Hotel Cote Brune

Fabulous hotel at the bottom of the slopes and only a short walk into the village. Hotel is scrupulously clean. Staff are very friendly and accommodating. Nothing was too much trouble. Highly recommend.

This lovely, cozy hotel that is owned by a family has all the amenities one could ask for when planning a ski trip for a week. The ski lockers have direct access to the slopes and are located near the main lifts. The lively après-ski bar and the nice sauna are perfect for some post-skiing relaxation. Additionally, the dinners are four-course meals and always leave a lasting impression.

Really lovely little ski hotel and bustling apres ski bar. Sits right on the slopes by ski school drop off and the main Jandri lift. Super friendly staff and the food is fantastic if you have the half board. We would definitely recommend it as a hotel. Only thing Les Deux Alpes … we made the mistake of going at half term.. lifts are old and long waits for all chairs and gondolas. We normally go to Zermatt and this is definitely not zermatt as ski experiences go. Hotel is itself a super lovely choice.

We have spent one week at Hotel Cote Brune with the kids (4 and 6 years old) in February 2024. Bedrooms are spacious, splendid and very well suited for a family. The half board offers excellent value for money (very good breakfast and excellent cuisine with a nice choice of options for the 3-courses dinner). The hotel location directly on the ski slopes, convenient ski lockers and great shared facilities of the hotel (spa and couch area) add to the excellent quality of the offer.

This is absolutely not a family friendly hotel. There is no family room, area for children to play, any toys or games, there is no access for a buggy into the hotel or anywhere to store it. The ski locker is a corridor that is unusable if there is more than two people using it at the same time. The staff are unfriendly at best and can be rude and obnoxious if you ask for chips for the children at dinner or if you enquire about anything dinner related. They had no children’s menu for dinner, yet the restaurant serves lunch to the public during the day and there is a children’s menu which they would not offer us in the evenings. I had a 3 year old and 8 month old on this trip and there was nothing child friendly or anything for me to do other than keep them in the room. A family room or games room with a child friendly area would to me would indicate a family friendly property, of which there are none. When we asked where we could keep the buggy we were told we could fold it and put it on top of the ski locker. The ski locker had no lid on it so it would have fallen through on top of our skis and gear and gotten stuck or damaged or both. I tried to have a drink on the deck in the sun one day and was told the tables were for lunch time customers only. As a resident I was refused service. Sound insulation in the rooms is very poor, you can hear absolutely everything in the hallway, and rooms next door. We booked half board and there was no wine or beer included or afternoon snacks. Breakfast is a short window from 8-9.30am which is very short if trying to get kids out to ski school, even with a screaming baby staff kept clearing away the food instead of offering to help and leave a morsel of food. Overall a very negative experience, unhelpful staff, restaurant manager seemed to enjoy seeing how poorly he could treat us and any requests seemed like we were creating nothing but hassle.

Hotel is modern and clean. Rooms are good size, beds are very comfortable and the shower is excellent. Location is excellent. However, the children were not welcome. I would not recommend for families with children under 14. The dinner service started at 7pm but was slow. There were no child friendly options, no chips, pizza, burgers, chicken goujons. They were given limited choice for dinner such as mash/ pasta and veal. On the last night they even ran out of pasta (which had been our go to for the week) and a group of children aged between 3 and 10 were offered gnocchi and turkey. The children were well behaved. The manager / waiter of the restaurant was impatient and rude to the children in particular but also with the adults at times too. He barked at my parents (both in their mid-70’s) when they asked if it would be possible to get a bowl of soup. There was little respect for the customer. Despite the rooms and location being excellent we will not be returning to this hotel. Other things to note: no wine included with half board, no afternoon tea, ski lockers very cramped, if travelling by large bus then bus has to park 150m from hotel. We didn’t attend spa.