Champagne Domaine Sacret - AY

We booked this place at very short notice as just a stopover on our road journey from the Alps to Calais. It look nice and the reviews were good with particular emphasis on cleanliness. Its a very tricky place to find with quite a difficult access into a small courtyard parking area. The 5pm to 7pm check-in makes your evening very rushed as there's a welcome glass of Champagne at 6pm, clearly something that you would miss by checking in at 7pm. After a long days drive the whole check-in was not a nice experience when all you want is your room and a quick shower. The room itself was lovely and with a good standard of cleanliness and large area. We opted for the 75 euro for two evening welcome meal, not having the time to explore for a restaurant and very glad that we did. It was a simple affair as stated, of cold meats and cheese with a selection of cakes and a bottle of champagne. All very nice and with extremely generous portions, so much so that we shared just one plate. Its a lovely building and beautifully renovated but we just didn't feel welcome. There's so many rules that you must do and things you must not do. Many are perfectly understandable and to be expected, but put to you in a very forcefull way verbally and with notices, quite unpleasant. You get the impression that you should be very pleased that they've allowed you to stay at all! Its potentially a great establishment but the team really does need a lesson or two in hospitality. Such a great pity.

Just fantastic. Only 4 rooms free champagne tasting at 6:00pm each night. I the middle of town. Let’s face it who doesn’t want to stay in a 104 year old champagne house. Just excellent

The staff was friendly and helpful!

This is a quaint bed and breakfast in the region of champagne. The bed and breakfast is very cute and all the staff members are very friendly. They make their own champagne and offer a very nice champagne tasting for guests. The breakfast every morning and delicious and very fresh. The champagne region is spread out and this was in a quaint town about 30 minutes from Reims but very close to Épernay. We would stay here again if we ever are in the champagne region.

Wonderful. A beautiful place. A fantastic room. I had exchanged e-mails prior to arrival and the responses were always: made quickly; helpful; and friendly. This was continued during our stay with both Laurene and Odile being friendly; helpful; and efficient. The champagne tasting that is offered as part of the stay was really good too. They have an honesty bar. The breakfast was good too. Faultless and highly recommended.

We were delighted by everything at Domaine Sacret. The house is right in the centre of Aÿ but quiet with an interior courtyard to park in, which is great if you have a car full. Every member of the team was incredibly friendly and helpful. A special shout out to Laurène who suggested (and arranged) activities and organised taxis to Épernay. The early evening tasting of the domaine’s own champagnes was informal and fun. Highly recommended.