La Caravelle — Restaurant in Sartène

Touring Corsica with friends we made a one night stop in this 3 star rated Hotel.||I would like to start with the positive opinion, I am speaking from a professional viewpoint having been in construction for over 60 years and now in a supervisory position.||Positive.||Wonderfully situated with magnificent views over this very unique harbour.||Parking is fantastic being almost level from the reception.||Greeting was warm & very efficient, my room was NINA, very nicely appointed generally, clean & well presented.||Negative.||Although well presented evidence of being somewhat tired & not up to modern standards, the room lacked USB charging points and the biggest concern here was that the smoke alarm was sealed over with a plastic bag. photo.||The side table that one would expect to house a refrigerator beibg 3 star, was empty exposing unfinished wood work. Photo||Skirting board non matching & crudely attached, very DIY. Photo||Bathroom clean but fixtures & fittings looked like salvage from a scrap yard. Photos.||The W/C toilet pan was cracked from bottom to top although not leaking. Photo||The downlight from above the mirror was fitted with different shape & type of exposed bulbs again look like second hand surplus. Photo||Shower was stand up in bath with no screen or curtain & shower head could not be fixed & adjusted, this & the mixer taps, in my business these would have been thrown out long before the chrome had disappeared. Photo||The door lock furniture was ancient & only had one fixing screw. Photo||The extractor fan was in operative & shoud be coupled to the light switch. Photo||Now comes the mystery as to why there were earplugs in the bathroom; we debated this over our meal however when returning to our respective rooms having to fight through street security as an horrendous disco had started in the adjoining building but one..||OH MY DEAR GOD...!||This noise continued until 0200 in the morning followed by shouting & screaming & crashing of probably residents. The ear plugs presence became clear for what good they were...||I may have gotten 3 hours sleep.||To sum up... had this been made transparent when booking I certainly would not have stayed here.||3 star...? no way given my review, maybe 1 star being kind.||I realise things have been tough for the hospitality industry but transparent standards...

Touring Corsica with friends we made a one night stop in this 3 star rated Hotel.||I would like to start with the positive opinion, I am speaking from a professional viewpoint having been in construction for over 60 years and now in a supervisory position.||Positive.||Wonderfully situated with magnificent views over this very unique harbour.||Parking is fantastic being almost level from the reception.||Greeting was warm & very efficient, my room was NINA, very nicely appointed generally, clean & well presented.||Negative.||Although well presented evidence of being somewhat tired & not up to modern standards, the room lacked USB charging points and the biggest concern here was that the smoke alarm was sealed over with a plastic bag. photo.||The side table that one would expect to house a refrigerator beibg 3 star, was empty exposing unfinished wood work. Photo||Skirting board non matching & crudely attached, very DIY. Photo||Bathroom clean but fixtures & fittings looked like salvage from a scrap yard. Photos.||The W/C toilet pan was cracked from bottom to top although not leaking. Photo||The downlight from above the mirror was fitted with different shape & type of exposed bulbs again look like second hand surplus. Photo||Shower was stand up in bath with no screen or curtain & shower head could not be fixed & adjusted, this & the mixer taps, in my business these would have been thrown out long before the chrome had disappeared. Photo||The door lock furniture was ancient & only had one fixing screw. Photo||The extractor fan was in operative & shoud be coupled to the light switch. Photo||Now comes the mystery as to why there were earplugs in the bathroom; we debated this over our meal however when returning to our respective rooms having to fight through street security as an horrendous disco had started in the adjoining building but one..||OH MY DEAR GOD...!||This noise continued until 0200 in the morning followed by shouting & screaming & crashing of probably residents. The ear plugs presence became clear for what good they were...||I may have gotten 3 hours sleep.||To sum up... had this been made transparent when booking I certainly would not have stayed here.||3 star...? no way given my review, maybe 1 star being kind.||I realise things have been tough for the hospitality industry but transparent standards...

Prior to our eating experience: We have booked the restaurant visit at the 'La Caravelle' (family of eight) all together with a yacht harbour arrangement (Email confirmation) received. We arrived at the harbour (morning place was available),we visited the restaurant and asked specifically the restaurant management about any harbour fees! The restaurant team stated and confirmed that everything is sorted & arranged, while we were dining that night. We left the harbour the next morning with no issues. Three days later the harbour office contacted us, that the harbour fees were not paid! Back and forth discussions, the restaurant refused to cover the fees, even they have stated this clearly during our restaurant visit. We understand of this experience, that the 'La Caravelle' communication, behaviour and attitude is misleading restaurant customers.

Food review: We paid a very high price for our dinner. The La Caravelle food presentation and taste has a lack of ideas, creativity and innovation, compared to well known competition in close proximity at the harbour. The starter ravioli were too salty, the scorpion fish lacked of cooking ideas and the Beaujolais for two (with five fresh fish) offered no innovation.

In general our experience was a well overpriced dinner, not matching at all a well known restaurant guide competition in the region. Any guests should not expecting the very nasty and costly aftertaste with the harbour office and La Caravelle...