Hotel De France

We booked this hotel on Booking app. Transiting from Paris to Nice. It is slightly off the direct route. Lovely hotel. Big room with a view. Lovely walk round the local streets for a drink. |Booked a table in the hotel restaurant, one of our best meals so far on our trip. We were the only UK people in the restaurant. |Food was fantastic. Restaurant was busy with locals on a Saturday night. |Staff were excellent considering our very limited French. |Would recommend this place worth the visit!!

Of course, so far there isn't an actual time machine. But the Hotel de France, while only 20+ years old captures much of the spirit of its old coaching inn heritage. It brings back fond memories of our many trips in this country over 50 years. We oldsters have a tendency to remember many good things that are gone and perhaps brush over some aspects that were less ideal. Still, standards of service have slipped everywhere and you don't see the large core of professional hospitality staff that used to be the norm.||For a three star hotel, they provide excellent value. The courtyard restaurant is lovely and thick glass everywhere shields you from the almost constant truck traffic on the busy street outside. ||Our bed/mattress wsa firm and large, perhaps the best on our 5 week trip, including stays at 4 and 5 star hotels. Bathroom lighting was excellent, a rather rare phenomena. We happened to stay in a very large room. The furniture and amenities were of good quality and the view in the back quite peaceful. The only English channel television station provided was DW, rather odd. I know it costs more to have BBC, CNN, etc. At least, with wifi we could access news on our laptop.||You can just feel that this hotel is run by people who enjoy what they do, are very good at it and have a special talent for making their guests feel at home. The garage,a cross the street, provides secure parking. Unlike many places we have been, the spaces are of decent size too..

Brilliant , wonderful place. We are cycle touring and needed a bit of a rest day having cycled from Villefort that morning. On arrival we were quickly guided to a table for lunch before service ended. What a delicious meal and we both had the soufflé. Our room was magic lots of space. Amazingly fast wifi! Enjoyed the room and a rest from the saddle and then had dinner another delicious meal. After a very good night’s sleep and an amazing breakfast we set off on our journey again. Do not miss staying in this wonderful hotel.

We have just returned from a two night stay at the Hotel de France in Mende. It was superb. I had booked an accessible room (PMR) in the main hotel and it was massive. It had an amazing view.|The hotel is ideally located for visiting the town of Mende.|We ate in the hotel restaurant both nights and the food was excellent. It was 45 Euro per person with a choice of starter, main course and dessert. A cheese course could be added for a supplement but the three courses were more than sufficient and we were also given little tasters before the starter and during the dessert. Bread was plentiful too. |The restaurant staff were great and not condescending at all as it is very obvious that I am English but I tried to order in French and they answered me in French. I personally hate it when you try your best to communicate in a foreign language only for the reply to come back in English. So I was very pleased about this.

I stayed there for just one night on my way to the Pyrenees. A typical classic French very good 3* hotel that offered anything needed after a long kourney. My room was ok, a bit spartanic but the bed comfortable and a spacious bathroom. Pretty calm setting. |Ther restaurant though deserves special mentioning and I encourage everyone to enjoy fine dining there. My 3 course dinner offered the best of traditional french cusisine in a modern way accompanied by various amuse-bouches and mignardises. Very good wine selection also in half bottles.

What a hidden gem. This Hotel is amazing. This is our second visit. The rooms are all individual and of a good size. The Restaurant deserves a Michelin Star as the food is excellent. It is in an ideal position to visit the Gorge du Tarn and the Sky Bridge which was designed by an English Man Norman Foster and built by Eiffel and is also known as Millau Bridge the highest bridge in the world.

Arrived, a bit early, by bike just minures before a huge thunderstorm hit.|Warm welcome ar reception, room wS across road in another larger building. And what a superb room, very large and well-appointed with a seperate bathroom.|Great air con, and it was cool dark and quiet at night|Very good breakfast and also ate in restaurant, which was full, high quality food and good service. |Hopefully will get to stay again when Mende is less wet!

We stayed for 3 nights at this hotel. Our room was in the Annexe across the road - a very large pleasant room, recently renovated and a lovely bathroom. We had a meal in the restaurant on our first night. We enquired at 1800 with a member of restaurant staff if we could reserve a table for later and were told 'no reservation' not even for hotel guests. They opened at 1915 - first come, first served. We arrived at 1930 to find the restaurant quite busy and as no staff member acknowledged our arrival we went to sit at an empty table. Eventually someone came over and asked if we wouldn't mind moving as this table was reserved!! We declined and the restaurant manager came over and said it was OK to sit there. The meal was very nice. However we decided not to return to this restaurant again during our stay after this experience. On paying the bill as we left - we had not only been charged for the meal we had eaten but several other incorrect charges for breakfast/meals were added. This required the same manager who we had met initially to come across to authorise the changes. He was not very pleased and not terribly polite.

Best souffle ever!!!!! Room #16 is very quiet on the side of the hotel. Electric shutters cover the windows at night, but during the day, you have a view of the house covered hillside. Large tiled floor room, comfortable bed, ac, free wifi. Shower is in an old style tub. Located an easy walk from pedestrian zone to the massive cathedral. Staff was very helpful and welcoming, and also serve the incredible dinner. Dinner is all prix fixe or Ala carte, but whatever you order, do not miss the souffle, which was so light with a perfect hint of orange-heavenly. Cheese selection is delicious too.

The Hotel de France is a 3 star hotel very near the center of Mende's medieval center. A very short walk to the imposing XIVth century Cathedral. Our room was large, with a big bathroom and wonderful views. Well appointed and comfortable. Check-in was very quick and easy, the staff friendly and happy to practice their English with us. There is a full bar and we enjoyed our cocktails before dinner. Breakfast was varied cheeses and yogurts, breads and croissants. Very filling!