Name: Le Coq Hardi
Address: 42 Avenue De La Tuilerie, Pouilly-sur-Loire, Pouilly-sur-Loire, Pouilly-sur-Loire, 58150, France
Rating: 7

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Vinitour Centre-Loire

Tour du Pouilly Fume

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We were warmly greeted by the owner and had a nice room with balcony overlooking the gardens and down to the Loire. The restaurant was superb and I had sone of the best sweetbreads of the entire trip. The hotel was quiet but we had a good time. End of dinner slightly rushed as the waiter wanted to go home I think but we had a nice post dinner drink in the lounge. We would love to come back. 

Nice second stay

nice hotel with beautifull terrace overlooking the loire river with a chef mof (one of the better cooks in france) . nice warm welcome reception. good place to park our bicycles. all in all an expensive 320 euro experience. hotel dinner breakfast

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When driving through France, my priorities are changing.  Gone are the days when I would stay in an international chain in the center of a town or city and now I want to stay above a good restaurant in a French wine region.   Le Coq Hardi is located just outside the village of Pouilly sur Loire on the main road with easy parking (because I always search parking!) In front of the hotel.  I doubt in high season parking would be difficult as the road doesn’t seem to be that busy.

Check-in was easy, the owner is a pleasant chap who speaks a bit of English.  

So, let’s start with the rooms … okay, the owner apologised about the size of the room … but it had a comfortable bed, a good size bathroom, and the most amazing view of the River Loire.  Rather than a little balcony, the room had a huge decked space above the restaurant.  I can imagine in the warmer months sitting out on the decking looking at the night sky.  I must say I had the most peaceful night's sleep with the door open.

As I mentioned earlier, I didn’t book the hotel for the room but rather the restaurant.  The owner is an ex-Chef de Cuisine at Hotel Ritz in Paris.   We started the evening with a few glasses of local wine (Pouilly-Fumé and Sancerre), sat outside enjoying the view of the river, listening to the birds, and basically chilling following a drive from Rotterdam.  Following a glass or two (or was it three), we moved into the restaurant.   We decided on one of the set menus (no laughing but called the Coq menu) priced at a very reasonable 40 euros plus a bottle of Pouilly-Fumé at about 40 euros.  We started with a complimentary hors d’oeuvre of local mushrooms.  I then ordered a snail soup, followed by Pikeperch in a wine and butter sauce caught in the river at the bottom of the garden, and finished with an apple millefeuille.  The service was very good, the serving staff did speak a little English and I must say the food is Michelin star quality.

Breakfast is ordered on arrival which is dangerous as I basically said yes to everything on offer.  In the morning, breakfast was waiting for us on the table, and as expected the ingredients were top quality.

Would I come back if stopping in the area, definitely.  Would I recommend it to my friends… maybe not because it does not have that many rooms and I would be annoyed if they booked it out.

Any niggles… just one … the only toiletry in the bathroom was a bar of soap.  To be fair it was a fancy artisan soup and did the job but not what I’m used to.

Amazing restaurant with rooms

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Coq Hardi

We arrived promptly at 5:30pm and were allowed to park inside their front courtyard but there was plenty of parking directly outside too.

Our room was a family room with two single beds in the Upper part accessed by stairs and a nice bedroom below with a little side room leading into a balcony with two chairs and a super view across the garden to La Loire. Very traditional Logis style. No proper desk though so my husband had to improvise.  

Slightly disappointed with lack of toiletries as only a bar of soap provided!! Maybe we were a bit early and the room wasn’t finished! Nice bath and overhead shower and separate loo. 

Lovely gardens and sculptures of cockerels everywhere including on the pinnacles of the roofs. Beware if your children are “spotting” these as a game as one sculpture in particular might need some “explanation” :/)

The Restaurant was very pretty. Things got off to a slightly tricky start when we were given the wrong main courses which were presented  under two domes so the poor waiter only found out when he peeked under the plates! He was a truly lovely man. 

However the food was excellent and one of the nicest meals I had all trip. My husband had scallops which were beautifully cooked and I had the Quennelles of Sandre - a local dish and superbly cooked with a delicious sauce. Lovely Mis en bouche of some sort of Soupe de poisson. 

Very good cheese selection too. 

We were seated at a corner table overlooking the garden with beautiful views of the sunset. I loved the sculpture near us of the Father and Child stargazing through a telescope. 

Service was friendly as were the other diners, particularly the Belgian couple who finally got their food after it was almost served to us. I got the impression the restaurant may have been slightly understaffed! 

Naturally there was a piano so we took coffee and drinks into the lounge area where we chatted to the Belgian couple. At one point the chef came out of the kitchen and danced!

Breakfast had to be preordered the night before but was fine and taken in the dining room so lovely morning views this time. . 

We were given a warm goodbye when we left after a very relaxed morning.

Definitely somewhere I would like to return to when next wine buying in the Pouilly area :-)

First time here but not the last

Great location, breathtaking view down to the river Loire, eating place under the trees. You feel that Le Chef was ex-Chef de Cuisine at Hotel Ritz in Paris, high-quality of food, don't miss the local food offers or don't be shy trying seafood even in Pouilly. Bedrooms are quite up to date, but are super clean

Close to the Loire River, good food, clean rooms

Comfortable, clean room with all facilities. We had dinner and breakfast - all excellent. Dinner was served on the terrace, with a view down to the nearby Loire river and the sunset concluded a perfect evening. Staff were friendly and very helpful, one of our party required gluten-free food and this was provided with no hesitation or query when ordering. Across the road from the hotel was a cave for the local Pouilly wines, it was a temptation that could not be resisted. Our car groaned as this reviewer, reluctantly, loaded the boxes.

Sunset Over The Loire

The hotel has a beautiful setting along the river bed. Our room was nice and clean. Staff was friendly. But we found the food really overpriced. Dinner was ok but not top. Wine, water, food all Too expensive. We did not receive a free water caraf. Breakfast was very good. We choose not to return


Ok but

this was the first stop of our holidays having driven from Caen the accommodation was very good, food and wine excellent, the weather when we arrived was very good and we where looking forward to eating outside under the trees looking straight down to the river Loire. tables were laid everybody sat down and the wind got up and the staff moved everybody back inside, this was very well done and we continued with our meal " well done everybody "

hotel by the loire

What a fab lunch we had! We had cycled from Sancerre looking for a place for lunch and arrived here from the river side. Lovely garden and terrace overlooking the Loire and sat beneath the trees in the cool shade. We had the €19 lunch and could not fault. From the extra apertizer through to the end, the meal and service were perfect. Good wine recommendation too. Do try it and sit outside if possible,,so French! 
Afterwards we cycled back to Sancerre, slightly heavier!

Lunch on the loire

A traditional French hotel, with a very warm welcome.  We had a very nice room, bit on the small side, but beautiful bathroom and a really wonderful terrace overlooking the Loire, the perfect place to relax after a long drive with a bottle of chilled Pouilly Fume.  The restaurant is lovely, with delicious food and superb front of house staff.

My one small caveat would be that they don't speak as much English as you might expect from their advertising, but as one of us speaks French, this wasn't a problem.  In any event, our non French speaker was able to get their message across in the end without too much trouble...  Would definitely go back.

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