What is your IHG Rewards Club status?
Spire Royal Ambassador
Were you (or for multi-stayers are you generally) happy with the hotel/stay?
Yes, very much
Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive?
Booked cheapest advance rate with breakfast and received a Prestige suite
How are the rooms?
Very elegant design by Jacques Garcia, French Empire style re-interpretation
Around 55 sqm
Lving room with seating area
Bar area
Room with desk and very comfortable bed
2 large Loewe flat screen television with iPhone dock. Good selection of cable channels .
Nice marble bathroom with a bathtub and separate shower
2 Separate toilets
Guerlain Eau Impériale amenitie
Very quiet
Very nice view of the Opera
How is the exec. lounge?
N/A
What was good and what was bad?
GOOD
- Very attentive staff, service at the highest level you could find only at very best hotels
- Unbeatable location
- Elegant historic hotel with all the modern facilities
- Brasserie now directed by Gordon Ramsay (as the gastronomic restaurant, RSVP)
- Superb Nuxe spa (loved the massage, counter-current swimming pool) : perfectly clean and well maintained, excellent staff)
- Great rooftop jaccuzi with panoramic view
- Bikes can be rented at the hotel to visit the superb city of Bordeaux
BAD
- Nothing
Value for $ or IHG Rewards Club Points? Would you return?
Definitely
Still, be prepared to spend a lot at this hotel, if you visit the gastronomic restaurant, the brasserie and the spa.
Pictures of the hotel
Pictures of the city