Hotel Mercure Saint-Nectaire Spa & Bien-Etre

Hotel where I used to stay several times 15 years ago when traveling to Spain. It was very good back then so it made us go back this year. Although parts of the hotel may use an update, the hotel itself is very good and clean. + friendly staff + not too far away from the highway + beautiful region (perfect for a stay of 2-3 nights) + wide variety of choice during breakfast + own free parking lot next to the hotel + parkview = the best (quiet and a lot of trees) + clean + Saint-Nectaire = very cozy - restaurant opens late in the evening (too late for younger children) - rooms are really really small when staying with a family of 4 in a family room The restaurant doesn't serve aligot anymore which is a pity because they used to make it very good.

2 stars instead of 1 because the regular staff were really nice but this hotel was really disappointing for us. The hotel leads with pictures of the outdoor pool but that was closed for the all of our visit apart from the last few hours. Reading other reviews, the outdoor pool has been unusable due to poor maintenance for a long while. This was the main reason we booked this hotel. I asked for modest compensation of a complementary continental breakfast, this was refused by the manager through her junior staff. To add insult to injury, the restaurant was unavailable due to a private function. Again, advertised a restaurant but not available both nights we were there. This hotel could be much better ..run down feeling, mediocre management.

Stayed one night here and that was enough. This was an overnight stop to break up a long drive. We checked in just around dinner time, the check-in staff was very impersonal, key and room number and sent us on our way, very uninformative about the hotel and area. We put our bags in our room and then went to the hotel restaurant to have dinner at the hotel restaurant. We were greeted by a hostess who asked us if we had a reservation. We had not reserved but the restaurant well into dinner time was only a fraction full. We were turned away, no service without a reservation, the hostess, a very unpleasant young girl just walked away huffing that the front staff should have informed us of the restaurant policy. So here we are in a small town, with no idea how to get dinner, no suggestions or help from the hotel. Fortunately, we were able to find one restaurant in the town just down the street from the hotel that was open. The local restaurant was very busy but we were able to get a table and endure a meal in a much nicer environment than the sad restaurant at the hotel (so in the end we were lucky that eating at the hotel wasn't possible. The room at the hotel was simple but clean enough. No air conditioning which was not great. Hotel breakfast was at the restaurant that had turned us away the night before, the breakfast was very unappetizing (we again felt lucky having not been served the previous night). We had initially planned to spend the morning at the hotel to go to the spa and relax but in the end decided to check out early and just cut our loses. We would not recommend this hotel to anyone looking for anything more than a basic roof over their heads. This hotel was well over priced for the service and what they offer. Well below any Mercure hotel I have stayed in the past.

Stayed for just one night here. The hotel is rather dated and not in keeping with other Mercure hotels. Rooms have a musty / old smell. No air conditioning. Corridors are very old and desperately require repainting. Staff were pleasant and the rates are reasonable. Good location for saint nectaire with free local parking nearby.

Hotel was fine for what we needed, ie touring the Auvergne, but it just felt a bit unloved. We went to the restaurant over the road for breakfast which was a lot cheaper. Friendly staff. The gardens could have been made a lot nicer as it all looked as though nothing had been done to them for ages

LES RANDONNEUSES Nous avons passé un agréable séjour. Le restaurant et le petit déjeuner sont de très bonnes qualités. Nous avons profité du spa et de la piscine. Et un grand merci au personnel très accueillant ainsi que le commercial qui s'est occupé de notre séjour au moindre détails.

The room was small but the problem with the heat, plus the restaurant was closed however the swimming pool was an extra plus and all the restaurants in the village was closed because of the season. It was a good location for visiting the region.

The staff were very helpful and courteous. The room was small but ok. The bathroom was small and a bit worn, e.g. signs of mould in the shower. Sometimes we didn’t have enough towels. One night the bed hadn’t been properly made, just the cover pulled over to make it look good but when the cover was pulled back the sheets underneath hadn’t been touched. The food was ok but a bit over priced I felt. An excellent breakfast though. It was an ok stay but, like the rest of Saint Nectaire, it felt a bit faded overall.

Chaotic arrival. The road was closed from Mount Dore to the hotel we spent HOURS driving around trying to find a way there. The restaurant was closed everything was closed. The restaurant that they sent us too was FULL. (Luckily they too pity on us as we had had such a bad journey there and there was nowhere else open. Hotel has a faded grandeur. The rooms feel like Basic IBIS room dropped into this glorious old mansion type hotel It was surreal. Thank heavens for the kind people at the restaurant. The one night would have been a complete disaster. It was not a good stay and although the Auvergne was beautiful. It was o so tricky to get to the hotel I wish we had been warned of the road closure and there was no no clear deviation route provided. We wandered around in and out of shops and other hotels in. ont Dore until we found someone to help us get there. No would not return