Ibis Styles Bordeaux Mériadeck

Our stay was great!! The location was really good, a nice walkable area with nearby bus & tram stops. A couple stops away or a simple walk away will get you into the city centre which was great. The rooms, bathroom & all amenities were very clean and matched images. I was struggling to figure out how to use the tv's chromecast but the staff responded very quickly & helped me with that which I appreciated. Also we both really liked the breakfast options! I definitely recommend & will definitely return when I'm in Bordeaux next.

We’ve regularly used Accor hotels during travels and have enjoyed the Styles brand in other cities. For our three night stay this one fell way short of the mark. The location is out of the city centre, a 15 minute walk away. It’s on a busy road, with trams running outside and the Police National building practically next door. So despite the double glazing expect road noise. Car parking is a good 10 minute walk away, unless you can get a space on the public road behind the hotel (you still pay). Arrived to find the steps to the front door taped off so had to walk round to use the disabled ramp. The rooms we had were on the 5th floor and were dated, lacked any character and one of the rooms (504) was tatty and smelt of cigarettes when we arrived. The aircon just about coped with the temperatures of 20 degrees but I’d hate to put it to the test in any hotter weather. Breakfast was mediocre; small pastries, only one coffee machine working, the fresh orange juice machine had a tap that kept falling off making it virtually impossible to operate. It wasn’t much of an offering. The one positive comment is that all the staff we came into contact with were welcoming, helpful and very pleasant. Otherwise, there isn’t anything that would entice me to want to stay at this hotel again.

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Depsite being advertised as an air conditioned hotel we arrived to very hot and stuffy room. When we asked about the air con we were advised that this wouldn't be turned on for another week and received a flat response that as it hadn't been hot until now it wasn't to be turned on for another week and this in Mid May!!! We were offered a fan but the fan provided blew out more hot air that cold/cool air and we woke up about 3am due to a boiling room (according to the fan it was 31 degrees in our room.). We subsequently gave up with the fan and opened the window which didn't open much the only issue with this was that for the air to flow from the window into the room we couldn't close the curtains so we had to sleep for 3 nights with the curtains fully open in order to at least be able to sleep without sweating all night. The breakfast buffet was very sparce with very little selection. of what was avaliable it was mainly end of items (eg of 3 jam pots available 2 had been scraped pretty much clean). It was not worth the £12 per person it was being charged for.