Ibis Le Mans Centre

“Avoid the bar.”

No beer pump working, so had gin & tonic & campari & lemonade instead. Extortionate at 22,50€. No prices displayed. No ice either. 2 coffees the day before were cold & had to be microwaved. Not impressed.

“Basic, clean but a bit tired”

Staff here are very friendly and there is a secure garage below the hotel which makes it perfect for a stop if you are driving through France. The room was clean but the hotel is very tired - carpets need to be replaced and the age of the fixtures and fittings give a sense that the place needs a ... more

Staff here are very friendly and there is a secure garage below the hotel which makes it perfect for a stop if you are driving through France. The room was clean but the hotel is very tired - carpets need to be replaced and the age of the fixtures and fittings give a sense that the place needs a clean even when it doesn’t. Breakfast however is great - lots of fresh bread, Madeline’s, crepes, fruits, yoghurts and decent coffee from a machine. So we’d stop here again but definitely wouldn’t linger for a few days.

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“Clean and comfortable”

We thought that, to mark the end of a 3 week, frugal trip through Spain and France, we'd upgrade to a 'Superior' room on our last night. How disappointed we were to find a basic room awaiting us. We told the receptionist we'd paid for a superior 'comfort' room. She disappeared for several minutes... more

We thought that, to mark the end of a 3 week, frugal trip through Spain and France, we'd upgrade to a 'Superior' room on our last night. How disappointed we were to find a basic room awaiting us. We told the receptionist we'd paid for a superior 'comfort' room. She disappeared for several minutes then returned and told us it was now a superior room because she'd put tea and coffee-making equipment in it! We returned to the room and found a tray containing a kettle, tea bags, instant coffee, a bottle of water and paper cups! (See photo.) This, apparently, made it a superior room!! However, the room was clean, the bed linen was crisp and the bed was comfortable. There was no outside noise. (We were in a room around the back.) The hotel was 2 minutes away from the amazing Old Town - just across the river. Breakfast was adequate: fresh fruit salad, fruit drink, yogurts, bread, eggs (toast your own bread and boil your own egg), ham, cheese, croissants, pan au chocolat, cakes and various teas and machine-made coffee. Apart from one friendly young lady who supervised breakfast, no one spoke any English whatsoever so if your French isn't up to much, have Google translate at the ready; it (usually) gets it right! Parking needs to be booked in advance. Messaging was slow so we rang. I've photographed the Ibis garage. It's in Rue de Chene Vert. You need a code to get in. We parked outside the garage and one of us walked round to Reception, a few yards away, to get the code. Thankfully, the parking spaces were easy to access, unlike all the other hotel parking we'd experienced.

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