The best thing about this hotel is the superb location, a minute or so from Place de la Comedie, as well as easy walking distance to the train station.

However the decor was quite shabby, making things seem unclean, even if they weren’t. Feature-wise, we had a TV, air-conditioning, telephone and free wi-fi. A fridge would have been useful, but it wasn’t the end of the world.

The main problem is the general worn nature of everything – scuff marks on the walls, dust in the cupboard, cracked tiles in the bathroom, a grimy shower curtain. Our room was also on the small side, with quite uneven flooring, whilst the carpet on the staircase was quite dirty and worn.

Breakfast was a little pricey at €7 per person, so we took the self-catering option, but the breakfast room looked to be well set-up, with reasonable choice.

The various staff that we encountered in reception across our three night stay were universally cheerful and happy to chat, but you got the impression that not a lot of care is expended on the rooms themselves.

So, an OK place for our time in Montpellier, largely due to the location, but we probably wouldn’t rush back. There are probably better alternatives available for the price.

On the plus side is the location, just off Place Comedie. We had an extrta bed in our room and that made it a bit cramped but it was clean and serviceable. The towells were good but the plumbing was poor: the loo continued to flush unless you lifted the top of the cistern up each time you used it. The light in the loo was hit and miss - you had to juggle the wiring sometimes. Breakfasts were good value for money: nice croissants etc.
I have always found carpeting the walls a bit bizare but this hotel is not alone in this and the red ,cream and green colour scheme does not promote a soothing ambience. Would it be too much to ask hotels to put in reading lights that you can read by - I think these bulbs were about 20 watts. The area was seedy by day and edgy by night and there was an enormous fight outside at aboout 2 am: all a bit scary. The young men who ran the hotel were friendly, courteous and helpful. and, for the price, you could do a lot worse. All in all, despite everything, we enjoyed our stay.

I spent 3 night in the hotel on a girly break. the staff was friendly, but not always as informative as we needed eg. with directions and buses.
the room was good, nice balcony. but the whole hotel was a little bit out of fashion. location was really great, just 15 mins from train station, and close to supermarket, to tourist office and cheap fastfood reastaurants.
was good for sleeping.
and th city is lovely.

I've had great success with TripAdvisor reviews, but I feel that I was misled about the Hotel Kalliste. My experience there was definitely poor, though the location is admittedly great. It is less than a minute from the Place de la Comédie, which is in the heart of Montpellier, and right next to a tram stop. The downsides, however, are numerous: The room was small and smelled of copious amounts of air freshener, the shower took about 10 minutes to become warm and also did not drain very well, meaning I had to wait for it to get warm and then shower very quickly to make sure it did not overflow. Also, while I very much appreciate the free wifi, the internet is painfully slow, allowing you to only open one webpage at a time and no use of Skype or other applications. In addition, the bed cover had several holes from burns on it. Also, I was forced to leave early - about 6:30ish - to catch my train, something I did not anticipate to be a problem since the hotel said it was only closed from 2AM to 6AM, but it was not open when I went downstairs and I was forced to ring the doorbell several times before someone came down and allowed me to check out.