L'Albereta Relais & Chateaux

Absolutely THE worst Relais Chateaux I have ever stayed at and we stayed at over 15 of them. The hotel is old, unkempt, stale, and clearly has not been updated in years. The service matches by being rude at worst and dishonest at best. We stayed one night at the hotel. Checked in at 6pm. The room was like a sauna and we were told it should cool down soon as the AC was started only a few hours ago. By 8pm, it was still very hot and we asked the front desk for help. We were first told the hotel if fully booked so they can’t move us and they can’t give us a fan for “security reasons”. We were asked to check again after dinner and they expect the room to cool down by then. We headed to their pizza restaurant and after a disappointing meal came back to the room to find it not cooling at all. Went again to front desk and this time the attendant- Kumar- told us briskly he can’t do anything about it. He claimed he can’t call an AC technician at this late hour and has no other rooms to move us to. He kep cutting us every time we tried to explain how hot the room was and it was unacceptable to expect us to stay in a room with no AC and 80F when we paid $900 for the night, Kumar was rude, extremely disrespectful and belligerent. Only after we threatened to sleep in their lobby and insisted he call the hotel director, did he do so. We asked to speak with the director and were told he cannot speak to us at this last hour!! We were moved to another room which was much cooler but with just as dilapidated bathroom. Amazing how the room suddenly became available after the constant lying that they are fully booked. In the morning, we asked to meet with the director and were told he’s in a meeting offsite for all day. The only person available to speak with was an assistant front desk manager. When we mentioned that we had clearly communicated last night that we need to speak with the director, it’s unacceptable that he’s not available. We were the told he would call us in an hour. Of course, no one called. Making it rather clear why the whole experience was so terrible- it’s come from top down. When the hotel director does not care about the customer experience, of course, no one else will. This hotel needs to be delisted from Relias C and Smiths. They absolutely don’t care about service, quality or standards that a luxury hotel should have.

Not a good experience. Managers were rude, basic services over priced, and far below the standard of other R&C hotels we have stayed in.

We already gave an excellent review of this hotel on our 4 night visit in 2023. We returned this year for 5 nights, but had the opportunity to check out the various available suites in 2023, so we chose #48 for this year. WOW1 We loved this suite. Was like a small chic apartment, great layout beautifully decorated with privacy and view windows on all three sides of the unit. It is featured in numerous ads for the hotel. We also found the main Leon Felice restaurant a touch better in the food department this year. All the staff wonderful, friendly and helpful.