Hotel De France

“Lovely Stay in Jersey!”

The hotel offers an exceptional experience with its blend of historic charm and modern amenities. The rooms are spacious, comfortable, and well-maintained.The staff are friendly and attentive, great service from Tessa and a fantastic Alabama slammer from Morris. They all ensured we had a pleasant s… more

The hotel offers an exceptional experience with its blend of historic charm and modern amenities. The rooms are spacious, comfortable, and well-maintained.The staff are friendly and attentive, great service from Tessa and a fantastic Alabama slammer from Morris. They all ensured we had a pleasant stay. Highly recommended for a relaxing and rejuvenating stay!

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“Pretty good”

We stayed here for 5 nights. The hotel is quite impressive and very clean. The staff were all very friendly. The room was good however the tv channels and operation is very dated ( not a massive issue but was strange considering the rest of the hotel facilities) The restaurant was very good but … more

We stayed here for 5 nights. The hotel is quite impressive and very clean. The staff were all very friendly. The room was good however the tv channels and operation is very dated ( not a massive issue but was strange considering the rest of the hotel facilities) The restaurant was very good but quite pricey. Location was good for us about 20 minutes walk into town although there is a bus stop outside the hotel and a limited shuttle bus which runs from the hotel (last one leaves at 16.30). The hotel also offers free parking. There is a very pleasant indoor swimming pool, sauna and various other pools free to use for guests

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“Nice but not exceptional”

A very nice hotel on the edge of St. Helier. Only a 15 minute walk to the main town. Staff are friendly, rooms very nice (massive bed - stayed in a Spa Room) and clean. There’s a good selection of drinks in the bar but they are a bit pricey; along with evening meals (£25 for a chicken Caesar sal… more

A very nice hotel on the edge of St. Helier. Only a 15 minute walk to the main town. Staff are friendly, rooms very nice (massive bed - stayed in a Spa Room) and clean. There’s a good selection of drinks in the bar but they are a bit pricey; along with evening meals (£25 for a chicken Caesar salad) so venture out for evening food. Breakfast was the norm but got a bit ‘samey’ after a few days. The on-site spa is very nice, had a lovely massage. The pools themselves are quite cold. Overall a nice place but not worthy of 5 stars.

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“Still one of the best in Jersey, But......”

I have been regularly staying at the Hotel De France since 1996, sometimes staying 2 or 3 times a year, so must have stayed at least 50 times, and have seen many changes at the Hotel, have seen the new Spa facility built and the very nice Spa rooms, in fact I was such a regular visitor to the Hotel… more

I have been regularly staying at the Hotel De France since 1996, sometimes staying 2 or 3 times a year, so must have stayed at least 50 times, and have seen many changes at the Hotel, have seen the new Spa facility built and the very nice Spa rooms, in fact I was such a regular visitor to the Hotel at one point, I was even given a private guided tour of the new Spa facility's, before they had opened to the public. I have also witnessed parts of the hotel being demolish and sold off for development. But I am very disappointed with the latest sell off, within the Hotel grounds there was three car park facilities, the main undercover guest carpark, that is on the same level and only a few metres from the Hotels main reception entrance, so very convenient for guests including any disabled guest. there is also a underground carpark for the medical center that is set in the Hotel grounds, and a 2nd underground carpark that is signed as being"overflow carpark for medical center and Hotel" So imagen my surprise when on my most recent visit to the Hotel to find a barrier being installed at the main Hotel guests carpark, on asking about this at the hotel reception I was informed that "the guest carpark was now private parking and I could park at the overflow carpark" So now guest have to find a space in a underground carpark that is very busy being shared with people using the medical center, with the pedestrian exit from this carpark now being up a flight of steep wet stairs (see photo) before walking up a steep slope to the Hotel reception. When I questioned this further with reception, asking about if you had luggage or maybe elderly friends with you, " I was told that you could drop your luggage or elderly friends of at the Hotel reception entrance and then go and park" But there is a major flaw in that advice!. the entrance to the overflow carpark is in a one way system and before the Hotel reception entrance, so you would need to drive past the carpark, go to the Hotel reception entrance, drop off your luggage or elderly friends, but would then have to continue round the Hotels one-way system, leave the Hotel grounds on to the public road making a right turn across the busy main road outside the Hotel, before then having to turn right again crossing the busy road in order to re-enter the Hotel grounds and park. And would have to repeat this if you then wanted to collect anyone from the Hotel reception entrance, as the exit from this underground carpark is past the Hotel reception entrance in the one-way system. I think this new parking arrangement, has taken away one of the main benefits that this Hotel had over other Hotels in St Helier, easy and convenient guest parking!, and I would now consider staying at a different Hotel in Jersey now, especially at peak times.

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