“Just make sure you turn up when reception is manned!”

Really neat and tidy hotel. Good for tram links. Kitchenette came in really handy (being vegetarian in a mostly veggie-hostile country!). Only grumble would be, reception is only manned at certain times... if you arrive late in the day -as I did- then you have to ring a premium rate tel number to gain access to a safe to get your key. And it would appear that the premium rate phone line isn't always manned either (as I discovered at 2 in the morning with 2 irate families trying to get some sleep in the lobby). Other than that, cracking place.

“Apart Hotel Bordeaux”

I have found the Aparthotels quite good as I travel with my wife and two young children. They allow you to cook simple meals, and give you as much space as a suite in a 5 star hotel for less money than a cheap hotel. As long as you don't mind taking out your own rubbish, they're great! This particular hotel unfortunately didn't have baths in the bathroom which was a bit annoying.

“surprise”

Imagine my surprise to enter a hotel room late at night and find that there is no bed!! Turns out there is a sofa bed, but not an actual bed. There was no staff available when we arrived, so we were stuck. It was fairly comfortable for a sofa bed, but it was still a sofa bed. Seems they have beds in some rooms, but didn't bother to tell us when we made the reservation that those rooms were sold out. A/C was advertised, but it didn't work. We also had something of an adventure finding our key since no staff was there, but we finally figured that out. The hotel is only staffed 6 days a week during business hours. Positive was that it was close to a Tram stop, which easily takes you whereever you want to go in Bordeaux.