Holiday Inn Garden Court Dijon

( 3 stars , Dijon , France )

Modern, simple, like it. The room itself was very clean but we found a stain on one of the pillows and some underneath the bed sheets which could be seen through the bed sheet.

Situated north of the town centre next to a modern shopping mall and small park. Good bus service from outside the hotel to the town centre--excellent value and frequent. Hotel completely renovated in last two years. Some rooms look onto the flat roof of the shopping centre but with distant rural views. Restaurant and bar have limited space, too often set out for and beseiged by tour groups. The hot breakfast had disappeared and was not replenished by 8.30am! A new restaurant/group area is due to be completed by the end of 2008. Several eateries next door in the shopping centre including a brasserie which represent much better value then the hotel and the lovely old town centre is easy to access in the evening so why not eat there. A good overnight or weekend stop, but eat out. Would stay again.

I stayed at the holiday-inn in dijon for only one night but it was a verry good night.for a three star hotel i requested one of the newly done design rooms(they gave a whole floor a make over) and it was verry nice ,clean and comfortable with 32'' flatscreen (i advise one of these rooms) as the other floors of the hotel do look a bit older the front desk people are helpfull and verry nice and speak good english unike the most other hotels in dijon the breakfast was not that big but it had all the things you would expect, and tatsted good Free parking and Free WI-FI wich is a big PLUS + the hotel is located beside a huge shopping mall and swimming pools with waterslides wright on the edge of the city close to the highway conclusion : i think it is worth a 4 star rating and a hotel i would visit again!!!!! scott blair OAKLEY_Z@msn.com

Booked this as an overnight stop-off point en-route to the South of France and it was terrific. Great, refurbished room which was rather funkily designed. We had dinner in the hotel restaurant (simply for ease as we were travelling with a three-year-old) and the food wouldn't have been out of place in a top London restaurant. Amazing stuff, if a bit expensive, and they were happy to make plain pasta for our daughter. A bowl of goldfish on the table was a good distraction for her too! Checking in and out was so easy, we will definitely stay overnight here again.

The hotel is quite conveniently located in a Northern suburb of Dijon and is well signposted from the N274. On arrival the man at reception was surly to the point of being rude. When we asked for a trolley for our luggage he shrugged his shoulders and told us that there are some around, but he didn't know where, so we were left to hunt for one ourselves. We also told him when checking in that we were staying for two nights, but had made separate internet bookings for each night, so could he make sure we could stay in the same room for the two nights. However he clearly took no notice, because next afternoon we could not get into our room with the magnetic strip key! A more competent young woman at reception then sorted it out. The beds were comfortable but that's the best thing that we can say about this hotel. The basin stopper in the bathroom didn't work and the toilet flusher kept on flushing unless the lever was pushed again repeatedly. The in-room coffee/tea supplies did not include sugar and only one coffee envelope. Our room was next door to the linen store and the noise from the cleaners constantly banging the door in the morning was very annoying. The restaurant is perhaps the least inviting I have ever seen. It seemed as if some crazy third-rate designer had been let loose! It looked like a brothel with black and red colours and purple lighting. No way would we eat in a place like that. On our first night we made for the adjacent small shopping precinct where there is an American-style cafe, a McDonalds and a more French-style bar/cafe. On our second evening it was Sunday and all this was closed so we went upstairs to the cafeteria that belongs to the Aquatic centre (swimming pool, chutes and the like) which served basic but adequate fare. There is a bus-stop just outside the hotel from where the Number 2 bus took us to the centre of Dijon. After a short tour of the city we returned to the hotel but did not look forward to it. The immediate surroundings are rather dreary. The hotel has no garden our outside area in which to relax. All in all the hotel is in a convenient place for a one-night stopover but it needs some maintenance and better staff management.

Stopped over here on way from Alps to Calais with two young kids. "Family Room" was actually 2 double beds which was not ideal. We did not ask to change it, there may have been alternatives. Funky contemporary design is a refreshing change if a bit "batchelor pad"! Reception staff were kind and welcoming and spoke good English. We did not eat at the hotel. Next door shopping mall provides wide choice of food options and all the shopping you could need including a huge Carrefour supermarket. Buses to town centre leave from out front if the Shopping Mall is not your scene. Adjacent park has good play areas for kids and offers more entertainment in the summer months. All in all a good family stopover.