Restaurant la Fontaine — Restaurant in Lons-le-Saunier

Nice hotel with a good breakfast, comfortable bed, good shower but very small rooms.||The bedroom|The bed is big and soft, very comfortable. But the room is really tight! A surprise, since the hotel is not located in a crowded city centre but next to a road between two small towns. There’s no space to open the suitcases at all. There is a closet but if you only passing trough, you don’t want to get everything in and out of your suitcase. There’s a water boiler to make some tea. But no fridge! Almost no sounds from the road but downstairs is quite noisy.||Airco|The airco (at least in our room) was in a mode set on 22 degrees Celsius which could only be set 2 degrees higher or lower. But since the bedcover is pretty thick, 20 degrees is just too hot.. I hardly slept. But when we asked the staff the next day, he set it on 18 degrees and we could finally sleep.||The bathroom|The shower is really nice, have a good water pressure, quickly on temperature, has a big shower head and a rain shower. But the rest of the bathroom is extremely small.. You can’t stand there with 2 people at the same time. The cleaning ladies also didn’t give us a refill of toilet paper.. |There’s a all-in-one shampoo and wash gel. And only of those horrible slow blowdryers. I would bring my own.|The bathroom has a automatic light, which would have been a good idea but in practice it means if you’re getting up at night and the light goes on and shuts off 5 min after you left, your partner might wake up.||Breakfast|Nice and reasonably big breakfast buffet. Everything was fresh! Except maybe the juices. There’s creal, different kinds of yoghurt, cheeses, meat, boiled eggs, bread, danish, dried fruits, fruit salad, pieces of fruit, tea, coffee, hot milk, quiches etc. Would have like to have a vegan breakfast and muesli instead of cereal.||Staff|Very friendly! Even helped carry one of our suitcase up the stairs (there’s no lift) and let us freeze our cooling elements. ||Parking|Free, mostly under the shadow, directly in front of the hotel and there’s enough space.||Restaurant|The downside was the restaurant. If you go in August, a lot of restaurants are closed (the staff is on holiday), which isn’t usually communicated on their website, on apps etc. The restaurant that are open, have limited space because of Corona and are usually full. We’ve spend our trying to find somewhere to eat dinner. So we went back to the hotel and ate there.|Nicely situated under the trees and shade covers is the terrace of the restaurant. The food left us a bit underwhelming. It was Okay but for 25 to 30 euros for a main dish is quite steep! Especially since you can eat entire 4 course menu’s a better restaurants in the neighbourhood! The staff was very friendly but very busy, so it took them 30 minutes before they could take our order. They could have been more efficient by delivering food and on the way back taking (multiple) orders and directly asking what we want to drink.||Neighborhood|From here you can travel to quant villages like Arbois and Poligny. They have a nice centers with beautiful vistas and some good restaurants. Tip; always reserve a restaurant for dinner in August, since most restaurants close in August and the rest fill up quickly. The waterfalls of Herisson is a 45...

Nice hotel with a good breakfast, comfortable bed, good shower but very small rooms.||The bedroom|The bed is big and soft, very comfortable. But the room is really tight! A surprise, since the hotel is not located in a crowded city centre but next to a road between two small towns. There’s no space to open the suitcases at all. There is a closet but if you only passing trough, you don’t want to get everything in and out of your suitcase. There’s a water boiler to make some tea. But no fridge! Almost no sounds from the road but downstairs is quite noisy.||Airco|The airco (at least in our room) was in a mode set on 22 degrees Celsius which could only be set 2 degrees higher or lower. But since the bedcover is pretty thick, 20 degrees is just too hot.. I hardly slept. But when we asked the staff the next day, he set it on 18 degrees and we could finally sleep.||The bathroom|The shower is really nice, have a good water pressure, quickly on temperature, has a big shower head and a rain shower. But the rest of the bathroom is extremely small.. You can’t stand there with 2 people at the same time. The cleaning ladies also didn’t give us a refill of toilet paper.. |There’s a all-in-one shampoo and wash gel. And only of those horrible slow blowdryers. I would bring my own.|The bathroom has a automatic light, which would have been a good idea but in practice it means if you’re getting up at night and the light goes on and shuts off 5 min after you left, your partner might wake up.||Breakfast|Nice and reasonably big breakfast buffet. Everything was fresh! Except maybe the juices. There’s creal, different kinds of yoghurt, cheeses, meat, boiled eggs, bread, danish, dried fruits, fruit salad, pieces of fruit, tea, coffee, hot milk, quiches etc. Would have like to have a vegan breakfast and muesli instead of cereal.||Staff|Very friendly! Even helped carry one of our suitcase up the stairs (there’s no lift) and let us freeze our cooling elements. ||Parking|Free, mostly under the shadow, directly in front of the hotel and there’s enough space.||Restaurant|The downside was the restaurant. If you go in August, a lot of restaurants are closed (the staff is on holiday), which isn’t usually communicated on their website, on apps etc. The restaurant that are open, have limited space because of Corona and are usually full. We’ve spend our trying to find somewhere to eat dinner. So we went back to the hotel and ate there.|Nicely situated under the trees and shade covers is the terrace of the restaurant. The food left us a bit underwhelming. It was Okay but for 25 to 30 euros for a main dish is quite steep! Especially since you can eat entire 4 course menu’s a better restaurants in the neighbourhood! The staff was very friendly but very busy, so it took them 30 minutes before they could take our order. They could have been more efficient by delivering food and on the way back taking (multiple) orders and directly asking what we want to drink.||Neighborhood|From here you can travel to quant villages like Arbois and Poligny. They have a nice centers with beautiful vistas and some good restaurants. Tip; always reserve a restaurant for dinner in August, since most restaurants close in August and the rest fill up quickly. The waterfalls of Herisson is a 45...

This was an overnight stop for my family of three plus pet dog.|It is a smart looking hotel, located on a semi-rural dual carriageway, not far from the motorway network. |There is plentiful on-site parking (although could be tight if many locals come here for lunch/dinner). There are extensive grounds to walk your dog.||Our very clean bedroom was cramped, especially with the occasional third bed, but not a major issue if staying only one night, with a single overnight bag (leaving rest of luggage in the car). The very clean bathroom is similarly small, but not a problem.||We slept well, on comfortable beds. The double sealed-unit glazing completely shut-out any road noise and the aircon kept us cool through the sultry night.||We had no fridge nor tea/coffee making facility, which was a minor irritation. However, the much greater irritation was the room key, and I mean key as opposed to key-card. The key gets you into the room and is then used to energise the electrical supply to the room. And you only get the one key. So you can forget about keeping the aircon going when you all go to dinner. And, you all have to come back to the room together, otherwise the early sleeper has to lie in bed with the room unlocked (or be secure but woken up when others return to the room). This needs to be addressed!||Having read previous reviews we were looking forward to dinner in restaurant. We sat outdoors on the terrace under canopy, which was pleasant. The French-language-only menu promised well but the food was actually bland and not well cooked (my pave ‘saignant’ came out medium and my daughter’s medium burger came out rare). My curried prawn starter had lots of veg but too few prawns. Price / quality ratio was not good.||In the morning, we were possibly the last down to breakfast, at which time, what little was left was not appealing - so we skipped. ||Overall, staff was pleasant but not very engaging, possibly due to pressures of being understaffed, which was evident.||Not that it made any difference to me, but when I checked in, the lady at reception ran her finger across a paper sheet with guest names hand written in a table, rather than calling up details on a computer screen. Very quaint but also symbolic of a place that...