Acapulco

"The Hotel Acapulco comprises three floors of what were the servant's quarters in a beautiful bourgeois house well located near central Montpellier. It is about three minutes away from tramway line #1, and you can get to the train station and the universities in ten minutes or less on the tram. if you remember the maid's rooms in Downton Abbey then you will have a very good notion of what the rooms are like ; you climb up a narrow stairway (no elevator) to find sparkling clean, relatively roomy and airy for cheap (or even not so cheap) French hotel standards. However the rooms are quite austere. Mine overlooked the garden and was quiet, but the rooms which open up to the street probably have traffic noise until about 9 pm. People in the hallway were audible, but I did not hear voices in the neighboring rooms. The two double beds had decently firm matresses and good quality linens, but the mattresses were 5cm too short for me (I'm 175 cm. / 5' 9"). The closet had extra pillows and two good blankets, and the room had an AC unit. I'm not very demanding and would have been happy to have this quiet, clean room at an excellent price had the not the hot water gone south to about 25 deg. centrigrade when I awoke on the second morning. Not exactly cold but definitely not pleasant for a shower in November. Hot water returned an hour later, but I had to leave for an appointment by then. The receptionist was on duty until around 9 p.m. and she and the morning person were very personable. I don't eat breakfast, so I cannot comment on the food, but the dining room, while bright, is pretty austere as well. I was only able to book with an up-front payment. Don't know if I would stay there again unless future reviews report that the hot water is back, and I can get a double bed."

"I don't think that we can say that this is a proper hotel since the reception is closed at 22:30 and they don't have many services. It is more like a bed and breakfast. The good things is that the rooms are VERY clean and the house is a mixture of charm and decay that we really enjoyed. It is located just five minutes walking from the cathedral. It was almost 200 euros for three nights (including a weekend) for a double room with full bathroom."

"Value for money. Located in a very nice old century villa, unfortunately this does not help. Location is ok for the center, 15 min walk and parking is plentyfull. A remark on the parking as staff was not helfull on this...in frunt there is the orange time parking, very expendive 33€ for 5h. With a little more looking arownd you will find the green parling (long stay) which is mutch cheeper, hence take the time to locate it on TAM site. The rooms are thwad up, some kind of ferniture inside. Toilet inside had all the basics. Has tiled floors, and bed was ok. A few words on the clensiness. It gets a thumbs up for linen and towels (they were clean) but room and floor, sorrt but we saw a few corners with plenty of dust. Some staff is friendly, other ones just do not care."