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L'Oustau de la Baumanière

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    Pros

  • low-key in style and flair with lots of ammenities
  • one of the greatest restaurant in Provence

    Cons

  • so low-key, with some rooms bordering on generic, you wonder if it is worth it
  • can be hit and miss with service
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L'Oustau de la Baumanière Review

Spread over three historic buildings just outside the village of Les Baux, guest rooms at this fabled hotel are the last word in Provençal chic—breezy, private, and beautifully furnished with antiques yet done with a contemporary flair. Elizabeth Taylor, Picasso, Churchill, and thousands of others have headed to this oasis—sheltered by rocky cliffs and set amid formal landscaped terraces—for some quintessential luxe-Provençal pampering. As for the famed Baumanière restaurant (reservations essential), Ducasse-trained chef Sylvestre Wahid's continues to attract culinary pilgrims who delight in the varied menu—blue lobster grilled with butter in its shell, alongside spaghettini with truffles and basil.

    Hotel Details

  • 17 rooms, 13 suites.
  • Rate includes some meals.
  • Hotel and restaurant closed Jan.--Feb.; restaurant closed Wed. and Thurs. in Mar., and Oct.--mid-Dec.
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    this is just a restaurant review

    The food here was wonderful. But make sure they do not try and fob you off with the annex. Like eating in the children's room. Nothing like the main restaurant and you would be disappointed. Even the furniture is cheap. The staff were good, but po faced and stuffy. My french is not bad, but they will on the whole refuse to speak english, even if they can speak it. Make sure you know your menu french, otherwise you won't have a clue.

    by giles, 7/20/09

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