Grenoble's finest hotel, with spacious corner rooms over the leafy Parc Paul Mistral, is more than comfortable. This sleek, smoothly run establishment attends to your every need with skill and good cheer, from recommendations around town to dinner in front of a roaring fire in Le Louis 10, the excellent hotel restaurant. Chef Sandro Belle worked with Savoyard super-chef Marc Veyrat in Annecy and Megève and has brought Veyrat's Alpine take on contemporary molecular gastronomy to Grenoble with éclat and panache. If you're looking for classics, ask for the foie gras de canard poêlé aux figues (duck liver sautéed with figs) or the tournedos de charolais aux morilles (Charolais beef with morels). For a more modern adventure, place your trust in M. Belle's tasting menu. Pros: highly professional service; exciting new restaurant; rooms overlook a verdant park; first rate in-room comforts and equipment. Cons: a good hike from old Grenoble; characterless modern building.
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