My wife and I stayed here for 7 nights in February after having seen some recent press highlighting the hotel and new golf course. For context we stayed at The One & Only Saint Geran last year and have had 4 visits to Contance Belle Mare Plage over the last few years.
The short review is that the Telfair is not a 5* hotel, it’s really a 3* at best. The hotel itself is pretty however good and service completely let it down. The food quality across all the restaurants, except the Chateau, is poor and no where near Belle Mare despite it being more expensive. The service is even worse with staff seemingly trying to avoid getting their attention, forgetting orders and being totally confused, and even on an occasion being rude. The guest rooms are perfectly good, slightly old but clean and spacious, and the golf courses are good fun. If you don’t care about food/service and just want to play golf and swim in a pool then the Telfair may be fine for you.