Hotel de Rennes

A few weeks ago I decided to visit a friend in Le Mans. As he was booked into a hotel not far from the railway station, I looked for a hotel in close proximity. There was an International event taking place that weekend, so all the hotels were booked bar one. I checked the reviews, including other hotel sites, it appeared to be average even though the majority were very old. So I booked a room. The price of the room was 54€ with breakfast at 7 € The hotel was managed I believe by a couple. They were very pleasant and helpful. My room was a total surprise, it was grim. The floor was covered with what appeared to be very old lino. The wallpaper was drab and in bad condition, some of the edges were peeling off. In all fairness the bed linen and towels were fresh and clean. However when I went to sleep, I realised there was a bad smell coming from the bed. I checked and realised the smell was coming from the duvet. it is my opinion that the duvet should have been cleaned a very long time ago. I tried to sleep without the duvet over me and unfortunately as it got a bit cold in the night that was difficult. I hardly slept at all. Breakfast consisted of cereal, if you wanted it, orange juice, coffee and a small basket of approx. one third of a baguette, 2 very tiny croissant and a tiny sweet bun with raisins. there were jams, butter and segments of pre-wrapped cheese if you wanted it. Ok, I do not eat very much for breakfast, but I thought even for a low price of 7€ there could have been at least more bread. Maybe the hotel has fallen on hard times, but if serious refurbishment is not done to this establishment, it wont be around for very much longer as a new Ibis is opening next door. I have given this hotel a rating of 2 mainly because of the pleasant and helpful nature of the owners, otherwise it would have been 1.

Booked a room on line but the hotel did not honour it even though they had confirmed the booking. Referred us to another hotel (Sportmans Hotel) which was terrible and tried to arrange to charge us more than that hotel's advertised rate. Arrogant and dismissive - do not trust this place.

everything about the hotel was nice, rooms were clean, the only thing is that the location was not ideal for us. but i recommend it