Le Jardin des Plumes

I was very disappointed to receive a phone call late from the hotel in the afternoon the day before we arrived to find out that the hotel was cancelling one of our two nights' reservation that we had reserved 7 months earlier. The explanation given no sense, but they stated that someone had rented the entire place for a month and they could not fully fulfill our reservation. Mind you our reservation was for both a Saturday and Sunday night on a very busy weekend. After the call, a quick scan on TA showed zero availability in Giverny at every other hotel. They offered to switch us to their 'sister' hotel, O Plum'Art which does not even have a TA Review--for good reason. They told us it was equally as nice--it was not even close. It was a house really set up as a B&B that was simply horrible. It had no sound proofing in the walls and was extremely loud, an extremely narrow and curved stairwell that nothing beyond a small carryon bag was safe to carry up stairs to our room (we repacked on the street to a small bag--very embarrassing), so called "breakfast" is just a very poor continental breakfast of some bread and cheese with coffee and OJ and is not even offered until 830am (so earlier risers have nothing). Complete ripoff. I was extremely disappointed in how I was dealt with and cannot believe a reputable hotel would cancel every single reservation for a month just to take on one single reservation, and especially from travelers whom would then be stranded. I hope others in the TA community completely avoid here in the future and not suffer the lesson learned by our experience. Hotel offered zero compensation and gave is the bait and switch to O Plum'Art.

Lovely accommodation in this B&B house (Ô PLUM'ART) which is situated near the entrance of the village, on 12 Rue Claude Monet in Giverny, and 1km from their other site ‘Jardin des Plumes’ restaurant and accommodation. We had the room called Sumatra, upstairs on the first floor. Staff at this B&B are on-site for check-in from 4pm for a few hours and then they come back again for Breakfast and check-out the following morning. Check-out is 11am. The house is around a 20 minute walk to Monet’s house and Gardens. Very nice décor, clean, peaceful, comfortable, and quiet. Wonderful to open the bedroom window to listen to such a busy dawn chorus from the birds… Brilliant! Free parking on the side of the road just outside the property. Nice size bedroom with an en-suite bathroom. Having a door to the bathroom is great, as there is an extractor fan in the bathroom to keep damp at bay. This sound is not a problem as it's a fairly quiet extractor and once you shut the bathroom door when going to bed you don't notice the sound. Continental breakfast was very simple but nice; Croissant, bread, jam, yogurt, cheese, fresh orange juice. The coffee was made using a coffee pod/capsule machine, not my favourite type of coffee but it was fine. They have a coffee machine in the bedroom too, and one small vessel with drinking water. They will fill another drinking vessel for you to take to your room, if needed. I would ask for one shortly after check-in and before the staff leave, as once they leave there are no staff members around until the following day. We would definitely stay here again as it was very relaxing, especially once the day-trippers have left the village. A mid-May stay on a Friday evening.

Our 2 hosts, Stephanie and Morgan, could not have been more thoughtful or kind. We were surprised the rooms were a short way from the main hotel- but in the end loved the calm, comfortable location. It is a perfect spot to experience Monet’s home and gardens and the beauty of Giverney.

I spent one night at this charming hotel down the street from the entrance to Monet's Garden. My room was on the ground floor and had a large tub. (If you want a room with a shower instead, make sure your request it!). The room was quiet and the bed very comfortable. I had also booked dinner and it was everything I could have hoped for. As a solo traveler, they provided me with a large stuffed teddy bear as my "date". I thought that was such a cute idea. The food was delicious and I can't give it enough accolades. The wait staff was also amazing. I had arrived by train in the town of Vernon - about a 15 minute taxi ride from the hotel. When I got dropped off, I booked a ride with this same driver to take me to the train station the next afternoon. I needed to catch the only train running on Sunday afternoon back to Paris in order to catch my international flight the next morning. Fast forward to Sunday afternoon - no taxi appears! By the time we knew that the taxi wasn't going to come, it was too late to book another one. This is when hotel staff showed just how fantastic they are. The lovely lady at the front desk interrupted a staff meeting and the evening pastry chef volunteered to take me to the station in his own car. He got me to the station with 3 minutes to spare! This hotel gets a six star rating from me and I look forward to staying there again!

One night wasn’t enough and I look forward to coming back! This is a charming, small hotel in easy walking distance to Monet’s gardens. The grounds of the hotel are beautiful - I would’ve loved to have just stayed a few days and pretended to be mistress of the manor! The rooms are clean, charming and well-sized. I stayed in the top floor suite of the main house and it was absolutely lovely. The breakfast is to die for! They bring you a picnic basket with all of your selections to your room - I ate every bit of it. Truly delicious! The restaurant was booked full and we enjoyed our dinner.

My husband and I spent one night at the hotel and wish we could have stayed longer. The property has such a surfeit of charm, you could practically overdose on it, though happily it’s not at all twee or pretentious. The gardens and public spaces are lovely and our suite in the main building was gorgeous, clean and modern, yet still cozy and exceedingly comfortable. The bathroom was very well equipped with a walk-in shower and luxurious soaking tub. Excellent towels, bathrobes and slippers, high quality toiletries and hair dryer. It’s everything you could hope for in an intimate French country inn. There’s free parking and you can walk to Monet’s house and gardens and the pretty town. The entire team was welcoming, congenial and helpful. We arrived very early and they graciously stored our bags and brought them to our room so they were there once we accessed the suite. I’ll review the restaurant separately, but our advice is to dine there whether you stay at the inn or not.

The three course meal we chose was so pretentious, flavours that weren’t matched just a random collection of uninspiring nibbles. The taster canape was lovely but the luke-warm water on the tomatoes spoiled them. The lobster was tough and decidedly chewy. The Chicken was delicious though. The oyster ‘eyeball’ left me needing a glass of water to remove the taste. The rice pudding taster was left on the side uncovered and was an inedible lump of goo. There were flies in the restaurant. At €100 per person I was not impressed.

Pas de parking sauf la rue (étroite)! Bon accueil avec légère collation. Chambre petite avec une literie correcte. Wc très petit : il faut être fin! Petit déjeuner correct sans plus (manque de bol par exemple) mais service attentionné tout de même ! Manque de patères à signaler. Rapport Q/P bien moyen.

Un accueil exceptionnel, un surclassement, on retire sa clef dans tiroir à son nom, bref de quoi se prendre pour un vip ! Le petit déjeuner est servi en chambre dans un panier, en ayant au préalable indiqué ses choix, et son horaire.Pour peu que le temps s’y prête, on a le bonheur de le savourer sur le balcon, vue sur le jardin.