Name: Hôtel L'ermitage
Address: 32 Rue de la Roche, Houffalize, Houffalize, Houffalize, 6660, Belgium
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

Heating

Express check-in/check-out

Garden

Terrace

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

Outdoor furniture

No elevators

General

Non-smoking rooms

Room service

Family room

Cable TV

Hairdryer

Shower/Bathtub

Shower

Wardrobe/Closet

Toiletries

Rooms

Luggage storage

Telephone

Services and amenities

Diet menu (on request)

Restaurant

Packed Lunches

Bottled water (at extra charge)

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

English

French

Languages Spoken

Mini golf

Hiking

Fishing

Sun Deck

Recreation

Parking

Free Parking on Premises

Beach/pool towels

Pool and beach

Business center

Event facilities

Fax and copy machine

Business

Cycling

Sports

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Skiing

Winter sports

Location

At the hotel

Room amenities

Hôtel L'ermitage

Houffalize

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

12-beds

13-beds

14-beds

15-beds

16-beds

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18-beds

19-beds

2-beds

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27-beds

28-beds

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3-beds

30-beds

31-beds

32-beds

33-beds

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35-beds

36-beds

37-beds

38-beds

39-beds

4-beds

40-beds

5-beds

6-beds

7-beds

8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

We chose the Bistro menu and all the food was delicious.  The dishes were beautifully assembled and presented and the taste combinations were exquisite.  The staff were attentive though spoke limited Dutch and English.  We were in a little anteroom, across the hall from the main dining area, with just two tables.  The music wasn’t too loud.  We had booked in advance which I think would be advisable as the restaurant is connected to the hotel, which we didn’t stay in. It was definitely good value.

Delicious meal

We spent only one night here enroute to Luxembourg. Not sure how a longer stay would work, although we did have a car. The room was small, but clean and ensuite. Staff friendly with limited English, but very helpful. Breakfast was excellent and inclusive. Dinner was included in our package and was outstanding. The proprietor was also the chef. Would recommend it highly, especially if one wants peace and quiet.

Short Stay

Good luck brought us here.  We wanted to have a base from which to visit Bastogne and the Ardennes, and Houffalize looked inviting.  Little did we know that the restaurant is in the hands of a young prodigy, who prepares your meals with finesse that would put Michelin starred ones to shame.  With visiting family, we took the "demi-pension" or half-board option: 80 euros per person per night, which includes room, breakfast (very generous servings), and dinner.  A four-course dinner (sometimes the wait between courses was too long, but that's the only complaint).  Really top marks (be sure to ask for one of the renovated rooms - we got No. 1 and 2).

Hidden gem - best resto in the region

Michelin BIB Gourmand menu is very very very good ! 
No dogs allowed inside although the tourist guide sais it's allowerd. Had to eat on the small terras above street level.
TIP: The red wine Torre de Barreda (Tempranillo) is delicious.

Best food of the region

Part of a little road trip through Belgium to Germany. Travelling with my son, we were surprised and pleased to be given what was two linked rooms.Room was clean and had all we needed.  Beds were comfy. Breakfast was excellent next morning..We had eaten in Bastogne but from the full dining room in this place perhaps we may have missed out!

Hidden in the Ardennes

Comfortable and modern hotel 10 minutes out of town with great breakfast. Easy parking and very picturesque. Friendly staff who do speak a mixture of English and French. Rooms and beds comfortable and quiet

good winter stay

We stayed here whilst doing a tour of the main Battle of the Bulge sites and it is very conveniently situated for that. Our room was at the top of the building and rather small, with low eaves over part of the room. The room was quiet and clean. The tv only had terrestrial german channels, but the free wi-fi worked fine. There was free parking across the road from the hotel. The breakfast was good but you needed to be there fairly promptly to enjoy the full range of food. The restaurant had a fairly limited menu but the food and presentation were of high quality. However, dinner is pricey by local standards and the food would not suit children or teenagers. The problem is that the other local restaurants in Houffalize do not put up much of a contest, so far as the quality of cooking is concerned.

Convenient to Battle of the Bulge Sites

Average. Nothing special. Too expensive for the level of hotel. Breakfast was sparse.

Average

I was thinking about what to write in this review as I was eating the food. After a quick glimpse of what the restaurant had to offer, I told myself: Overall it was absolutely fantastic. The appetizer of ‘Croquette de Crevettes’ was like an eruption of different flavors and textures. I was later served a delicious ‘caprese’ which was topped with smoked salmon incomparable to the ones you could find in the grocery store. On the flip side, I was also going to mention the arguably slow service: after 2 hours and a half we had only received 2 courses out of the 5. However, what happened next ruined my entire experience: as my mother asked in a polite and educated fashion why the service was so slow. The waitress responded in an uncalled for manner, yelling to us: “If you want to eat fast go to a chip shop”, “you have been my worst clients of the whole summer”, and when we received our bill half way through the meal she snapped: “it is useless to serve dessert since you can’t even wait”. I really hope this restaurant takes this comment into consideration since it has the potential to become one of the best in Wallonie. However, no matter how good the food can be, a respectful and polite personnel who can tolerate feedback is required to create a good atmosphere especially in a restaurant of this culinary caliber.

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