Hôtel de Bourbon - Mercure Bourges

Very good value for money. The hotel is well kept and very clean, with comfortable rooms and a lovely patio garden. Customer service is always good and makes you feel welcome. The food is very good too and breakfast, buffet style, is varied and extensive. The restaurant and buffet areas are kept tidy and clean, unlike in other Mercure Hotel venues

rooms clean but tiny, staff v friendly + lovely outdoor space for drinks. Everything plummeted with the restaurant - largely weird menu (pork in watermelon sauce) which witha good chief would have worked here was vile & we were ill next day.

There used to be a time when the motto of the Accor group was “the surprise is… that there isn’t any”, meaning that you get something pretty predictable. Well, in this case it is not quite true, as we had the surprise to discover that, at 5 p.m. our bed had not been made yet. OK, after calling the front desk this issue was rapidly resolved, yet the person in charge had only replaced one bath towel. Nothing really dramatic, but why does this happen in a 4 star hotel? On a more positive note, breakfast is superb. Chances are that the bread from a neighbouring bakery is the best you will ever eat in France. Disappointing: Being an Accor silver card holder, I received a voucher for a welcome drink. The small print accurately states that the free drink is for the card holder only, and - as opposed to previous experiences when your accompanying person received a glass as well - they now mean it, i.e. you will be charged for the drink for the second person. Quite ungenerous in my opinion, so I mentioned the issue to the receptionist at checkout. He told me that there have been clear instructions from the head office in this regard. Basically it’s not about the five or six euros, but who invents rules meant to be irritating to customers?

Stunning historic building, clean and quiet room, friendly staff, nice bar and very good restaurant! Location is very convenient to the train station - it’s a 5 minute walk. Hertz car rental 1/2 block away which makes it convenient to take the train from Paris then rent locally. Very nice area and look forward to going back in the summer!

Was wonderfully surprised by hotel: a beautiful renovation/integration of a former abbey. Beautiful entry and stunning restaurant. Check in was incredibly fast & friendly. Unfortunately I did not take their advice & book a table for dinner, so I missed out on eating at the restaurant (it was fully booked when we asked later). We stayed in the new wing. Rooms are small, but nice and very clean. Location is fantastic. Easy to get to with car with free parking and easy walk to historic city center. Also, the Pres Fichaux gardens across the street are spectacular.

Excellent standard, secure parking, good room, (should have eaten supper there but made the mistake of exploring old town and had a dreadful meal at Chez Jaques) friendly team and great breakfast. Strongly recommend this hotel as a stop over.