What's Special About L'Auberge du Lac:
Set on Contraband Bayou amidst 227 acres, L'Auberge du Lac's rustic design is inspired by the Texas Hill country. The lobby features massive stone fireplaces, dark woods and stone. Furnishings are Arts & Crafts inspired, and skylights provide natural light. The property also has a riverboat casino, a Tom Fazio golf course, swimming pool with a sandy beach and a lazy river, a full-service spa and several restaurants.
Guest Rooms and Rates:
- 743 guest rooms and suites, decorated in a rustic Arts & Crafts style and housed in an asymmetrical, 26-story tower, from about $100.
- Suites range in size from 550 to 2,100 square feet.
- A "villa complex" adjacent to the main tower houses suites with private courtyards and whirlpools, and views of the swimming pool or Contraband Bayou.
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Spa and Fitness Center:
L'Auberge du Lac features a full-service, 8,900 square feet spa and a fitness center with cardio equipment.
Recreation at L'Auberge du Lac:
- Features a lazy river, heated pool, tropical sandy beach and whirlpool. Guests can swim up to the poolside bar from the lazy river for drinks.
- The pool area will also offer complimentary towels and lounge chairs, loungechair food and beverage service, and poolside private cabanas for rent.
- The Nevie Beach Club is open for lunch and evening cocktails.
- The Tom Fazio-designed Contraband Bayou Golf Club features a par-71, 18-hole golf course set among eight lakes.
L'Auberge du Lac Casino:
This single-level riverboat casino is the only one of its kind in Louisiana, with 30,000 square foot of gaming space offering sixty table games and 1,600 slot machines. If you didn't know it was a riverboat casino (and even if you did), you would never guess the casino was a separate structure from the hotel lobby. It is quite a seamless integration.
Dining at L'Auberge du Lac:
Dining options include:
- Le Beaucoup Buffet, a 370-seat buffet
- Jack Daniel's Bar & Grill, lunch, dinner and microbrew
- Snake River Grill, an upscale steakhouse imported from Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Asia, a fusion noodle bar
- Sprinkles ice cream bar and Lattes coffee shop
- globar, in the casino
- Le Café for casual dining.
Pictures of L'Auberge du Lac:
See pictures of L'Auberge du Lac Exterior and Lazy River, and pictures of a typical guest room and the lobby.
Location and Contact Information for L'Auberge du Lac:
On Contraband Bayou, on the I-210 loop in Lake Charles (the Nelson Road exit from I-10). L'Auberge du Lac is about a three hour drive from either Houston or New Orleans.
777 Avenue L'Auberge, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601
phone: 337.395.7777, 866.580.7444;
web site: L'Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino
L'Auberge du Lac Review:
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Guest Reviews of L'Auberge du Lac:
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"Love the idea that it is more for adults..."
5 out of 5 -- Sburson, visited September 2007
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"Enjoyed the pool, and had fun in the casino..."
5 out of 5 -- Sandie, visited August 2007
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"I love this hotel. The service is great..."
5 out of 5 -- T.Stone, visited July 2007
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"We are from Corpus Christi, Texas and love to go to LA for a few days to gamble..."
5 out of 5 -- LLT, visited April 2007
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"We will keep the money we used to spend to fly to Vegas..."
4 out of 5 -- Nikki & Jason Kunz, visited March 2007
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"I've been begging to go back for months..."
5 out of 5 -- Kelle, visited June 2006
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"One of the nicest places I have been outside of Bellagio in Vegas..."
5 out of 5 -- Tom Spencer, visited January 2007
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"Would I recommend this place -- Hell Yes!..."
5 out of 5 -- Benny Richard, visited December 2006
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"I have nothing but the highest praise and compliments..."
5 out of 5 -- Gary Goodwin, visited October 2006
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"This hotel definitely needs a child care facility to accommodate their guests that have young children..."
3 out of 5 -- Wawath, visited March 2006
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"I really hope they make some improvements soon..."
2 out of 5 -- Bmorales, visited February 2006
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"Despite all of the amenities it offers, it is not for me..."
3 out of 5 -- SmartCajun, visited March 2006
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