ibis La Rochelle Centre Historique Hotel

You have to be joking! This used to be a good hotel. We’ve stayed here a few times in the past. Since the Ibis owners turned their hotels over to franchise owners they’ve gone downhill. Here it seems they sought advice from a French battery chicken farmer and split the rooms in half. If your luggage is bigger than a small backpack forget it. Scruffy paintwork adds to the insult. You can barely get round the bed. Shame on the previous Ibis owners for doing this. They’ve ruined the brand.

Lovely clean room, reception and breakfast room The rooms was small but adequate for a 4 night stay. We liked the Eco scheme the hotel ran, where if you didn't request your room to be cleaned you got a free drink at the hotel bar.

This is a beautiful hotel located in a really convenient place. Near many historical sites. Close to eateries and bars that offer great local French cuisines. Staff very genuine and offer great advice and solutions. La Rochelle is a beautiful place, I highly recommend visiting and staying in this iBIS Hotel. Highly Recommended.

Really was a teeny, tiny room and sleeping in a cupboard describes it extremely well, having said that it was ideal for a quick one night stay for 2 adults, don’t think I would like to have stayed any longer as not much storage, but the storage they had was quite effective. The bed was large enough and very comfortable but as someone said, the mattress protector was very cheap quality and made the bed so very hot, also the air conditioning was not that brilliant but it had been in the high 30 at the time of our stay so may have been that the air con could not cope with the heat. We actually slept on top of the duvet, solving the problem of the hot mattress protector and used the bottom sheet as a cover. Ibis really could do with sorting this problem out as it is not ideal. We felt the hotel was in a quiet position, felt safe and we did not have any problems with noisy street noise or noisy neighbours. The shower was very good. Not a lot of street parking but we managed to get in and it felt quite safe to leave the car, worked out at €4 for 2 hours and free between the hours of 12-2 and 6pm - 9am in the morning, free all day Sunday. There is one delivery space that you can pull in at for 10 mins if dropping luggage off and if available, but bare in mind this is a one way street so you can not block it with your car for unloading purposes. The Verdun car park is quite close by, maybe a 5-10 minute walk and apparently only €1 for the day at the weekend. The day we arrived it was torrential rain so we were glad of the street parking. Did not have breakfast as lots of bars and boulangeries nearby. Check in and out was 12pm. The staff were friendly and helpful, they also have luggage storage. One tip, just be careful with travel adaptors, the charging points are sort of upside down behind a kind of light baffle affair and very easy to unplug your devise and leave the adaptor behind….anyone wanting one you will find ours in room 107!

Small room it was like staying in a static caravan. Room 308 toilet leaked.plus side excellent central location and very pleasant staff. Quite expensive £95 just for a bed and shower.wouldnt stay again

We were welcomed very friendly by the gentleman at the front desk who was consistently helpful during our 5-day stay. Our room was nice and clean and the A/C worked perfectly. We even had a little balcony. Parking is at Place Verdun and a 5 minutes walk. There is no on site parking at the hotel. We liked the environmentally friendly idea of skipping the cleaning for a day and getting a free drink. However, we noticed a plastic sheet on top of our mattress which stuck to the skin and made sleeping very hot and uncomfortable indeed something we also experienced in the other Ibis Hotels. A comfortable, breathing padding should be put on top of the plastic sheet?