Mercure Moulins Centre - Hôtel de Paris bintang 4

Despite having photos of laid up tables, and reviews of restaurant on google, and a room service many it turns out you cannot eat here - there restaurant closed 2 years ago. The manager showed us to our suite- but no effort to help with the baggage despite the fact that me and my partner were overloaded. We were not informed of breakfast times. When we arrived at 9.30 the staff were rearranging the breakfast room into a conference room with no consideration of our wish to enjoy and peaceful unrushed breakfast. As it was it felt awkward. The shower is incorrectly plumbed and delivers a fire hydrant jet of initially cold water under pressure to your face. The carpet was stained as were the cushions. We had upgraded to a prestige suite on booking as it turned out we wished we had gone elsewhere.

Although we had booked a standard room, the room we received was much more like a superior room; which was a nice surprise, as we had been very disappointed with the last Mercure hotel in Saint Nectaire, where we had booked and paid for a superior room, but received (despite complaint) a very poor, dark and shabby standard room. The room here was very comfortable, with a spacious bathroom including separate bath and shower. The only minus point would be that the toilet is in a separate room without a hand basin. Although the hotel doesn't have a restaurant any more (apart from the breakfast room), there are plenty of restaurants within easy walking distance. Unlike the hotel in Saint Nectaire, where you had to pay €6 for towels to use the pool, the staff here willingly gave us towels for pool use at no extra charge. The staff were very friendly. Breakfast to the usual excellent Mercure standard, although there was no bacon! Although there is a parking charge, it is worth it, as the car park is secured by locked gates.

Great location. Wonderful service. Clean, quiet room. Air conditioning and WIFI top notch. . Just one VERY SMALL hurdle: had to spend five minutes figuring out how to use all the levers and taps of the shower! Once I got it I had a wonderfully hot ablution. Also, if you have problems climbing stairs, the annex does not have an elevator The Hotel de Paris (Mercure) is a nice place which I would recommend to my best friend.