L'entre-mers

We really enjoyed our stay here. The welcome was warm, the food good and the location wonderful. After a couple of drinks in the evening sunshine with a view of the Channel, we went in to a delicious dinner which had been cooked with care. We both chose a plate of cured meats, pork rillettes and salad with fresh bread to start. I had cod with a creamy Dieppoise sauce (prawns and mushrooms) accompanied by a vol au vent filled with ratatouille. The fish was cooked to perfection with really tasty additions. I followed this with a fluffy and flavoursome chocolate mousse. My parther chose mussels and followed it with chocolate ice cream. We enjoyed a carafe of house wine, a very palatable Sauvignon blanc. The rooms look very plain and basic but the double beds are fabulously comfortable and enormous. You can have them separated as two singles if you wish. The whole place is spotlessly clean. The TV isn't cable but after some fiddling about I managed to find a couple of British channels but no radio. Good internet wi-fi over the whole site. Our rooms were on the ground floor - good for us as we have mobility problems. There is one room with a walk in shower rather than a bath, and will remember to ask for that one another time - and we will be returning! We just about managed the walk from the car park which has two disabled spaces. It is a flat pathway but quite rough. A wheelchair or walking frame might struggle with it and you cannot get a car any closer. It might be a bit of a wet and bleak walk in inclement weather to get to the front door. Maybe they will make a more direct path in time but I think they are trying to encourage the local bushes and plants to grow around the site. Nice buffet breakfast in the morning with fresh bread and croissants and plenty of choice of cereals, yoghurt, eggs, cold ham and cheese and juices. They could learn how to make tea properly! Choose your teabags from the box and hand them over for the water to be added or you will get hot water in your teapot on the assumption that you will put the bag in the cup! My partner said the coffee was good I didn't bother making tea in the room this time, the cup provided was only big enough for expresso coffee but I am sure the owners would happily provide you with a bigger one and some milk. The restaurant is closed on Wednesday evenings and all day Thursday, there are nearby alternatives but not walking distance. No traffic noise at all at night - perfect silence. Pull the blinds if the nearby Cap Gris Nez lighthouse keeps you awake! Easy and pleasant half hour drive from Calais along the coastal road. There is beach access and lookout points off the road.