat anything. The area ski wise is ok, but desperately in need of modernisation with slow lifts, no covers , and not enough mountain restaurants.