Hôtel de Normandie

Called for dinner last night which was an experience never to be repeated. I ordred the terrine to start with and the omlette for a main. My wife did not bother with a starter and opted for the moules and frites. Whilst halfway through my starter my wife's main arrived, moules were lukewarm, chips flaccid and of a similar temperature. When my omelette arrived ,following a lengthy wait after finishing my starter, it had the consistency of a well done frisbee and was barely warm. The accompanying chips were similar to my wife's and were left uneaten. Both waiters were completely indifferent to customers and, in my opinion, should seek employment elsewhere in a non face-to-face environment. In short DO NOT patronise this place, a filled baguette from the shop down the street would have made a far nicer meal and experience.

The cheapest Affligem in Arromanche, but that's the best I can say about the bar -restaurant. We didn't eat in the main restaurant, maybe in there you get a better experience. To be fair we arrived around 8.30pm and hadn't booked but we were shown to a table and given menus. My husband ordered the mozzerella and tomato starter, I the duck terrine. The starters were OK, nothing to shout about though. For main course he chose the risotto, I took a risk and ordered the fish and chips. We hadn't finished our starters when the waiter came and plonked down our main courses! He saw our bemused faces and said the kitchen was very fast! It didn't bode well for the risotto that it had taken less than 10 minutes from ordering to arriving at our table. Honestly it was like mush! We've had over cooked risotto before but this was on another level. Rice pudding would have been less mushy than this. My husband couldn't eat it. The fish and chips... not fresh made batter, in fact if you'd said it had come from the frozen isle at a supermarket I'd not be suprised. It was shockingly bad. The service was swift, in fact you have to be careful you don't get whiplash from the waiters as they zip here and there. Definitely avoid, there are better restaurants in Arromanche. Absolutely no love showed to the food or to serving the customers.

We arrived in Normandy 2 days ago. Our apartment is amazing so this was our first meal out. The waiter was abrupt and rude, not sure why we could not sit outside in the sun, we were told to move 2 tables away. Despite this we ordered fish and chips, and a Normandie salad. I can only describe the fish as worse than the cheapest frozen fish one could get in a supermarket. No love put into the making of the meal. Don’t go to this restaurant, the restaurant opposite looked much nicer.

Visiting for a couple of days, and stopped for lunch. Most prices reasonable for France but converted from euros £11 for a toasted cheese sandwich!! I actually wanted a baguette, but didn't want to serve those even with a baker across the street

Liked · Let's be realistic, this hotel is an old lady, it survived the war, its a typical french 2 star hotel with a creeky staircase and full of history and character and it delivers the basic needs. Its worn in places, but its clean, the rooms are comfortable and have been modernised. It faces the waterfront with views over the mulbery harbour and the new D-Day musuem is right underneath the Hotel. Free parking on site, round the back. Disliked · The Food has been criticised in past reviews and generally I'd agree with them. This sort of Hotel, especially at low seaon, is not going to attract a Michelin chef. But, there's little alternative in Arromanche low season. The Fish & Chips for example came from a processed packet, the moules-a-la-creme was a moule mariniere with a cream added on top, and the deserts are processed and displayed in a glass fronted fridge by reception. Breakfast is a petit dejeuner, so don't expect ceriels, or anything cooked.

This was our long delayed visit back to Arromanche, we decided that we definitely wanted to stay in the town so that we could enjoy the restaurants without driving anywhere. I booked a non sea view room and to be honest as we approached the holiday began to regret a little and I was a little concerned that our room maybe a little small. Needless to say our fears were unfounded and we had a marvellous room on the 3rd floor with a three window view that did include the mulberry on the beach (room 20) it was bright and airy and large, bed was really comfortable with decent pillows !! (We always bring one of our own anyway). I don’t need to wax lyrical about what to do around the area, you all know the history !! In particular I want to mention the team in the hotel and restaurant, Matt and his fellow team/colleagues were beyond friendly, the service was first class, the food was excellent and we want to just say thank you for making it a very special week especially for providing such amazing weather !! The fruit de mer was as good as the first one we had with you 25 years ago !

Well what can say....... we have visited this restaurant several times over the past few years over the D-Day week and have always found them to be rather abrupt but this year they have excelled themselves!! Rude does not even cover it!! Unbelievable, we have never met such rude and ill mannered waiting staff in our lives, my partner runs a 75 room hotel and a large restaurant which produces over 150 breakfasts every day and the standard of service at this restaurant is appalling!! Please do your selves a favour and avoid this place like the plague.

Had a perfectly acceptable lunch here mid week. Busy spot, but we where quickly accommodated by the helpful member of staff in the covered, outside area. A good balance of fresh, but not too hot. Super fresh oysters to start, followed by grilled sardines. Simple and tasty. Decent spot for a simple lunch.

Food is not very good here and staff not so friendly. Myself and a friend ordered an apple pie for pudding at almost 8 euros (!) when it arrived it was very poor quality, it looked like the restaurant had bought them from Lidl at 10 for 1 euro! It was seriously poor and tasted horrible. At first, I just ate it and put it down to a bad experience but my friend complained and was served another apple pie which was completely different and whilst still small and probably shop bought it was much better. It made me think that they have one product for tourists and another for locals - why else would they have two completely different apple pies? We did not stay at the hotel only used the restaurant so I cannot comment on the standard of the hotel.