Le Fitz Roy, a Beaumier hotel

Like many other reviews, I wouldn’t say this is a 5 star hotel. It is in a good location, looks good, has a nice pool and sauna etc and the ski shop on premises is good. I enjoyed our trip and I would be happy to return. But, there were just too many things that weren’t just quite perfect for what is not an insignificant cost to justify a 5 star rating Eg It took ages to get our food on the first night No ice available to have in my coke zero Our safe didn’t work, I reported it on day one and it never got fixed The service was a bit mixed, sometimes excellent sometimes a bit average And not connected to the rating, but our room (in the eves) was sooo dark it was difficult to see the beams that we kept hitting our head on I did enjoy it, and if it had marketed itself as a 4 star my expectations would not be so high. That said it is probably just thing about all hotels in ski resorts, they are all marketing themselves as one star more than they should be.

We stayed at Le Fitz Roy last year and enjoyed our stay so much we decided to stay again for this year's Val Thorens ski trip. This hotel is in the perfect ski-in-ski-out location at the bottom of the plain sud piste and also in the middle of town - ideal for bars, restaurants and shopping. On arrival we were allocated an upgraded room - which was very welcome and appreciated. Our room had a beautiful view of the mountains, a large bathroom with bath (but no shower) was well presented and very clean. During our stay there were a few negatives that would likely encourage us to stay elsewhere next year. The first seems a little strange for a hotel of this standard. The included breakfast, whilst very good, now charges an additional fee if you wish to have fried/poached/freshly boiled eggs or an omelette. This wasn't the case last year. Besides a lack of eggs it's sometimes difficult to get coffee - the attentiveness of the staff can be a little hit or miss. A self service machine might help. The second negative is that the pool in the spa is so much colder than it was last year that it wasn't at all enjoyable. On our previous trip we would spend an hour or so at the end of the day in the spa - this trip we avoided it and soaked in our bathroom instead. We mentioned the pool was cold to the spa assistant who told us to inform reception... that didn't really feel like our job.

2nd stay not quite as wonderful as our 1st We stayed at Le Fitz Roy last year and enjoyed our stay so much we decided to stay again for this year's Val Thorens ski trip. This hotel is in the perfect ski-in-ski-out location at the bottom of the plain sud piste and also in the middle of town - ideal for bars, restaurants and shopping. On arrival we were allocated an upgraded room - which was very welcome and appreciated. Our room had a beautiful view of the mountains, a large bathroom with bath (but no shower) was well presented and very clean. During our stay there were a few negatives that would likely encourage us to stay elsewhere next year. The first seems a little strange for a hotel of this standard. The included breakfast, whilst very good, now charges an additional fee if you wish to have fried/poached/freshly boiled eggs or an omelette. This wasn't the case last year. Besides a lack of eggs it's sometimes difficult to get coffee - the attentiveness of the staff can be a little hit or miss. A self service machine might help. The second negative is that the pool in the spa is so much colder than it was last year that it wasn't at all enjoyable. On our previous trip we would spend an hour or so at the end of the day in the spa - this trip we avoided it and soaked in our bathroom instead. We mentioned the pool was cold to the spa assistant who told us to inform reception... that didn't really feel like our job.