What People are saying

Pit-stop on the way to SW France

Dan Lon 06/07/2017 22:26

Stayed here for one night in a twin room with my teenage son. Clean room, good beds, good shower. Food was excellent - could not be faulted. Sea bream & rare steak - what more could you want? Lovely lake & beach nearby with exercise area. Good secure parking too.
Very friendly staff - will be back!

Good location

Barb Gon 13/07/2016 21:09

A unique hotel with obvious connection with 24 hour Le Mans having photographs, car models on the walls and even furniture made from old oil drums. Ample on site parking. Hotel situated next to a man made beach and boating lake. Rooms clean, a little on the small side but adequate for an overnight stay. No tea or coffee making facilities in the room. Food however was fantastic and some of the best I have tasted in this sort of accommodation. Staff very friendly and helpful. Nice outside terrace area, weather permitting. Good selection of cheese, ham, pastries etc. for breakfast. Would recommend.

Good restaurant for the area

simoncbnon 09/01/2016 16:55

Staying at the nearby B&B hotel this is one of 3 eateries within 10 minutes walk, otherwise you need to take a car. This one looked the best of the 3 with a decent menu and several "formules". The staff are very welcoming and the ambiance is good, with plenty of tables occupied, just too much lighting, very bright. There is (if you want) a starters buffet and a dessert buffet, indeed there is a formula where you can have just the 2 for a very reasonable price. There are also various combinations of normal dishes with or without the buffets. The starter buffet, all cold is large and varied, with lots of fish, cold meats and salads. All of decent quality, just too much dressing with the salads. The shellfish is not fantastic, but the rest is generally very good. The steak I had was very tasty and tender with a nice peppercorn sauce. It came with the inevitable chips, quite good ones, more like English chips than French fries. Dessert buffet of mixed quality, some very good, some rather indifferent, but a wide choice. Good value for money, generally good quality, good service, but not gastronomic if that's what you're looking for. Perfect if you're staying nearby and need somewhere close to eat.

Better than it looks

Aubinoison 03/08/2015 18:52

One approaches the Brit Hotel through tawdry suburbs of Le Mans, via very busy dual carriageways featuring lots of ugly industrial buildings, advertising hoardings and general tat. The first time I visited, I have to say that I said out loud to myself, "What on earth have I done?!"

From the dual carriageway, the hotel building looks quite Soviet, and there's another hotel and a restaurant very close by with a similar, total lack of architectural appeal.

But suddenly, one is driving along a little green and leafy lane, along the shores of a substantially sized, man-made lake that is completely surrounded by trees and features a beach. The Brit has a large, safe car-park and is nicely landscaped, with quite an effort being made at the front to mitigate the otherwise awful architecture. And it sort of works.

The rooms are clean and air-conditioned. Fabrice, (the owner/manager?) is very friendly, and quite a character! He and his charming wife run a tight ship. The staff are very helpful indeed, though their English generally is poor. Rates are reasonable and there is a well-stocked bar. Dinner is generally OK, but that's all. But the lunchtime buffet is fabulous, and very well priced at €16 per head.

So if you're planning a visit to this area, I'd say, don't let first impressions put you off. The Brit isn't luxury, but then it doesn't aspire to be. For us, it does what it says on the tin, and that's all we need.

Clean and tidy

Mick Con 03/08/2015 13:16

This is a"Budget hotel in the "hotel quarter" of Le Mans, Very easy to find but access is a little tricky as you see the hotel but not how to get to it until you are right on top of the turning. Food was an absolute delight, well presented and good value for money