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This room was an interesting choice for our last stay before hitting Paris. It is in a rather rural area. The staff speaks almost no English, which works out fine - we paid, they gave us a receipt, and walked us to our room with the big room key. The room is big, a little smelly (the lake is close by, hard to keep humidity out), the bathroom is perfectly clean but tub/sink/toilet were a silly '70s green. Our window opened up the the courtyard which would be good, but there are people talking down there at night and staff leaving from that point, it is a little noisy. There is a TV in the room, we happened to come across "Good Will Hunting" in French and as my boyfriend knows that movie by heart, he thought it was pretty entertaining. There is a pool in the hotel, you can smell it, but we didn't see it. The restaurant downstairs is a must-do. Spectacular food. The waitress didn't speak English but was amazing taking care of the whole restaurant AND ALSO covering the grill that is at the waitress station. She cooks steaks and the local sausages which are very unusual and full of farm flavor. The bar downstairs is cute. Service isn't great but what's new - this is Europe.

Once we drove into Troyes we wanted to leave, we asked the hotel staff for a refund, "nothing we can do" we left immediately and drove to Vinay/Epernay. This is the last time I prepay for a hotel room. $160.00 out the door.