Hotel Inn Design Resto Novo Sablé-Sur-Sarthe

The first hotel we stayed in on our European road trip, first stop in France a lovely hotel for a one night stopover. Wandered around the town, along the river. Ate at the hotel, had an excellent meal, recommend the fish dish or the duck. Lovely staff highly recommend :)

Arrived early to find reception closed. Warm day, headed to town for a cool beer. Checked in by a lovely girl, very helpful, and found us a drop of milk for a cup of tea. We're very English! Fortunately we'd asked for a quiet side which was also shady side as temperature was high 20' outside. Nothing remarkable, easy found, easy parking. A good nights sleep, and a fairly good buffet breakfast. The girl who helped us on arrival was doing the early shift, until manager arrived. I mentioned to him how helpful she was, made the stay really. Well done Emilie.

Nice place for a short stay. Comfortable room. Close to town center and very accessible from main roads. Free carpark. |Restaurant has a good choice and cooking is good. Prices are very good for night and dinner. Breakfast buffet is well-served.

First impressions: a bit austere. Second impressions: the warm, friendly welcome, the bright, clean well-lit bedroom and well-kept bathroom, the sound insulation, the speedy and reliable WiFi, the storage facilities were all big pluses. We decided to eat at the hotel the first evening and enjoyed a very good meal. Well cooked, nicely presented and pleasantly served. Not sure about the Orvieto, though. For a white wine it was curiously yellowed but as all the bottles were the same perhaps it was a variety with which we were unfamiliar. A peaceful night, and then we were totally unprepared for the breakfast treat that awaited us. Too much to list individually, suffice it to say that we have never had scrambled eggs in a French chain hotel or had everything provided by such accommodating people and for such an astonishing reasonable price. I queried the empty container alongside that of the eggs - the next day, it held well-cooked bacon. We wished we had had more of a run-up and really made a meal of it. The people, the breakfast (and the very handy position; just an easy, flat stroll to the town centre and river) make this hotel a must-stay when in the area.

We stayed here for one night when driving from Nice to Roscoff,(off the major roads), and this little 'Motel' style hotel could not have been better for us. Very friendly and helpful staff and everything very convenient.||NIce clean room, excellent shower, coffee/tea kit in the room and an amazingly good restaurant. The WiFi is good, parking close to your room and the main road right alongside but not a problem with well insulated rooms.||My only criticism is that on the booking it appears to be the Hotel Design Resto Novo.... the actual sign is mainly Hotel INN.... the rest of this odd title is in smaller writing underneath... be warned!!!||I would definitely stay here again.

While the exterior of the property left a bit to be desired, the rooms appeared to have been recently renovated. The rooms are small by US standards, but the room was very clean and the beds were comfortable. There was a kettle for making instant coffee or tea. The motel-style rooms did allow an occasional draft under the door, but not a big issue. We didn't eat at the restaurant, but walked to nearby restaurant.

We stayed here for one night. Very simple but excellent with a good sized room, very clean and well furnished with a comfortable bed. An excellent night’s sleep and a very powerful shower (albeit one which tended to flood the bathroom)!||We ate both dinner and breakfast in the restaurant and both were much enjoyed albeit breakfast ran a little low on supplies.||We would happily stay here again.

This is more like a Motel. Free parking infront of your room door free wifi which makes this a good stay for business or just a one night stay. The room for 2 person has a bed of 140x200 (small bed for 2 people) so this will be nice if you are traveling alone :). The room is modern. I believe when this motel was build the architect forgot to design the drain for the shower. The shower head is only +/- 1.80m from the drain i could just fit underneath. But atleast they have a big showerhead which makes showers very nice :).||||The breakfast.....Ok hotel-inn you really have to do something about your breakfast. This is the worst breakfast ever! Even Ibis has beter breakfast and they are really poor when it come to breakfast. I only took the koffie and the criossant. I saw bacon that was badly cooked and very sloppy. Scrambled egg that came out of a pack and laying there for hours. What is it with that cereal ! laying there from the breakfast yesterday !! ( i noticed that !!) and that plate of sliced cheese and salami was not covered with dead mosguitos on the plate !!!. You have to do something about that breakfast. ||||Dinner was good i loved the 3 course menu for 17.50 and the karaf of wine was also very nice. ||||Unless i hear that the breakfast changed i will come and stay again in this chain