ibis Niort Est Mendes France Hotel 3 stars

Installations were good and with a very nice staff.

Comfortable rooms and good shower in a quiet location. Nice to have restaurants on the doorstep and helpful staff. We found the breakfast dining situation very unsettling with no proper social distancing and far too many people in the lobby and dining area at the one time. Nobody wore masks and people were sneezing and coughing. We made a takeaway and relocated outside. The situation may have been within French guidelines but was still far from acceptable to us and felt very unsafe. Previous nights with another chain where breakfast was collected downstairs and eaten in your room or outside suited us far better and was a far safer option.

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Normally stay at Ibis Saintes which was not available, will not use again as rooms are on 2nd/3rd floors, also more complicated to find from motorway, sat nav put us into a car park at rear of building and first impression was establishedment was closed until you drive around to front

Wonderful hotel situated at the edge of the commercial zone. A few nice restaurants nearby, and a lot of shopping. Extremely welcoming and helpful staff. Comfortable rooms. We very much enjoyed our stay. Unfortunately, we were too tired and had a long trip ahead to enjoy the swimming pool and spa.

This really is excellent. Rooms are spacious and modern. Breakfast is good and there is a swimming pool! Nearby restaurants are good with a discount for hotel guests. This makes an excellent stopover point for journeys north-south and vice versa.

NO hand towels nor hair dryer in the room but otherwise excellent. Have stayed there several times before and would stay there again. Reception staff very friendly and a breakfast of outstanding value.

Nice. pool.. Bedrooms are quiet nice as quite big. Evening meals are a slight problem as there is not an on site restaurant and you have to use one of the two "fast food" places. Hotel has a discount deal with them - but not that inspiring.

Room was quite good, though the shower / wet room is not at all enjoyable. Do not stay here for the food, and the nearby restaurants are not much better. Beware the arrival and departure of coach parties, which block the walking into and out of the establishment. I will avoid staying here again.

Hotel is generally very nice but it has no ground floor rooms. Causes problems for wheel chair users as there is only one lift. This one lift is used by the cleaners in the morning- not easy to get to breakfast as long wait..IBIS need to address this issue by either providing two lifts or a few ground floor rooms. When the only lift is out of order (which apparently has happened) how does a wheelchair user get to and from an upper floor room? Finally, there is only one shelf in the bedroom wardrobe so difficult to put all your bits and pieces out.