Hôtel Club Mmv Plagne 2000

The location is great, ski-in ski out and a short walk down to the centre. However the hotel seems to have a bit of a temperature issue. Shower was warm enough but would not get hot. Bedroom radiator would work for about 5 minutes before cutting out, meaning ski gear would not dry. Food in the restaurant (especially cooked breakfast) was very cold. Heaters in the boot room did not work so ended up wearing wet boots all week. Restaurant food was nice enough, lots of variety on what to pick eg. Salads, pizza, pasta, fish but this was generally repeated every day so got a bit samey as the week went on. Free wine on tap was a definite plus. Vegetarian night was my favourite. Team were all lovely and helpful however could be a bit brusk with turning tables in the restaurant. One time we got up to get desserts and came back to find a new family sitting at our table. All our drinks had been cleared away. There’s not a huge amount of seating available if you don’t want to listen to the evening entertainment (as it is all in French) so you have to be quick with dinner to get a seat for the evening. Overall our holiday was great and I’d happily return to La Plagne but I would probably try a different hotel next time.

Pros: Ski in/out. Friendly staff. Cons: Cold, tiny rooms (smaller than they looked in the pictures) with just enough space to shuffle sideways around two single rock solid beds. Lack of storage space. Weak shower which couldn't keep a constant temperature. Most of the hot buffet food was cold (especially the cooked breakfast selection). Expensive soft drinks in the bar. Boot warmers in the ski room that didn't work. More like a 2* hotel than the 4* one that advertise it as.

We went as a group of 10 (8 adults 2 children) in the February half term, so probably the hotels busiest week. We did not have any queues before dinner, in fact you can simply ask reception to reserve you a table each night (there was a big table that sat 10 people so they reserved this for us every night with no problem) and they will hold it for you until 7:30pm. Food was always hot, varied and different special dish each night- yes there could have been more meat but there was enough options. On our first night they did beef, another night lamb, then chilli burritos and gnocchi which was all hot and tasty. Breakfast also very good and lots of options. Yes rooms are small but they are very transparent about this as the room size is written in the description of the rooms when you book- so really don’t know why people are so shocked! This is truly a ski in ski out and really handy having the shop in the boot room- FYI if you hire your skis directly with skiset online and not through Crystal you’ll save some money as they mark up. Same with lift passes - do it direct online with la plagne it’s cheaper and they post them to you. Staff were all friendly to us so we didn’t experience any issues with this. Check in- we arrived about 9pm so rooms were ready to check in immediately. They also had food ready for us in the restaurant so our check in experience was positive. You can also check in online a few days before to save time. The only negatives for us: - wait time for collecting skis on first morning was circa 45 mins HOWEVER it was half term week so was expected. Perhaps the hotel should strongly encourage those who arrive earlier on the day before they ski to collect equipment the day before to limit the queue in morning. - a couple of nights during dinner, the staff seemed to rile up the kids creating a lot of screaming and noise which was unpleasant during dinner time but as soon as we asked for the noise to be kept down it was. - unbelievably there are a large number of children running riot until 10:30/11pm, running up and down the stair wells, up and down corridors, which kept us awake however we were in the first room next to the stairs/lift, so if you want to get an early night then I would put in a preference for a room further down the corridor and you’ll probably be ok. - there aren’t huge numbers of quiet areas to sit in the evening to play cards etc, but we did manage to get a table every night in the closed off lounge area. There is very noisy kids events every evening around 8-9pm in the big theatre area but in the lounge part it wasn’t too loud. Overall this was a good experience good hotel, and I would recommend to anyone looking for a ski holiday in a brilliant ski in ski out location and a comfy bed to sleep in with lots of decent food!