Radisson Blu Hotel Bordeaux

Fantastic stay at this hotel. The staff is super friendly and helpful. The hotel is in a quiet area, away from the noise of the city center. There are good restaurant choices nearby. The tram is only a 5-minute walk from the hotel, and one can easily reach the city center in 10 minutes. Our room was spotless, and the bed was SUPER comfortable. We kept asking ourselves, "Can we just take this bed with us?" A good night's sleep is of utmost importance. The parking garage is very safe, and the spaces are ample for even bigger vehicles. I can't recommend this hotel enough.

So much! The location is fabulous - walks along the river in both directions are lovely and the variety of restaurants locally is so easy and enjoyable. Plus being near some interesting sights. We love the rooftop bar for breakfast and an evening drink. All the staff just seem to want to make our stay enjoyable and cannot do enough to help with local guidance and information on places to visit. We have already stayed here before and it is our preferred hotel in Bordeaux whenever we visit.

We find the menu of the main restaurant on the ground floor is very dull and with not enough variety. So, although we always read it and would like to eat in it, we never do because it seems such a boring choice of food.

Reception staff were exceptional as were the staff in the Wellman restaurant and bar. The room was well appointed overlooking the river and was of a good size with good facilities. The beds were very comfortable. Breakfast was well stocked and the location of the restaurant and outside space was extremely good.

The roof top bar and terrace were disappointing. One member of staff was very rude. When we entered the bar we had to queue for a drink, once my friend got to the bar and asked if we could put the drinks on our room he said "...that if we didn't have cash we should go away and talk to someone else..." My friend did talk to someone else and eventually we got a drink. This took 25 minutes. We also went to reception and advised them of what happened. They were very concerned we had received such treatment. The reception, in compensation, said we could have breakfast the following morning free and ensured that when we ordered room service that evening that it was prompt. The waitress Gill who served us was a lovely and kind person.

Modern. Decent size bedrooms. Comfortable beds. Great breakfast room experience. Outside access to viewing balcony. Peaceful environment. Quiet bedrooms ( no noise from adjoining rooms.)

Not the fault of the hotel but nightclub close by played very loud music through the night. It was during the bastille holiday time so perhaps the celebrations were extended? Fortunately the windows are heavily soundproofed which minimised the disturbance. The experience did not prevent sleeping.

A genuine, warm welcome on arrival, which was appreciated. The room was spacious with the most comfortable bed, and the views were wonderful. Easy access to the old town with the tram and direct access on foot to other amenities and events beside the hotel. The spa had a lovely thermal suite, and the rooftop bar had a nice chilled atmosphere. The breakfast was plentiful and was also served on the rooftop with great views of the surrounding area.

Would definitely stay here again when visiting Bordeaux.

Staff at reception in particular were excellent and really went out of their way to make us welcome and deal with all our queries. Location is good close to Citi de Vin and Bassin de Lumieres, close to bars and restaurants and an easy tram ride into the town centre. Room was a suite of good size with an excellent balcony terrace

Breakfast.....the food quality was good, but the breakfast staff were a bit disorganised often running out of bread, bowls, even coffee on 1 morning. A bit more organisation would make the breakfast experience much better

This is an excellent, modern hotel with all the necessary facilities located just outside the city centre, but a 7/8 min walk takes you to Tram B which brings you straight into the downtown area. It overlooks the water & there are lots of options for eating in the surrounding area, which seems to be the new up & coming part of Bordeaux. Some highlights of the hotel are: - The rooftop bar is lovely with some nice views. - The staff were extremely pleasant, helpful & well trained in their jobs. - The room was spotless & had plenty of USB ports as well as a fridge. - The bed was one of the most comfortable I have ever found in a hotel. - Breakfast was very good but some variety of cereals would be nice. - The spa was lovely & I enjoyed a relaxing treatment. I also availed of the sauna, steam room & tropical showers which were clean & well maintained. - Lots of seating available at breakfast time & in the bar on the 5th floor. Overall, I highly recommend this hotel if you want somewhere reasonably priced which has easy access to the city & all the modern facilities that reflect a 4 star hotel.

Some minor improvements could be made to make this hotel perfect, for example; - When the room is cleaned, the soap is removed & not replaced, neither is the milk. - There are only 3 or 4 English speaking BBC channels on the tv which leaves you with very little that you can watch, so perhaps that could be added to. - The shower didn't have great water pressure.

I like Radisson in general. My favorite. Especially nice and friendly was the lady in SPA, she helped me with finding creams I need regardless if I was buying smth from her or not.

I have stayed in many hotels of this chain and about this one I can say 2 negative things: no bath robes in the rooms, on-site parking is too expensive (compared to Warsaw where it’s free of charge)) and no room available when we arrived, had to park on 2 motorcycle spots:( would be good to somehow implement parking booking system. Parking was important for us when choosing the hotel and if you come and there is no parking available - it’s a problem.

Reception when we arrived. Checkin was so easy and we got lots of recommendations for the local area and city from Natalie. She explained everything to us including local transport, eateries, places to visit etc. Perfect location - hotel.

Consistency needed in breakfast room - provision of food and especially hot food. Most mornings were fine but two occasions, items were not refilled for next guests or when more hot food was brought out, not always hot. Guests had to ask for cutlery and more food/drink items.

We splashed out on a suite, which had the wow factor but was really just one large room. Nicely furnished and laid out. Amazing terrace and views.....although compromised by high fencing.

Separate toilet cramped and dark. Air con vents full of fluff. Shower had two heads....normal one with no wall fixing and drench head on ceiling. Could either shower one- handed or use drench, which looked dirty and seemed not plumbed in properly. Not great. No UK TV we could find.....not even BBC news. Breakfast underwhelming....on chipped plates. Fencing on terrace spoiled views.