Great venue and great service 😀

Stayed in August 2025

The host Olivier is extremely knowledgeable about the area and he goes over and beyond to make sure that the guests are having a good time, even if just staying one night like we did. He booked a great restaurant for us for diner. He also kindly helped me after our stay as I had forgotten a dress in the bedroom and he shipped it back to me. The service and the welcome was really excellent, the breakfast was delicious. A great place to stay when visiting Roanne and the surrounding area.

Stayed in July 2025

Nice quiet place. Very friendly & helpfull owner.

Stayed in July 2025

Chateau de Matel is a sanctuary and Oliver is an excellent host. We loved the grounds, the quiet, the comfortable room, and the traditional French breakfast. The offer of a simple, delicious dinner when we arrived was a bonus. Stay and enjoy.

Stayed in October 2024

A lovely building and gardens with everything we needed for a very peaceful and comfortable stay. The children were able to use the very well maintained outdoor swimming pool when we arrived. Oliver was a fabulous host, even finding us a restaurant locally for dinner and booking this in for us shortly after we arrived. We will definitely return.

Stayed in August 2024

Great tranquil location with character & private parking. Breakfast was super too.

Stayed in July 2024

Sink did not drain

Pool

Stayed in July 2024

The breakfast was fine but serving was a bit disjuncted.

The house is splendid and is still work in progress although not in the areas currently open. The rooms are simple but comfortable and there are areas for relaxation and eating that are quirkily but fittingly designed and furnished. The promised view was given. There was a swimming pool but the weather wasn't great and so we didn't use it sadly. The owner was very friendly and helpful suggesting restaurants for dinner.

Stayed in July 2024

Nothing

We only stated for 1 night & even though we arrived late, Oliver provided a delicious home cooked meal. The bedrooms were very comfortable & everything was very clean.

Stayed in September 2023

Very clean and comfortable. Oliver was extremely friendly and helpful. He showed us an amazing walk through the woods to the nearby canal. We saw deer

Stayed in September 2023

Restricted check in, its mentioned a few times. A tad remote, a bar on site would be a massive bonus.

The grounds and breakfast.. The friendly reception..

Stayed in August 2023

A little far out with no bus service but lovely area

Everything really nice and pleasant a

Stayed in August 2023

Wi-Fi intermittent

lovely setting. peaceful. great host. hearty breakfast

Stayed in October 2022

Everything was lovely. Would recommend and would stay again

Stayed in August 2022

No check in before 5pm was rather late after a long journey. We were sent away for 1 hour. Quite a long way for the restaurants. Beds needed a mattress topper as quite hard. The window in our room didn't open so we could not open the shutters making the room dark with no view. Disappointing.

After having read the reviews we found the breakfast was average. It was in a quiet location. but quite run down.

Stayed in July 2025

Dinner was a little disappointing and very basic. The option for my friend who doesn't eat cheese was a bowl of plain penne pasta with a side of what appeared to be warm tomato ketchup!

Nice location and a charming old building with an amiable host. Ensure your are up for a good walk through many corridors and several flights of wonky (characterful) stairs to your room! Nice swimming pool and lovely view over the grounds.

Stayed in September 2023

Spartan room, with a cheaply refurbished bathroom - trickle of a shower which kept going hot and cold and a leaking sink. Poor pillows on the bed

Location

Stayed in September 2023

The bathrooms could be better

Tranquility, the privacy of the Chateau

Stayed in July 2023

Well, the inflexible 6 pm arrival time, and general attitude to paying guests

I arrived at 3 pm after a long drive to find no signs of life at the Chateau de Matel. I rang a bell and finally got an answer - I was told that I should have read my confirmation, no one was allowed in before 6 pm. This seemed rather unreasonable...and frankly there was no place to go. The nearest place to it was an industrial estate, and it was going to be difficult to hang around Roanne for 3 hours with two dogs and all my luggage. The host condescended to come to the door = I had rather hoped that I could sit somewhere, go to the loo and charge my telephone , but n o. I could sit outside in full sun. A long lament on the difficulties of running a "hotel" it is in fact a sort of B and B, I guess, to which I said that perhaps he was 9ll suited to the hospitality industry. At that point he said he was canc telling my reservation and I was to leave. I was polite throughout - so off I went, and drove for another 250 km . To their credit, they did cancel the booking and presumably refunded me.

Stayed in June 2023

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Stayed in June 2025

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Stayed in May 2025

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Stayed in June 2025

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Stayed in September 2024

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Stayed in July 2024