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Reviews of Best Western Hotel Graslin

3 out of 5
Best Western Hotel Graslin
1 Rue Piron, Nantes, Loire-atlantique

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 200 out of 529 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 229 out of 529 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 69 out of 529 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 23 out of 529 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 529 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Ana

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The only thing is the property don’t have parking on site but there is a public parking two blocks away
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Gilberto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It is well connected to downtown of Nantes City
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Carlos

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Aidan

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thanks for all the help.
Nantes is a wonderful city with lots to see. The caring staff at the hotel were very kind and helpful with my wife and I finding all the right sites, very good meal recommendations and in general made our stay just that much more pleasant.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Natali

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The hotel was near restaurants. The room was very tight. For one person it is fine but two would be too small.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Marilyn

Liked: Cleanliness
Pleasant, but lacks small details
The hotel is well situated for central Nantes, a short distance from Tram line 1 which runs to the train station. There are lots of good bars and restaurants in the surrounding Graslin quarter. However, this does mean the streets are noisy at night! Before arriving, we were offered the chance to 'upgrade' our room to an air-conditioned one, for an extra 10€ per night. As we live in France and are used to the climate, not using our a/c at home unless the temp is 35°+, we declined on environmental grounds. Unfortunately this meant that our 2nd floor room suffered from street noise if we opened the window or became very airless if we didn't. We had very little sleep during our 4 night stay. The hotel also lacked attention to small details - no muesli at breakfast after Day 1, no replenishment of welcome tray, tissues or spare toilet roll. However, chilled water was freely available. Staff were pleasant but overall we would choose another hotel next time we are in Nantes.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023
Response from Yann on 5 Jun 2023
Dear guest,Thank you for your comment. Indeed weather is very nice in Nantes actually, and air conditioning can be useful if you want to keep the windows closed in the city centre.Please note that everything is available on request if someone forgot to refill your welcome tray or if the maid forgot something in the room, or if anything is missing at breakfast (unless we were out of the item, which can happen sometimes. If this happen during the week-end, we are not able to get some more before the next week).Best regardsYann BARBIERFront Desk Manager

10/10 Excellent

Debbie

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Boutique-feel hotel for a decent price
The hotel is themed after Jules Verne and so it feels very quirky and colourful, and really feels more like a boutique hotel without the price. Room was really nice, bed was incredibly comfy (more so than at home), staff were really friendly and helpful. Hotel is centrally located and anything else can be reached by the tram stop a few minutes walk away.
Cute wallpaper in the rooms
Front of the hotel
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Alexander

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Such amazing Jules Verne details all around the hotel really make it feel special. Free refreshments a nice touch. Spotless and great staff. Would thoroughly recommend but would get a bigger room next time as only downside was comfort room very small.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Jian Shu

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The space of the room is larger than the other Best Western Hotels we stayed during our trip. However we had problems communicating with the receptionist.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

W R R

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

William

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location of the hotel is good, breakfast was great and the recommendations from staff were spot-on
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Markus

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Convenient and comfortable hotel. Getting there by car can be a bit tricky.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

karapet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel exceeded my expectations. Great location, very friendly and helpful staff. Excellent location. Breakfast was great, too. Very reasonably priced.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

ian

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Did not take Amex credit card which was a huge inconvenience Walk from airport to hotel is extremely confusing as you have to go through car parks … couldn’t find the path in the dark but was evident in the day light Staff were really friendly, the breakfast manager ran me to the airport in the morning as the shuttle bus was tied up at another location.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
Response from Yann on 25 Oct 2021
Dear guest, Thank you for your comment. However, we think that there is a confusion about hotels, because we are not located near the airport, but in the very centre of Nantes. Therefore, you could not have walked from the airport to the hotel throught the car parks, as we are located about 20 minutes by car from the airport. And we do accept amex in the hotel. So your comment must be about another hotel. We would appreciate if you could delete it. Best regards Yann BARBIER Front Desk Manager BEST WESTERN Hotel Graslin Nantes

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with family
Perfect Hotel in the middle of Nantes.
Great hotel in the centre of Nantes, would reccomend it anytime . Great value.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location. Difficult to find parking if you don’t know your way around. Mediatec is the car park to head for. Use top floor and walk up ramp to get to hotel. 3euro overnight.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Travelled with family
Great location and service. Would have been better if we had been directed to park at the MediaTheque garage. We spent 45 minutes trying to navigate the city streets to get to the hotel. If we had gone directly to the Media Theque garage it would have been much easier
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Yann on 26 Jul 2021
Dear guest, Thnak you very muche for your kind words. Regardind the parking, we do advise our guests that book directly with the hotel that the nearest parking is Mediatheque. For our other gusts that book through other sites, it is indicated on the various websites that Mediatheque parking is the nearest. And you can always check with the hotel with a simple email before your arrival, to make sure you do not get lost in a city you do not know about. Best regards Yann BARBIER Front Desk Manager

8/10 Good

Frederic

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from Best Western Hotel Graslin on 24 Nov 2020
Bonjour , Nous vous remercions de la note que vous nous avez accordé. C'est avec plaisir que nous vous accueillerons pour votre prochain séjour. Nous restons à votre disposition, cordialement, La Réception

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

BLESSING

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

6/10 Okay

Corinne

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Collecting iron from reception, did not work. Breakfas
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly and helpful staff with good English skill. Clean room.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

MIKHAIL

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel but there is a lot to improve.
It is good located hotel that is comfortable enough but there are lot to improve. First of all WI-FI was awful. One day it didn't work at all. Two other days it worked but was very bad and it was impossible to use it. The receptionist said that WI-FI was broken and she couldn't help to us. So we were forced to use cellular internet that was expensive with our roaming option. Second thing that was no good is cleanliness of room. There was M&M's under the bed left by previous tenants and not cleared by hotel staff. Also one day the room was not tidied up properly. The bed was not made. There were only two tea cups in family room though we booked it for 3 persons. The breakfast was good except eggs. They were not eatable. Good thinks to mention: Comfortable bed, very good lighting in the room and HDMI cable connected to TV (I didn't see such useful thing in any other hotels) so you can easily connect your media player to TV . Also there was USB charging sockets that is also very convenient. So it may be a very good hotel with not so lot and complicated improvements.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Yann B. on 28 Feb 2020
Dear guest Thank you for your feedback. We will use it to improve our hotel and we will let our staff know about the issues you raised. We are very sorry about the wifi that did not work during your stay, but as my colleague explained to you, it was due to a problem with opur provider that we could not resolve on our part. Unfortunately these things happen. It took them a couple days to resolve the issue, but now WIFI is working again properly. If things are missing or if you find that your room is not cleaned well, you can always come to the front desk to tell us about it. I am sure we could have worked things out. Unfortunately, when you only tell us afterwards on internet, there is nothing we can do about it now, when we could have help you during your stay. We hope to welcome you back in the future and provide you with a better experience. Best regards Front Desk

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Songjungyoon, Korea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The man who served breakfast was so kind and helpful His service was so nice and very very very… hard work. receptionist mr Yann was one of the kindest persons I have ever meet. Thank again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room is clean and staff are friendly. Highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Justin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Air conditioning was most welcome as it was a hot week. Lovely breakfasts - some of the best we've had in France. Good position near Place Graslin. Friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Georgina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value for money city centre hotel
The hotel is very central and walking distance to everything. Staff speak English and are very helpful. The hotel is being refurbished and we had one of the new rooms - very clean, air conditioned with multi lingual TV channels, and comfortable beds. The road system and trams are a bit confusing so parking needs to be planned ahead as the hotel is in pretty inaccessible area for cars. There is a car park about 5 minutes down the road. However as a city centre break this is a great hotel, friendly and value for money.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
great location, quiet, dated yet functional, maybe the mattress could have been more recent it felt like
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Isabelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good trip to Nantes
Good location but on a hill. Very clean and comfortable. staff very helpful. Good value although breakfast a little expensive for coffee, croissant and yoghurt. Nantes well worth a visit.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

taaudi, Essex UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel and locations, typical continental breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleased - good location
We had a really nice stay (30th Dec 18). Reception and check-in was quick with the young lady being very helpful with local information. Room whilst not large was well appointed and clean. Bed was comfortable and bathroom was spotless with large walk-in shower. Tea/Coffee facilities on hand in room and wall mounted TV with good choice of channels including sports. Really good location - will definitely stay there when next in Nantes.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Georgiy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice small hotel
Location is good, and room is spacious
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Very disappointing
It is no where near the standard that I associate with Best Western. The hotel is being refurbished but I cannot see how it will meet the usual BW standard. Very noisy as it was very close to a noisy bar (until 2 am) and it was necessary to keep window open as there was no air conditioning. A fan was provided. Every BW hotel I have been in previously has had a fridge. There would not be room to put one into the room we stayed in. The room was small. Not impressed and would not recommend. The only good points we’re the friendliness of the staff and location adjacent to the walking trail and a reasonable car park.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Rosemary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and comfortable room. Helpful staff. Great breakfast. Good location for seeing Nantes. My second stay - will go again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan, San francisco

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Deal
I was shocked how much I liked this hotel. It had no AC and it was 90 degrees outside. They gave us an extra fan. Our room had a balcony and two tall windows facing onto street. There were signs in elevator about how they are planning to install AC. For the price we paid, this was a great deal.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Robert B

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel is very good, staff are most helpful. Location is excellent and walking distance to everything. Parking is however a real problem, we arrived by car on a Saturday night and spent half an hour looking for a parking spot.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Bastille Day and World Cup Final
I went for my birthday on Bastille Day and by a stroke of luck also France in the World Cup final. location of hotel was perfect and the staff were very helpfull. Breakfast better delivered free to the room rather than at La Cigale. No Air Con in the room but a fan was provided. Hotel is being modernised. Great 4 day trip, i would stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good service, ok hotel
Stayed two nights in August. In hindsight, not checking whether the room had air condition before booking was a mistake. There was a fan, but the room was unbearably hot. Nicely renovated bathroom, the rest of the room is quite, ah, brown. No more space than needed for two people and their open suitcases. Very friendly and helpful staff at front desk. They happily gave advice, and let us store our luggage after check-out. Wifi was ok. But you need to log in again every time you've been away/disconnected for a few hours, and you can't use the same email address on two devices simultaneously. In other words, if you want to connect a laptop and a smartphone at the same time, you need two different email addresses. The breakfast room was being renovated when we visited, so we were given instead vouchers for the nearby café La Cigale. We only used this the first morning – first the café staff complained that the hotel had told them the day before that only ten guests would come for breakfast, and far too many had come, therefore they were out of croissants and pain au chocolat. In the end we were seated, and the server grabbed what was apparently the last leftover croissant and pain au chocolat off a table where others had sat for breakfast. The bread seemed like it had sat sliced for a good long time before it got to us. At least the hot chocolate and orange juice were lovely, and the coffee ok. The next day we opted to find our own breakfast place, a much better choice.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018
Response from David M on 13 Aug 2018
Hello, Thank you for your message, we are sorry that the weather was so hot in Nantes this summer. Our renovations for Air conditioner is almost over but we need the city's approval before it could work. We are also very sorry to read that breakfast at La Cigale was not as nice as it is supposed to be. La Cigale is certainly the most famous place in Nantes and we really though that offering breakfast there during the refurbishment of our breakfast room would be a great experience for all our clients. Now, our works are over, if you come back to Nantes, and in our hotel, you will see our new Breakfast room. Best regards David

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018