Hotel le Petit Dru

Travelled with my son for a short Easter ski break. Room 28 twin with balcony. Dressing gown alongside slippers. Buffet breakfast with an assortment of the usual food. Never ate in the hotel restaurant in the evening. My gripes: 1) breakfast stocks very low with over 35 mins left to eat. That said when I asked for bacon, the staff made some for me. Main gripe-Room unbearably hot even with the radiator switched off. Opening the patio doors made very little difference and we struggled to sleep each night.

Stayed here for 3 nights for a short ski break. Very welcoming staff, nice compact room with a modern feel, good sized in room fridge for drinks and milk, kettle in room. No bath but lovely shower and lots of hot water. Had a great view towards the church and Morzine town centre. from the room and balcony. Plenty of social area within the reception / bar area which was needed as several largish groups seemed to be staying. Pool and Jacuzzi were nice although on one day the jacuzzi was not very warm at all, shame the sauna and steam room are 2 floors down but no big problem. They provide robes, slippers and towels. We paid 18 euros each for breakfast as an extra and there was a reasonable choice but it was worth it as you can revisit the buffet and replenish drinks etc. I loved the French lady at breakfast who told me off for speaking to fast but when I spoke to her in French (which I should have done at the start) she was really nice to me and didn't answer back in English like so many French people do when your French isn't perfect! The bar guys, restaurant staff and reception staff were great too, all very friendly. There are ski lockers but no where to dry ski boots but a great ski hire service as the hire shop comes to the hotel twice a day making getting and returning kit easy. Its a short walk into town, the bus stop to Avoriaz stops very near the hotel. The only issue with the hotel was the steep drive was very icy and needed a bit of attention when trying to walk up it for the bus in ski boots carrying ski etc. The only other thing that troubled me and no fault of the Hotel was SOME of the other residents were rather loud and sweary, (English men) I'm sad to say. This could be heard at times in the restaurant which isn't really on. There were some families with children staying not just moaning middle aged women like me who don't like repeatedly hearing the F word! I would definitely recommend and would go back.