Hôtel Arena Restaurant Le Refuge

We booked 3 rooms at the Hotel Arena le Refuge in Corte. As the location is out of town it was essential for us to have a restaurant. Before we traveled we were told that we were all ‘upgraded’ to the sister hotel, Les Jardins de la Glacière nearby. When we arrived we had a hostile reception which got worse when we asked where we could eat. The room had a toilet that wouldn’t flush and a shower knob that came off in your hand. This hotel had no restaurant and the restaurant in Le Refuge was closed. We asked if we could get a taxi the 2km into Corte and were told that no taxi would go such a short distance. We enquired about a take away but were firmly told that we would have to eat it in the room. We then asked about the restaurant close by in another hotel. This was clearly the competition so wasn’t mentioned to us. We asked if they could be called to see if they were open and this was done very grudgingly. At check out we mentioned the problems in the room which was greeted with a very sarcastic, disbelieving ‘Oh really’. This appalling establishment seems to be run by only 2 people who we believe are the owners of both these hotels. Clearly, neither of them has had any hospitality training. Having travelled all over the world we have never met such rude, condescending and sarcastic staff in an hotel or stayed in such a terrible place. If this was an upgrade from the Hotel Arena le Refuge we hate to think what that must be like. We strongly recommend that you DO NOT BOOK AT THESE HOTELS.

La vue ne fait pas tout . Menu Corse 28 euros avec juste 2 morceaux de sanglier dans les pâtes. Les salades sont beaucoup de salade mais pas grand chose dedans bref nous ne reviendrons pas . Il serait grand temps de se remettre en question sinon l avenir va être très compliqué pour beaucoup

Repas du midi, menu à 41€ (entré, plat et dessert) avec 2 verres de vin, très bon rapport qualité/prix, très bon accueil, service parfait et un cadre fabuleux le long de la rivière. Les portions sont généreuses . Très bonne découverte dans la zone de Corté.