Novotel Orléans Saint-Jean-De-Braye

Propre

Great over night stop point for our journey south, impressive EV charging points, good pool area just enough before cracking on.

No air conditioning as advertised. Apparently the whole hotel AC system has been set to warm and the man who deals with it has gone on holiday. No help offered by staff other than to turn the AC system off to regulate to itside which is currently 24 degrees. No fans. The rooms are boiling hot. Having to use cold towels to cool the dog and children and take cold showers due to prickly heat. Despite it being unbearable for us adults, we have 2 children and a dog with us. No one can sleep and the only way to ventilate the room is to open the main room door or windows which fully open with no restriction at waist height which are the full length of the room. Unsafe for children and adults and mosquitos are everywhere. The whole restaurant has been empty since we arrived at 12:30pm. Told there’s no availability due to an event. Still at 10pm there has not been a single person seated in the restaurant. Service very slow stand at the bar for a while before even being acknowledged. Report to be able to speak multiple languages yet English and Dutch is not possible. Very disappointed. The hotel is beautiful but staff and service let it down massively. Shower filthy with yellow/orange dirt. Mini bar in room is warm. My guess is the hotel is highly booked and wanting save money with AC, fridge and cooking. Don’t know why else the facilities should be so inadequate with no assistance from staff to rectify the problem.