Hotel la Reserve de Brive

Mijn vrouw en ik brachten hier een nacht door in de standaard tweepersoonskamer. De kamer, die erg schoon was, was klein maar voldoende voor een nacht. Hoewel het slechts een tweepersoonsbed was, was het bed voldoende stevig. We hadden alleen interactie met het personeel voor het in- en uitchecken, maar dat was snel en vriendelijk. Het hotel is perfect gelegen voor een bezoek aan het historische centrum van Brive en restaurants. Het enige minpunt is dat er gratis parkeergelegenheid is voor het hotel. We checkten echter om 18.30 uur in en de weinige parkeerplaatsen waren al ingenomen door andere gasten. Dat was niet echt een probleem, want we konden gratis parkeren op het stadsterrein voor het hotel, zolang we onze auto maar om 9.00 uur verplaatsten. Ik heb er geen spijt van dat ik in dit hotel heb verbleven en zou er waarschijnlijk voor kiezen als we hier weer langs zouden komen.

The hotel was very pleasant, with a terrace, bar and at the back a breakfast room. The public car park at the front had about eight parking spaces at the side of the hotel reserved for residents. The decor was largely grey, black and white. Sadly, there were tiny chips out of the dark grey woodwork, everywhere. We had a family room, which was all that was available when we booked. It consisted of two bedrooms, a separate toilet between them and a bathroom off one of the bedrooms. The toilet was tiny, very narrow and only about 40cm from door to pan, with no extractor fan. The head-height fitting was loose so that the shower head could not be put in it. Although it took us only a minute to screw this back together, we shouldn’t have had to do this - the issue should have been picked up by cleaners, reported and sorted. The lights had no, or only wire, shades and were much too bright/harsh. A kettle and a small fridge (as we had in other hotels) would have been good. Breakfast at the hotel was 12 euros, with tea/coffee, juice, cereals, bread/pastries and preserves, eggs, charcuterie, cheese, yogurt and fruit.

We stayed for one night during a heatwave. The room had an excellent air conditioner, and the receptionist supplied us with a bottle of chilled water when we arrived. A large, comfortable bed and a well-equipped bathroom, including a decent hair dryer. Very close to the old town, we walked out for an evening meal. Breakfast was great, a wide choice of homemade breads, cakes, pastries and jams. We’d love to stay here again.

Very friendly staff, beautiful building, excellent breakfast. Would definitely stay here again

Nice location in the center of Brive. Good standard, comfortable room and quite place, specially for a business trip like mine. Great service and staff kindness, always ready to satisfy your needs.. Recomendable!

Had a lovely one night stay in this charming, small independent hotel in the centre of Brive. A very friendly welcome, a comfortable room and a great breakfast. Our hosts were very helpful with local knowledge and with restaurant recommendations. Highly recommended.

Well located in the centre of Brive with a few free car park spaces. Otherwise it is on-street parking free from 7 pm to 9 am and cheap during the day. You can easily walk to the historical part of Brive which is lovely and mainly pedestrian. There is a market a few meters away which opens early and sells local delicacies. The building has character and the rooms of my mother and mine had both a different layout. There is no lift and the lady at reception carried the suitcase of my mother up the stairs. The staff are professional and super helpful. However, receptionnists sometimes disappear to work elsewhere in the hotel and the wait at reception can be tedious. The rooms are clean and modern, with air con and TV. They miss a small fridge and a kettle. They are quiet despite the central location. The bathrooms need modernising and I kept flooding mine every time I showered. The breakfast room is large with lots of apparent bricks and a big fireplace. The breakfast itself is delicious and worth paying the extra cost.

This is the second time we have stayed here and unfortunately it wasn’t as good as the first time. We had a nice room on the first visit with a lovely big bathroom that was clean and modern. However our second visit showed us that you can’t always rely on past information. The room was much smaller which didn’t really bother us as there was still enough room to put things however the bathroom was a different story. It had a shower over the bath and at first I was pleased as I sometimes like to have a bath if I have time. Sadly I decided against that when I saw the state of the grouting around the tap area of the bath. I didn’t want to have to lie in the bath and be staring at that during my soak. The other problem was the shower screen was far too short and didn’t reach the top of the bath hence the water went all over the floor when having a shower. The other downside with the Hotel is there aren’t many free parking spaces and big vehicle owners beware the spaces are not massive. There’s plenty of paid parking near by so I don’t know if you get any sort of discount if you have to use those as we’ve always been lucky enough to get a free one so it might be worth checking that with the hotel. The really good point for this hotel is the location. It is only a few mins walk into the heart of the city and it is right next to a lovely park area. There are also lots of restaurants along the street from the Hotel so you have plenty of choice on your doorstep. Whilst we didn’t have breakfast this time we did have it on our other visit and that was very nice with a nice selection of self service items. However be warned that the eggs are not hard boiled. Unless we missed the sign we thought they were and only found out they were raw and to be cooked yourself when Hubby cracked one onto his plate. It may be there was a sign though so that would be our fault for not seeing it. All in all the Hotel has many good points but sadly on this occasion the bathroom was a huge disappointment especially after having had such a lovely room first time round.

An overnight stopover travelling south