Château du Clos de la Ribaudière

Lovely stay on our journey back through France. Definitely child friendly.

Well, quite posh anyway. Main building had a nice feel to it and the annexe we stayed in was fine, despite some reviews to the contrary. Our room was spacious enough and had all the necessary. Double pull out bed for the kids - they would have preferred twins but didn't argue too much! The pool was lovely and very clean, towels freely available from reception. Not a lot in the village itself....nice river running through but not a lot else going on. Main draw was the hotel restaurant. Read a few reviews that said it was disappointing but I thought it was excellent....proper French "gourmet" cooking at what I thought was a reasonable enough price for highish end food. (€35 for 4 courses including cheese plus amuse bouches, etc.etc.) Childrens menu was also pretty good & well cooked (but why French restaurants insist on putting it on cheap plastic sheets so that the children think they are getting second best, I don't know - just put an extra page in the menu guys then the kids don't lobby for something from the "proper" menu that they won't eat) and they didn't leave the kids out of the amuse bouche which was a nice touch. Service in restaurant was a bit hit and miss in truth - we got forgotten about - but all in all we really liked the hotel and the restaurant and would recommend.