Les Orchidees , Hotel & Restaurant

We stayed on a Sunday night May en route back from Germany. Chose this place due to the restaurant being open on a Sunday. Well tucked away on the outskirts of town in a residential/commercial area - at least that’s the way the GPS took us in. Decent sized free car park. Friendly, efficient enough check in. Clearly the rooms have been refurbished to a high standard, being modern, clean and comfortable - but are barely adequate in size for even one person, let alone two. Bathroom clean and well equipped, but as per the bedroom, tiny. Functional enough to arrive at 2000, eat and crash into bed for an early start! The restaurant produced a really good standard of dinner at a reasonable price. Plenty of ‘locals’ dining there. Coach parties visiting Verdun stop over here. We didn’t eat breakfast due to an early start. Would only stay again due to the restaurant being open on a Sunday.

Easy to find hotel on the outskirts of Verdun. It is close to a main road but tucked away on behind an industrial estate. The rooms are large, well appointed and comfortable. There is very comfortable furniture in the garden to enjoy the evening sun. The pool was not operational when we stayed. The food is very old and well priced.

This hotel is well located for the battlefields but not for Verdun itself. We stayed three nights as we were touring the area. Our room was rather disappointing, small with a blind on the inside rather than outside. It clearly could do with shutters. I mentioned that the loo needed to be fixed but nothing happened and again when we left. The loo holder was broken, so not great to stick stick behind a tap or having it behind your back. I had also to ask for a loo roll as hardly any had been left in the room. We ate only one night as food was not great. There are much better restaurants in Verdun or even nearby such as chez Mamie. Breakfast was buffet style, complete with television and news reports.

Having no prior travel to Europe, I felt the hotel, the owners, and the staff went out of their way to ensure our experience was superb. The cuisine was excellent, the rooms were clean, comfortable, and easily accessible. The owners helped us get local information about the region and the Verdun battlefields that we visited. They treated us like relatives from America and thru the use of a translation app, we could talk about our experiences. I believe that when I think of France, every experience will always be compared to my stay in the Hotel Orchidees since they have set the standard for hospitality.

Food was excellent

Hôtel situé au calme, à quelques kilomètres seulement du centre-ville de Verdun. Facile d'accès avec un grand parking. Les chambres sont confortables et impeccables, le service excellent.

Gut geeignetes Hotel für Besichtigungen der relevanten Gedenkstätten in der näheren Umgebung mit dem Auto, praktisch, komfortable Betten, Restaurant bietet auch am späteren Abend noch Möglichkeit der Verköstigung.

Un sejour trés agréable...conviviale, Professionel.

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