Bordeaux is fantastic and we wanted an economy hotel near enough to the centre. We had stayed with this hotel group in Bagneux, Paris, and hotel there was very good. This hotel is older, lady on reception was very helpful but hotel is not of same standard as in Paris and reception is not manned in the evenings or Saturday afternoon. We basically just wanted a clean room for sleeping and making drinks and breakfast and this 2 star hotel served this purpose. Half of the building is student accommodation, half hotel. That caused no problems.
Bed was comfortable, tv worked. Kitchen area was very small and we wouldn't have wanted to cook a meal in such a small space. Fine for breakfast of cereals and baguette - fridge there for the butter and milk we bought.
The shower room was clean but somewhat challenging. We are both slim so just about fitted in the shower but no space to put much. Shower head was very loose on the wall.
Free wifi whole stay.
It is a student area, outside the main tourist accommodation area but only a 10 minute walk to a lively market at Capucin - lots of atmosphere, cafes etc. Small Carrefour very close to hotel. City centre is 15 min walk away, main railway station is the same distance - but opposite direction.
We flew in and got the airport bus (very frequent) which goes to main railway station, stops at Capucin, 10 min walk to hotel.
It served our purpose well as we wanted to spend our time in the centre and to eat out. All achieved.