LODJI — Hotel in Albertville

We have eaten and had drinks at The Lodji since it opened and have regularly stayed nearby.|From what I have seen (I haven’t seen the bedrooms), The Lodji is a beautifully and thoughtfully designed hotel almost perfectly positioned on the slopes on St Martin de Belleville with ready access to the ski lift.|On each visit we have found the staff in the bar and restaurant to be attentive and welcoming.|I note one reviewer commented on the high cost of the beer. There is one reasonably priced beer – Jupiler - with the other brands being around twice the price. So, be careful what you order.|We found the food to be very good and priced as one would expect in a hotel on the mountain.|I note that there have been reviews mentioning the loud apres-ski music. Although the website says this stops at 6:30pm, in practice this is not always the case. Last week it went to 8:30pm on two occasions and was extremely loud. I can’t say exactly how loud as the hotel DJ did not have a decibel meter in place.|This makes it difficult to recommend The Lodji as a family hotel because pumping, bass-heavy music does travels through walls - the deeper the bass, the bigger the sound wave – and I note some reviews mention that the rooms are noisy.|Last year one reviewer recommended that clients did not take a room on one side of the hotel because of the loud music. Interestingly, the hotel management responded by noting that “the DJ is sometimes playing on the slopes' side and sometimes on the valley side, so it is useless to advise next clients to choose one side instead of another.”|In the colder months, The Lodji place gas and wood fires on the front and rear balconies. These can become very smoky / fumy and unpleasant with the smell pervading clothes. I believe these external fires are prohibited in France for environmental reasons, so I was surprised to see...

Only go to this hotel if you are a dedicated skiier, are under 25, oblivious to noise and like shouting and swearing from expensivley dressed rich young people - though there are older people - for most of the day. |It's dedicated to mainly one thing - the APRES SKI experience. When it obviously makes the most money. |Mind trashing Euro-pop belting from every bar, restaurant and terrace area - even at breakfast! Worst time - 4.30 - 6.30pm - pervading every bedroom. |I had a word with the reception staff about the brain damaging music - they shrugged and said they'd talk to the manager. No feedback followed or any communication. |I heard that some locals are moving out because of the noise. The dining room team did turn the music down at breakfast when I asked. The cleaning team were really helpful. Breakfast is good. Hence two stars. |If you do go to St Martin there are a coupe of decent bars in the village and the bar in front of the hotel, 'Dahlia' has nice views of the slopes and the drinks are half the price of the hotel. |We're not skiiers - we went for a friend's birthday who loves skiing. Good walking, some interesting buildings and churches - I don't want to run St Martin down. I wish all the businesses there well. The Tabac shop, Le Montagne, The Art Bar, the pizza place, the mini supermarket and gift shop especially - really decent people. |Don't expect anything too special at Lodji - unless you like Eurovision music, drinking and shouting. And paying a lot of money for the experience - for you it will be perfect. |I am 59 and stayed with my partner in room 114 in March 2024 for 7 nights. We're from London. Have...

Because they built a construction with so called modern heating instalation, and because I suspect they want to save money on the cost of said heating, it is atrociously cold in the rooms, without any posibility that you control the temperature yourself. The temperature is controlled from the reception and you need to go multiple times there to ask for warmth in the room. 15 degrees in the bathroom, 18 in the bedroom. I got sick because of the cold in the 8 hours of sleep and I am still recovering. They claim that they are forced by the criminal french government to keep people in the cold to save the planet or fight Rusia, but other french hotels in the mountain area in the winter time don’t have the same heating problem.

PS. Thank you for your concern. Aparentely getting ill because of very low temperature in your establishment is matter of amusement for this deranged manager.

Dear Alabala,

We are sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy your experience at the maximum at Lodji Hotel.

No we don't try to save money on the heating. Our hotel is really well insulated and the heating system is efficient. Clients can set the temperature by themselves inside the rooms between 17 and 21 degrees. Over 21 degrees, clients must ask the reception to increase the temperature. We always accept, however our heating system has limits and it's hard to heat over 24 degrees.

Your comment is exaggerated and suggests that we do not care about the well-being of our customers, which is totally untrue.

You should probably travel to warmer destinations to avoid catching a cold. Just pay attention to air conditioning on...