Le Vignoble de l'École

Kindness, generosity, hospitality and care especially amazing breakfasts daily!!

I didn't sign up for breakfast but Mike offered me breakfast several times but I had other plans. He treated us to a barbeque one night that was excellent and my last day, breakfast, which was unique and very good. The rooms are very large, clean and tastefully decorated. The room stayed comfortably cool. Trains passed frequently. Inside the room the sound was muffled quite well due to the masonry construction, and did not pose a significant problem. In Watrous, all the hotels/motels are along the strip, I'm sure the trains would pose more of a problem there than at 'Le Vignoble de L'ecole' Only 4 rooms, thus far, are available. The possibilities here are endless, so I hope he continues to fix it up. If you are in the area it is well worth considering. I also enjoyed meeting other guests and eating breakfast with them my last morning. I was competing in Canadian Championship Horseshoe tournaments in Manitou Beach, 9 nights, so the travel was significant. On the other-hand, after a day of competition, it was nice to have a clean, cool, quiet place to relax. This may be equally nice for visitors to the Beach, to have a nice place to relax after a day at the spa and wall to wall people, especially if you have small children, they'll probably have more fun here, than a long day at the beach. Mike was very interested in what I was doing and even came to Manitou Beach one day to watch me compete. I say, "good luck to Mike, and hope his endeavors succeed".

The facility was a challenge and is under renovations in other areas. I think he has some good ideas for continuing. It needs to be promoted better. A sign out front would help because it is not a normal B&B. It is a school under renovation and can be mistaken. I passed it a couple of times and asked the Co-op lady about it. She confirmed that was indeed the B&B. A nice attractive sign out front and better attention to the faded Canadian flag would enhance the facility. I suggested these two items to Mike and he was very receptive to them.

It was quiet, clean and comfortable.

Shortly before our stay a water main break meant we could not stay but Mike arranged an alternate location for us to stay, and we got to tour the property. What a great spot for a multi age group gathering - table tennis, the gym, saunas, accessibility, a gathering space, shuffleboard and more. We will certainly book again.

That an unpreventable problem prevented our stay.