This hotel is unimposing from the front, but when the doors slide open, you find yourself in a very clean, modern, elegant setting. Our room was small, but was very well appointed and elegantly decorated. Good use of mirrors on the walls helped to make it seem more spacious. We were in a quiet corner with a lovely view of the mountains and the city’s terra cotta rooftops. It was a peaceful room and we slept quite comfortably.
The hotel has two restaurants. We ate two meals in the bar, lunch in the outside patio and dinner inside. The menus had surprising items, such as a delicious Thai salad, and the service was outstanding. Whether we asked the staff for information on a restaurant, super market or manicurist, we were given just what we asked for, along with a map and clear directions as to how to arrive.
The walk to the city centre is very pleasant along cobble stone sidewalks lined with charming and imposing carved stone buildings.

We stayed two nights in this completely renovated hotel. The staff was very nice, but whoever did the redesign cared more about style than function. For example, the storage space in the rooms is largely hidden by the sleek lines, and quite hard to open due to the lack of handles. Similarly, the shower doors are very sleek, but lack handles to close them from the inside.

I'm sure some people like the contemporary styling, but I found it mostly charm-less (IMHO).

The shopping center across the street is brutish and ugly. And don't even think about trying to drive in Bordeaux with a car, the traffic flow is permantely bollixed.

The location is close to the center, but not as close as most of the other hotels, and certainly not close if it is raining (which I'm told it does frequently here).

We stayed here as part of a packaged tour, so we don't know what we paid. But I'd be unhappy paying anything close to the rack rates displayed at the screen near the entryway.