Hotel France Chateaubriand

A great location in St Malo We stayed the night to take family back to the Brittany Ferries port The beach is just behind and we had lovely partial sea views .We didn’t eat there this tinn my e but have before and all is excellent It is a historic old building but the rooms are renovated and very comfortable The check in staff are professional and we would recommend to our friends We will also stay there again and maybe treat our selves to a full sea view

We decided not to stay. We requested a car parking space but had no idea that we needed to negotiate such a stressful route on the inside of the walls to get to the space if we had known this we would not have booked. We drove around and around amid people with young children, dogs and elderly with walking sticks walking in front and around us. Not surprisingly we lost the route. I rang the hotel to say I was cancelling and would look for another hotel for the night. I’d like to think I will get some recompense.

The hotel is beautiful and historic, excellently located in St Malo near all bars, restaurants, shops, very lively street culture. The lobby and public areas were very grand and well designed with a ‘living’ wall, felt like a boutique hotel, a mix of traditional and contemporary. There is no hotel parking so the description on Hotels.com is confusing as suggested this would be available. It’s incredibly difficult as a foreigner to drive around this area of St Malo, the streets are tiny and heavy with pedestrians, it was quite stressful and confusing following signs to the hotel - we ended up going down a ‘no car’ street to find the hotel who explained the fact there was no parking. We eventually parked at the QPark, a 5 min walk away by purchasing an online 48hr ticket for approx £45. Fortunately we didn’t have many bags. The room was a little faded/dated and spartan in its decor compared to the public areas but very spacious and comfortable for our family of 3, with a nice view of the courtyard. The shower was good (shower door over bath did leak onto the floor a lot). The bathroom could have been a bit cleaner in all honesty, a few random hairs and toilet roll not placed in the holder). However this didn’t affect our enjoyment. We would stay here again a little wiser next time of the parking.