First and foremost I must give credit to this hotel and staff for providing beds and meals at short notice for 20 disgruntled travellers who had already been stuck at the local airport for 7 hours due to a flight delay. However, given the choice I would not have stayed here.
The hotel is oddly located behind an Esso garage and near a fish factory off the main road to Bastia - I'm not sure who the 'normal' clientele of the hotel would be.
The main entrance is very cramped - tables and chairs block the way to the bar and reception desk, and a rope barrier blocks easy access to the restaurant. There is a spacious open-air seating area behind the bar and restaurant with a lovely water feature, but it is really hard to get to.
Bar and reception staff were friendly and helpful and coped well with our sudden arrival, though they seemed bemused by our requests for receipts for all our purchases (which we needed to claim costs later).
Upstairs the corridors are narrow and gloomy, and our twin room was tiny and dark, with one small shared bedside shelf that also housed the phone and the (chained-up) TV remote, a hanging wardrobe about 18 inches square and a matching shelved cupboard. The view was of the road and the dumpsters. The bathroom was also cramped, poorly equipped, with a sliding glass door which cannot be locked, and the only mirror was on the wall behind the vanity unit so constantly steamed up.
The evening meal was well cooked and filling but we were not offered any menu choices, probably due to the short notice. An entree buffet was followed by chicken and chips all round and then tinned fruit salad. Breakfast was continental buffet-style and we were gone by 6:30.
