Hôtel Club Mmv les Brévières

We had a surreal experience at the MMV Les Brévières, mostly because we expected a normal 4-start hotel... Starting with the bedroom: beds are OK but a bit smaller than standard singles (pushed together), and the mattresses seem a bit smaller than the base; my bedside lamp didn't work, nor did my switch for the room lighting; the heating wouldn't stay on during the day; the whole room and bathroom had zero ventilation... except for an opening between the toilet and shower rooms! Dining: the eating area was more similar to a school canteen than that of a hotel (dirty, noisy, basic furniture...); the food was at best unexciting (sliding to unedable, such as the "scrambled" powdery eggs) and repetitive (except for the bread, which was excellent!); many plates and cutlery were dirty; the wine was basic; attention to higiene was minimal (example: they served shrimp one night, and the next morning I found a shrimp buried in the butter dish). Staff: mostly very friendly, but totally inexperienced! I had the feeling I went to a hotel school, staffed with young adults from various parts of the world, but without a supervisor. They often didn't even know their own hotel's rules, couldn't offer solutions to simple queries and generally were more focused on tasks than on client satisfaction. Service: don't expect normal hotel service. Rooms aren't cleaned on weekends, towels are only changed on Tuesdays and Thursdays regardless of need (which, with the heating turned off during the day, meant we couldn't dry the towels in our un-ventilated room and had to live with wet towels most days), sheets are theoretically changed on Wednesdays, but weren't changed at all for the whole week in any of our 3 rooms. These are only the main comments I could make about this place. My review gets 2 starts instead of 1 because the location is superb...

Generally a good place to stay. However, a few things have let my trip down with MMV. First of all, the room interlinked with the room next door connected by an internal door. This was unlocked. After asking 5 times for the key to lock the door and being promised this, no one helped. Secondly, the safes in all of our family’s rooms did not work. Thirdly the entertainment was way too loud with no alternative evening seating areas. This went on till 22:00. Finally, get home from my holiday and all drinks that I paid for during my visit was charged twice! When winning the hotel about this they were not willing to help. However, the location, food and cleanliness was spot on.

Never seen a hotel with checking so late. Got our keys at 16:00 only to find out that in our room, the window was left wide open, the radiator was taken off and some non-insulated electric wires were left dangling dangerously. Went to reception, showed pictures and the receptionist was smiling, like is absolutely normal that you can get electrocuted in your room. 3 hours passed and nothing happened after which went again to complain as the room was freezing. They eventually installed a broken radiator which it only dissipates a little bit of heat and the temperature cannot be changed. That’s exactly what someone wishes in their skiing holiday after you spent all day on the slopes in freezing cold to come back to a cold room. The radiator was only working 5-10 min/day and complained on numerous occasions they would send someone to unplug it from the wires on the wall, plug it back in, and would work for only 5 mins. We spent 6 days in a very cold room. It cannot even be called a room…is more like a closet…a prison cell would have much more space than this. I cannot even describe how tiny is…never seen anything like this. No toiletries or kettle was provided. Food was pretty poor and some handwritten labels with no information whatsoever on what it contained. Was impossible to use translation because of their poor writing. Disgusting and I would never recommend anyone to spend any money on such a rip-off

Wanderful. Warm welcom, every one of the teams MMV great you with a smile everyday. We got a lot of variety of activities for all age. The near station give you a feeling of liberty during the day. Thanks for all.

Delicious food on the buffet which was regularly restocked & changed daily. Lots of vegetarian options and, unlike most buffets, nothing was over-seasoned. Highlights included Raclette, Aubergine Parmigiana, Dauphinois potatoes, the veggie chilli. Every evening also included a choice of pizzas / pasta. Most of the guests are French & the entertainment is all in French so we didn’t bother with that but the staff are all really friendly and helpful. Great location, just 5 mins from the bubble (never a queue) to Tignes 1800 and an easy switch to the next bubble to get up the mountain. Coming back down was an easy green run through the trees winding its way down from Tignes 1800 - a nice relaxing way to end a full ski day. Rooms are quite small but once you unpack there is plenty of storage so it was fine, just don’t bother packing your yoga mat as no room for that. Ski set hire shop is next door too so v handy. 9am checkout was a bit of a shock for our teens who wanted a lie in but there’s a left luggage so we went for a final morning of skiing on empty slopes.

Having read some other trip advisor comments I was a bit nervous about this booking but happily surprised. The rooms are very compact but kept clean and tidy with towel changes every couple of days. TV is in French only and randomly came on in the middle of the night. There are no curtains but a sliding mirror which blocks the window. The heating cannot be controlled and the electric heater in the room was on a timer which I could not fathom out. Room too hot most of the time. There is a plastic wall with pegs to hang wet ski gear. The bathroom is also small with a tiny bath only about 1m long. Shower above is OK. Plenty of hot water at all times. Food wise I could not fault the service. Full English breakfast (not like we get at home), cereals, Yoghurt, fruits, cheeses, pancakes and full continental available. Plus eggs cooked to order. Tea coffee juices etc. Only down comment is the state of the crockery with many chips and cracks. Evening meals were excellent. Salads, soup, selection of various hot choices, various desserts, ice creams and cheese board. Wine on tap from a machine. The ski boot room has heaters which did not seem to be left on long enough to dry boots properly and they were certainly cold every morning. Nice touch is the lockable skiis and poles storage rack. There are several ski hire shops within 5 mins walk. There are two lifts, only one of which serves all floors. The bar is open 11 to 11 and the prices are only a little above the outside local bars. Recommend the Reservoir (next door), which is owned by an English woman and has Happy hour and great tasting burgers. The boot room entrance is about 100m fairly flat walk to the gondola. Most of the guests seemed to be French and if you are after a reasonable place to stay for skiing or mountain walking here is as good as any.