Disagrees on Restaurant

I was very disappointed to read Horace Sutton’s comments regarding the quite outstanding restaurant and hotel, L’Esperance, near Vezelay, France (Nov. 15). He based his negative comments not on his own firsthand experience but on second- or perhaps even third-hand hearsay involving someone he didn’t even know, who regrettably had a disagreeable experience there. It is too bad that Sutton did not do himself the favor of judging L’Esperance for himself. Having traveled, lived and dined in France for 18 years, I can say without hesitation that my experience one month ago at L’Esperance, both as restaurant and hotel, was one of the most excellent and perfect I have ever had.

CAROLE L. HABER

Pacific Palisades