La Belle-Vue — Restaurant in Molsheim

La Belle Vue is a small and charming hotel located in the community of Saulxures, on the border of Alsace and Vosges. It's in a wooded and mountainous area. The building is contemporary with large glass parties (to enjoy the superb views) and lots of rustic wooden elements. It matches very well with its location. ||The hotel has 11 rooms in total , of which 4 standard rooms (33 m²) and 7 duplex rooms or suites (55 m²). All the rooms are nicely decorated, every room is different, with paintings (mixed techniques) and trompe l'oeil of the house-painter-friend Daniel Gerhardt.||Free wireless internet throughout the hotel.||Furthermore the Belle Vue has a gourmet restaurant. Guests can either book half board (an excellent 4-course meal and complementary cheese) or bed and breakfast and eat dinner à la carte. The halfboard dinners (19 euro) were good, the à la carte dinners (starting at 31 euro) were excellent.||Breakfast is a small buffet with home-made confitures (I loved the 'confiture de quetsches' while my husband preferred the 'confiture de coings à la vanille de Madagascar). Furthermore cheeses and cold meats, yoghurts, freshly squeezed orange juice, pain de campagne, croissants and viennoiseries. Hot drinks are freshly made on request (coffee, tea, hot chocolate, milk, ...).||||We booked one of their duplex rooms which consisted of a small entrée with dresser and minibar, a sitting area with a comfy couch and TV. A flight of stairs leads to the upper floor where, again, we had a sitting area with two armchairs, a desk, and a chest of drawers. Further in the room a super kingsize bed (2m x 2m) and a second TV. Ensuite a large bathroom with corner tub, separate shower, double sink and separate toilet. Luxury bathing products.||Double glazed windows on both floors, individually adjustable central heating for sitting/sleeping areas and bathroom. Everything was spotlessly clean.||Only negative point, in case you're a light sleeper (which I am), these duplex rooms face the church and the clock of the belltower jingles every quarter,...

La Belle Vue is a small and charming hotel located in the community of Saulxures, on the border of Alsace and Vosges. It's in a wooded and mountainous area. The building is contemporary with large glass parties (to enjoy the superb views) and lots of rustic wooden elements. It matches very well with its location. ||The hotel has 11 rooms in total , of which 4 standard rooms (33 m²) and 7 duplex rooms or suites (55 m²). All the rooms are nicely decorated, every room is different, with paintings (mixed techniques) and trompe l'oeil of the house-painter-friend Daniel Gerhardt.||Free wireless internet throughout the hotel.||Furthermore the Belle Vue has a gourmet restaurant. Guests can either book half board (an excellent 4-course meal and complementary cheese) or bed and breakfast and eat dinner à la carte. The halfboard dinners (19 euro) were good, the à la carte dinners (starting at 31 euro) were excellent.||Breakfast is a small buffet with home-made confitures (I loved the 'confiture de quetsches' while my husband preferred the 'confiture de coings à la vanille de Madagascar). Furthermore cheeses and cold meats, yoghurts, freshly squeezed orange juice, pain de campagne, croissants and viennoiseries. Hot drinks are freshly made on request (coffee, tea, hot chocolate, milk, ...).||||We booked one of their duplex rooms which consisted of a small entrée with dresser and minibar, a sitting area with a comfy couch and TV. A flight of stairs leads to the upper floor where, again, we had a sitting area with two armchairs, a desk, and a chest of drawers. Further in the room a super kingsize bed (2m x 2m) and a second TV. Ensuite a large bathroom with corner tub, separate shower, double sink and separate toilet. Luxury bathing products.||Double glazed windows on both floors, individually adjustable central heating for sitting/sleeping areas and bathroom. Everything was spotlessly clean.||Only negative point, in case you're a light sleeper (which I am), these duplex rooms face the church and the clock of the belltower jingles every quarter,...

We had stayed here a year previously and returned to sample again the fabulous regional food. In this regard we were slightly disappointed as there had been a change of chef. In our opinion the present incumbent does not quite match his predecessor. That said, it was still a very pleasurable stay and the food is still very good.||||This is a great base for exploring Alsace. Being slightly off the beaten track, accommodation costs are much less than in the touristy towns of Riquewihr and Turckheim, both of which are within easy driving distance and well worth a visit.||||The rooms here are spacious, nicely furnished and the beds are supremely comfortable. Bathrooms are large and very well appointed. A word of warning. Although there is an elevator to all floors, the mezzanine floor bedrooms are accessed by steep stairs which can present a problem when carrying a large suitcase. The suites on the 2nd floor cost a little more but are worth the extra. Mme Boulanger, the owner, speaks a little English, as do some of the staff, but a phrasebook will...