A wonderful hotel steeped in history, it commands an excellent position fronting the beach. Beautiful building and tastefully decorated throughout. Good choice of restaurants and shops nearby. Good sized room, clean and very nicely decorated. Breakfast was excellent with wonderful service and ample choice for all tastes. Private beach with parasols and windbreaks make a day on the beach very comfortable, with a hotel restaurant adjacent. Room service very efficient and meals high quality. Staff were all delightful and the Concierge very informative and professional.

The secure parking is a few streets from the hotel, it is great and worth the fee, however it can be a little awkward at times as when needing items from your car as you have to be accompanied by a member of staff, they would fetch the car for you, however our car is very low and we were concerned about the speed bumps! We were very impressed when our car had been covered in bird droppings, to find the next day a member of staff had washed the car for us and put a cover on it - you can't get better than that - thank you!

A beautiful place, and very nice for fans of Marcel Proust! The restaurant and breakfast were great, the rooms were comfortable, and the staff was excellent in every way!

The elevators are too small for a claustrophobic person and it's a long way to the fourth (=5th US) floor. Rooms could use USB chargers.

We had a beautiful, spacious room and loved the hotel’s location on the English Channel in the town of Cabourg. The hotel staff was very friendly and helpful, the facilities and grounds were well cared for and clean, and the beds were very comfortable.

We liked everything!

Remarkable location! And the view is just beautiful, make sure to book sea view.

Heating system, the room was really hot even though the heating was turned off.

Excellent rooms that were spacious, clean, and with gorgeous views. Excellent breakfast! Very convenient location.

Slightly pretentious staff

Location, ambience and overall feel of the hotel. Well kept, beautifully presented room and super comfy beds. Valet parking well-organised. Staff very friendly and helpful.

Historic hotel where Proust stayed every summer from 1907 to 1913, described in his 2nd book as The Grand Hotel of Balbec. We are big fans of Proust, so this was the main reason for the stay. Hotel is very nice, but rather expensive. Alas, Proust former room (420) was converted to a conference room.

Public rooms beautiful . The breakfasts are amazing . The location on the beach front perfect . Bedrooms spacious.

The hotel has been refurbished but still the leather headboard on our bed damaged and old . Cigarette burn on chair upholstery in room .Needs a little more focus on bedrooms to live up to 5 * rating .

The place is so quiet and authentic.

The private beach was for extra charge. and this is the only thing that we didn't like about the hotel. As a private beach of a 5 stars hotel normally it is out of charge!

Good nreakfast, excellent service, spacious rooms - everything was good

Balbec restaurant has excellent view and great service, but somewhat overpriced