Logis Hôtel Restaurant Le Coq Hardi

Very comfortable and well located. Rooms a little small but lovely balcony overlooking the river. Very pleasant staff and excellent food with a good wine list.

We stayed one night as we were enroute to Germany. Our room was spacious with a balcony overlooking the Loire, the bed was comfortable. We eat in the restaurant, choosing the Gourmet menu, the food was superb and prepared to the highest standard. The service was great and the wine list extensive with on emphasis on local wines. We have stayed here before and will definitely come back again.

We were warmly greeted by the owner and had a nice room with balcony overlooking the gardens and down to the Loire. The restaurant was superb and I had sone of the best sweetbreads of the entire trip. The hotel was quiet but we had a good time. End of dinner slightly rushed as the waiter wanted to go home I think but we had a nice post dinner drink in the lounge. We would love to come back.

When driving through France, my priorities are changing. Gone are the days when I would stay in an international chain in the center of a town or city and now I want to stay above a good restaurant in a French wine region. Le Coq Hardi is located just outside the village of Pouilly sur Loire on the main road with easy parking (because I always search parking!) In front of the hotel. I doubt in high season parking would be difficult as the road doesn’t seem to be that busy. Check-in was easy, the owner is a pleasant chap who speaks a bit of English. So, let’s start with the rooms … okay, the owner apologised about the size of the room … but it had a comfortable bed, a good size bathroom, and the most amazing view of the River Loire. Rather than a little balcony, the room had a huge decked space above the restaurant. I can imagine in the warmer months sitting out on the decking looking at the night sky. I must say I had the most peaceful night's sleep with the door open. As I mentioned earlier, I didn’t book the hotel for the room but rather the restaurant. The owner is an ex-Chef de Cuisine at Hotel Ritz in Paris. We started the evening with a few glasses of local wine (Pouilly-Fumé and Sancerre), sat outside enjoying the view of the river, listening to the birds, and basically chilling following a drive from Rotterdam. Following a glass or two (or was it three), we moved into the restaurant. We decided on one of the set menus (no laughing but called the Coq menu) priced at a very reasonable 40 euros plus a bottle of Pouilly-Fumé at about 40 euros. We started with a complimentary hors d’oeuvre of local mushrooms. I then ordered a snail soup, followed by Pikeperch in a wine and butter sauce caught in the river at the bottom of the garden, and finished with an apple millefeuille. The service was very good, the serving staff did speak a little English and I must say the food is Michelin star quality. Breakfast is ordered on arrival which is dangerous as I basically said yes to everything on offer. In the morning, breakfast was waiting for us on the table, and as expected the ingredients were top quality. Would I come back if stopping in the area, definitely. Would I recommend it to my friends… maybe not because it does not have that many rooms and I would be annoyed if they booked it out. Any niggles… just one … the only toiletry in the bathroom was a bar of soap. To be fair it was a fancy artisan soup and did the job but not what I’m used to.

Hôtel très calme avec superbe vue sur la Loire. Style un peu rétro (on borde l'ex nationale 7) mais avec tout le confort moderne. Une déco un peu kitch mais tellement sympa qui nous rappellent cette grande époque des étapes bienvenues et agréables sur la route du Midi. Très belle terrasse sous les tilleuls pour un dîner ou un déjeuner d'excellente qualité en famille ou en amoureux.. Un excellent rapport "plaisir"/prix😊

bonne table, confort dans la chambre et calme pour une très agréable étape dans une région célèbre pour ses bons vins !