Name: Hotel Le Grand Coeur & Spa
Address: Route du Grand Cœur, 73550 Les Allues, France, Meribel, Meribel, Meribel, 73550, France
Rating: 9

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Stopped into the bar for a coffee and tea while having a wander around the area before heading out to the slopes. Service was very good and staff were welcoming. Almost a bit over the top though, and felt like we were being interrogated with 4 different people taking care of us before we even received our order. 
Anyway, beautiful view from comfy sofas in the bar. After our drinks and croissants, we were informed that American and UK credit cards would not be accepted by the hotel owner. We were instructed to go and get cash to pay for drinks and croissants. 
I suspect the hotel didn’t want to pay the credit card service fee for a small order.
And the coffee was just from a nespresso maker so nothing special. And tea with lemon was €12.00!

Fabulous service and bar area but prices not on par with quality

We were very pleased to discover this hotel for our stay in 2023, especially after a mediocre experience in 4 and 5-star hotels in Courchevel and Val d'Isere. The staff were superb. We will definitely return.

A real gem!

What a wonderful hotel! I travelled with my family to Meribel for a ski trip. We had the best stay at Le Grand Coeur. The staff were extremely friendly and helpful, the food was incredible and the location was perfect. The hotel is just above the centre of Meribel and there are steps outside allowing you to easily reach the town centre in just a few minutes. However the hotel is so quiet you would have no idea the centre is so close! The hotel is ski-in-ski-out which is perfect and is easily accessible via a blue run.

Our rooms had a lovely terrace that got the sun and great views of the pistes above Chaudanne. The beds were extremely comfortable and the bathrooms were a good size and equipped with all the amenities you could want (including robes and slippers). 

We ate dinner at the hotel one evening a long with breakfast daily. The evening food was spectacular and very inventive. The breakfast selection was delicious and covered everything we could wish for. The bar area was very relaxing and we were well looked after every evening by the lovely bar staff. 

The spa was great at the hotel, especially the jacuzzi. There is also a games room with a table football table, pinball machine and PS5 if you have kids.

Highly recommend this hotel for anyone wanting a luxurious and relaxing stay in the heart of Meribel. Thank you to all the wonderful staff who looked after us during our stay. We will be back again!

Perfect Trip!

I have mixed feelings about this hotel. Overall, it's a pretty solid hotel, but it's probably not worth the price and it certainly doesn't live up to the standards of other Relais and Chateaux properties. 

Pros: 
The location is great. Good ski in and ski out access and centrally located in Meribel (you can walk to many shops and restaurants quickly). 
The bar is lovely, but expensive. 
The staff is helpful and nice. 
Breakfast selection is huge. 
Our room was newly renovated and nice. 

Cons: 
Hallways (and apparently some rooms) could use some updating. 
The ski locker area could use a refresh as well. It's close to the indoor hot tub and is humid and smells like a pool in the ski locker room. 
Overall just not up to the standards of a 800-900 euro per night hotel. 
Not really a con, but this hotel lacks the specialness and "wow" factor that many Relais and Chateaux have. 

Mixed feelings. 

Having been a guest at the Grand Coeur for man years we were very disappointed with the continued decline of this once great property. A rotting (and dangerous) wooden terrace, unmodernised rooms and the loss of a great chef (Mark Dasch) to be replaced by a over complicating new one. 
The management are nowhere to be seen and one gets the feeling the hotel is on its last legs. What a shame!

The old lady is in decline

We stayed at Le Grand Coeur for the first time after many years of visiting Meribel and having drinks in the bar there, always thinking what a great place it would be to stay. How disappointed we were. 

Two things stand out as fabulous at this hotel. The location is superb, directly above the town center and easily accessed by stairs at the back of the hotel and also at the bottom of the Doron piste, so it really is ski in, ski out. The second positive is the public space, a lovely bar and restaurant to spend the evening hours. 

Unfortunately the hotel bedroom that we were given was shocking. One of their 'Classic' rooms at €540 a night, it was very old, very small and very disappointing. We gave the hotel the opportunity to put us in a different room but they were unable to do this (understandable if they are full). Despite making it very clear that we were not happy with the room to the reception staff, who seemed a little embarrassed at its 'Classic' status, at no point were we approached by hotel management to talk about it, or offered any sort of goodwill gesture, such as a reduced rate or even a free drink. Poor show.

The hotel website mostly shows their renovated rooms, which are probably much better, with just one photo showing a classic room that looks much nicer than ours. 

The room had outside access to the large terrace which we thought would be a treat to sit on in the afternoon sun. Unfortunately, the terrace is dangerously full of holes in the wooden planking (see photos) and has not been adequately maintained. 

The ski room is good, the small spa area is very pleasant and the staff are a mix of pleasant and helpful (bar) and indifferent (breakfast & reception). We felt a bit like we were privileged to be allowed to stay there at times.

That isn't to say we didn't spend some lovely hours in the bar, listening to the live piano music and watching the world go by. 

If you get a decent room, then you'll probably love it. Unfortunately the room spoiled our trip and we tried to spend as little time in it as possible and we aren't minded to give them another try.

Not what we expected.

We have a small apartment up at Rond Point and spend much of the ski season there. From time to time our children visit with their friends and we escape to one of the better 3Vs hotels.  In Méribel Le Grand Cœur has been our favourite - we have stayed here twice under the old regime. This visit was just for cocktails so we could assess the changes following the Ruchti’s retirement.  To our relief the refurbishment has been done most sympathetically, the spa revitalised and the relaxed but professional atmosphere maintained. Combined with the perfect ski in ski out location with a very short walk to the town centre, Le Grand Cœur maintains its favourite status (no, following a visit we haven’t been tempted by the new 5 star Coucou!).

Still the best place to stay in Méribel?

This Hotel is fantastic for a ski in and out break
It’s a four star Hotel with great staff and superb food
You may need to go in a diet after staying here
Everything you could want for a skiing holiday is here
Good boot room clean everything everywhere 
Special mention regarding the bar area it’s the centre of entertainment in the evenings particularly 

Enjoy

Skiing Holiday 

This is a restaurant review not of the hotel. We have eaten here quite a lot while skiing in and around Méribel-Mottaret and it is an amazing experience with the sumptuous surroundings and amazing food. 

This time was not so good though as I have become fully vegetarian since our last visit and there was only one dish on the menu that I could eat and I wasn’t sure if that was ‘fully’ vegetarian really as we are in France and they don’t really understand why you wouldn’t eat meat or fish in this country of amazing cuisine! The service staff when taking our order offered me some cooked vegetables with mash potatoes but I decided to compromise and eat one of the fish dishes that seemed the most sustainable.

The food and wine were fantastic but I hope they begin to come into the modern world and put choices on their menu for everyone.

Not vegetarian friendly but amazing anyway

What we liked?
Kitchen is fine, variety of room choices for family stay, good location close to slopes, room service is good!
What we don’t liked?
Concierge service full mess up and mis-coordination with ski instructors, unprofessional, not accurate and tried to convince not to go to other places, don’t know what to offer to the guests with local entertainment, always refer to Courchevel rather than to own resort...the biggest disappointment from Hôtel! 
Probably it’s better to call them as simple reception staff, not R&C concierge service!  
Even tried to charge 3% from all external transactions, like ski instructors! 
I can’t imagine this in any Relais and Chateau hotels! 
 
Very small and dirty spa area, staff is not disciplined: not much caring about guests, busy talking to each other.
Rude restaurant staff at breakfast and very pleasant staff at dinners...different personalities drives the customer experience here.
Game room ventilation system is broken.
Finally charged for taxi minivan transfer but made the airport transfer by small car. 
It’s not real Relais and Chateau hotels chain! 
We are not recommend to stay here: always need to watch about any mistakes of the reception staff! 

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