L'Aubinière Hôtel Restaurant & Spa

We have been visiting L’Aubiniere for a few years as it’s a great hotel to stop en route to and from SW France. The hotel is in a quiet village about 10-15 mins from Amboise. It would be an excellent base for visiting the chateaux and Loire Valley region. The reason we return is, not only the delightful welcome we receive from Mme Arrayet but also the ambience and quality of food in this wonderful restaurant. M. and Mme Arrayet have created a beautiful hotel with a small spa and outdoor pool. The gardens are well kept with areas for sitting on the decked terrace overlooking the grounds. The hotel offered reflexology in the gardens which I treated myself to this year. The rooms are uniquely designed with comfort, superior or privilege rooms having all you could need with soft fluffy white towels and dressing gowns. The rooms also have air conditioning and a small fridge with complimentary drinks and other goodies. There are coffee making facilities within the room too. The rooms are excellent value for money and cater for different budgets. The restaurant is absolutely amazing with one of the largest wine fridges we have seen. M. Jacques Arrayet will take the order personally and then he and his very small team prepare and cook the most incredible food, beautifully presented and with flavours that get the taste buds going! We have always opted for the 3 course menu, but when we add in the lovely soft bread with salted and seaweed butter, an amuse bouche, pre starter and then little macarons and cakes at the end of the meal we walk away feeling much heavier than when we walked in. It is and always has been a delight eating and staying here. We feel that everything offered is excellent value for money. On the majority of our visits we have been the only English guests staying, however we have seen visitors from France, Belgium and the Netherlands - it is well frequented by the ‘local’ community who recognise a good restaurant when they find it. We would highly recommend the hotel and the restaurant. We have already booked for our return visits and look forward to returning again soon. Thank you to M Jacques and Mme Odile Arrayet who both work so hard to create and maintain this wonderful hotel.

We have stayed here on two separate trips and we find the hotel and owners make a very relaxing place to be. They are very attentive to details that matter and the food is very good. We will book again - which says a lot. Lovely setting, great facilities and relaxing rooms. Thank you to a brilliant team.

We stayed one night in one of the suites. We should have stayed more nights. Gorgeous room, beautiful terrace with views of the garden, warm welcome, efficient service, nice setting and interior decoration, excellent cuisine. What can I say more? We wish the owners many more years of happiness with this succesful place ...

The room was quiet and very nice with a modern bathroom. The customer service was exceptional. We wanted a hotel in a quiet location yet close to Amboise and chateaus and this hotel delivered. Dinner at the restaurant was very high quality with great service. I can’t recommend this hotel enough.