Meininger Hotel Bordeaux Gare Saint-Jean

Basic travelers’ hotel at a good price. Just around the corner from Gare St. Jean. Bar and restaurant on the ground floor and cooking facilities if you want to prepare your own food. Excellent for a night or two or a few hours of rest between trains. We would definitely stay there again. BTW as you go over the pedestrian back to the gare, stop and have a quiet, simple meal at Le Bouillon (economy old-school French dining room).

Loved this hotel and had everything you need. Clean, professional, friendly and location perfect for getting around Bordeaux. Train station only 8 mins walk away where you can get a tram or train. Staff very friendly and bar staff at night were really helpful and give us lot of tips of places to visit. Thanks C and T. Loved our stay and will be back. 😊

We don’t stay in hotels a lot these days as with kids it’s often easier to have something more self-contained and self-catering including airbnbs. This worked well though. Number one, we could have the kids in the room as there were bunk beds, with our two singles (pushed together as double/king) in the middle of the room. Size pretty standard for a budget hotel. Reviews are difficult because it’s all relative to your experiences and expectations but for value for money and a feeling of decent quality and cleanliness, this was very good. Yes, the room was not perhaps super fresh, but it had a clean and safe feeling. We didn’t use the shared kitchen but if you wanted to, you could use the microwave, hobs, ovens, kettles etc that is next to the bar area, plus there’s a nice enough seating area outside or inside to consume. Main bonus over Airbnb is the very nice reception staff who were very helpful and patient, with good English. Location is near the main station, and main stations in big cities tend to be a bit mixed (if you’re from a big city I’m sure you’ll know what I mean) but the area didn’t feel unsafe, just a bit rough. Having said that, at time of writing (July 24) part of the problem is the amount of development taking place e.g. new buildings going up and road works between you and the station. Also, trams were off when we were there, but you could walk to lovely parts of the town from 15 minutes, to 35 minutes depending which part you were heading to. Also, decent dining round the corner going away from the station (though food court closed on Mondays apparently so we didn't go there). Overall, very happy with our 2-night stay and an extra thumbs up to the reception staff. Worth mentioning that there's no parking or subsidised parking so you pay full price for the underground carparks in the vicinity - between 25 and 30 Euros per 24 hours.