In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Crowning the hotel, No 9 has everything going for it: peaceful privacy away from the café’s hubbub, chocolatey wood walls, a functional open fireplace, deep-set bath and separate shower and wonderful views of the village and fields beyond. No 5 has exposed beams and a spacious barn-like feel; No 1 is huge – ideal for families – with bay windows perfect for people-watching.
- Packing tips
- No need for wellies – the hotel has a supply of all sizes for roving ramblers.
- Also
- Ask nicely, and Odette’s staff will whisk you 5km down the road to L’Abbage d’Orval in Belgium, where you can combine the twin pleasures of rambling around abbey ruins and taste-testing Trappist brews and cheeses (www.orval.be).
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Chez Odette
Champagne-Ardennes, France[view map]
- Style
- Mood-lit modern maisons
- Setting
- Forest-fringed Williers village
Despite the fact the little bistro has been serving up kirsch and Picon to thirsty Williers villagers since World War II, the twin farmhouses of Chez Odette have a shiny modern sheen, with sultry chocolate hues and sleek woody walls. Snuggled in a green and grassy corner of northern France, a hop from the Belgian border, it’s an intimate rural hideaway slathered with style.
Need to know
- Rooms
- Nine, spread between two buildings.
- Rates
- €170–€260, including tax. Breakfast is €19.
- Check-out
- Noon, but may be flexible. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
- Facilities
- Book/DVD library, free WiFi throughout, bikes for hire. In rooms: flatscreen TV, DVD/CD player, iPod dock, free bottled water.
- Also
- Pets are welcome, and there’s plenty of dog-walking space in the surrounding woodland.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- The hotel’s poised and polished eatery is a picture of candlelit romance – black wood furniture, seductive lamplight and inventive seasonal cuisine from a chef who’s done the rounds in Michelin-honoured kitchens. Closed from Sunday evening to Tuesday afternoon.
- Dress code
- Gladrags aren’t necessary in these parts, but since you’re in the region, don a classic wool Ardennes dress; Mr Smith should aim for country-gent casual.
- Top table
- Alfresco eating is at the heart of Williers life, so take a tea-light-topped table out on the terrace.
- Last orders
- Lunch is served from noon, dinner from 7pm, but light meals and snacks are available all day in the bar-bistro, which closes at 10pm.
- Room service
- Anything on the restaurant or bistro menus can be brought to your room before 8pm.
- Hotel bar
- Attached to a snug sitting room with cosy cushioned sofas and board games aplenty, Odette’s bar-bistro is the place to sample the local Trappist brew, Orval, accompanied by the customary tot of Picon bitters. Guests generally only have to pay for bottled drinks.
Also worth knowing
- Children
- This hotel is better suited to couples - leave the children at home!
- Weddings
- This hotel is suitable for weddings. More…
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Chez Odette
Rue Prinicipale
Williers
08110
