My wife and I dined at the Le Cremaillere restaurant with a view toward staying at the hotel. The hotel overlooks the beach, with outdoor dining available.

While the word is that you cannot find a bad meal in France, we found it at Le Cremailere. Absolutely terrible. We dined outside and to make matters worse, our waiter disappeared after serving us and leaving the check. We left payment on our table and stood waiting for our waiter when what appeared to be a busboy arrived to collect our check and money. He was actually a thief who then darted off with our cash.

The hotel/restaurant manager could not have been more rude and unsympathetic. We had to pay for an awful meal twice. We could not have had a more insulting experience.

There are plenty of nice hotels and restaurants in Normandy. This is not one of them.