ibis budget Le Mans Universite

Very convenient spot, with supermarket across the road, and trams into the centre.

When we vacation, we road trip. We rented a car at the airport and did a driving tour of Normandy beaches and then the Loire River Valley. Our stay in Le Mans was just a stop over so we just needed a bed. I didn’t come to France to be an American. I get that everything is smaller here and I knew that coming in July would be hot with no air conditioning. But we had already been to several other hotels with windows that open and another third floor room that provided us with a fan. (Fans do exist in France.) But this is a modern hotel that is very cramped, had a third floor room with a window that only opened 5 inches, and no other form of ventilation. I realize I did not pay a lot for this room, but to purposely design it without your guests comfort is completely lacking in forethought. I didn’t expect much and I didn’t get much. If you are vacationing in the cooler months, then you will probably be fine. But in the heat of the summer, this place failed.

Good basic hotel. Warm, comfortable and helpful staff.

Stayed here twice over a ten day period, as a stop off point. First time, the bedding was definitely not clean. There were what looked like men’s body hairs in the bed, under the cover. The red blankets may not have been washed in a while either. Second time, the room was cleaner but the floor was stained in multiple colours, in multiple places and part of the wall was blackened. I’d respectfully like to suggest the hotel management considers replacing the carpet with wood/laminate flooring, as well as renewing the red bed covers. It would immediately look so much more appealing :-) But to be fair, it is cheap and the staff were all very warm and friendly. Breakfast was also inexpensive but offered a decent little buffet (avoid the hot chocolate though: bleugh!!) Carrefour literally opposite though, so perfect for snacks too.

Not good

Basic room with limited services, but for an overnight stay for less than 35 quid. Top notch.

An adequate room for an overnight stopover, cheap and cheerful, tiny shower booth ok for some but burly men may find it a touch small. Buffet breakfast as an extra but plenty of choice.

Staff friendly and helpful (especially duty manager on Sunday, Saturday's duty manager was helpful, but through gritted teeth, clearly at end of a long day). Room was grubby, smelly, noisy and very tired - in desperate need of a refresh. Despite the price, helpfullness of staff and convenient location, we would not stay at this hotel again and would avoid Mister Bed hotels if this is typical of their poor standard of investment.

The only down side was there was no lift and at 00:30 I was tired and not in the mood to carry cases and climb to the third floor

Le petit déjeuner était bon!