It's an unlikely setting for a chef who made his name with Le Chateaubriand, a vintage bistro with a bohemian bent in the 11th arrondissement, famed for its take-it-or-leave-it, daily-changing, market-driven set menus and championing edgy natural wines.
Its psychedelic headquarters doubles as a cafe and cantina, a cheap and cheerful bistro, which serves vegetarian during the week with a meat dish on Saturday.
Young chef Gregory Marchand cooked in London with Jamie Oliver and then in New York with Danny Meyer before opening his hit bistro, Frenchie, after returning to Paris several years ago.
The food is generous and tasty, with a leaning towards French bistro fare.
The best known is the Pascha centre in Cologne, a 126-room complex with its own restaurant, beauty centre, boutique, laundry, tanning salon and bistro.
An excellent local bistro is Le Pantruche, with a two-course lunch for €18, and Le Coq Rico is a popular new restaurant specialising in all types of poultry.
27 rue Bertin, Lion-sur-Mer, +33 2 3123 9866, demeurelevivier.com, doubles from €90 La Villa Marine's rooms may be adequate rather than exciting, but the views are excellent and this quirky address has been recently renovated with a modern bistro specialising in local seafood.
Reserve a table at the brilliant bistro, Le Baligan for the freshest fish, prepared with surprising, creative recipes.
But there's plenty of space in the public areas, and a more up-to-date approach to facilities and services, including good bistro meals available nightly and a well-stocked bar.
Nearby pubs – all horse-brasses, beer gardens and bistro meals – offer good rural dining, or it's a short drive to Richmond's restaurants, Georgian theatre and medieval castle.
In mid-2013, Gill opened the Dairy and, while his exhilarating take on the modern bistro is certainly seasonal and British (his menu features herbs, veg and even honey from the rooftop garden), the likes of "chicken oyster, crispy skin, cellar kimchi, burnt kale" and "Cornish crab, pear, cavolo nero, chestnut" are anything but traditional.
