This is an apartment hotel. They do serve breakfast but it is not normally included in the room. We are a family of five so we had an apartment with one bedroom, one sofa bed in the main room and an extra bed. There is a small kitchen as well. It was kind of tricky to get to the hotel via car since a lot of the streets are one-way.

We were taken aback to find no bed in the room but, once we had worked out how to open the sofabed, the bed was very comfortable. Good self-catering facilities, which would be particularly useful for a long stay. Very quiet (we were in a back room). Tram stop immediately outside - takes you direct to the station. Recommended.

As has been pointed out, this is an apartment hotel so if you need space or have a family it is a necessary and ideal choice. My wife and I stayed in a 2 room apartment with air-con, kitchen and balcony and paid about 100 Euros, we were very comfortable but there are some caveats. For instance the apartments are not serviced daily so we had to re-use the towels for 3 days and in the end had to ask reception for more toilet paper. Ummm.. also, the breakfast is very poorby, you won't bother again after the first time. You will need to like to walk because the Citadines Montpellier is located in the "Antigone" a kind of brave new world of sterile apartment buildings and a major shopping complex called Le Polygone that separates you from civilization, namely the charming medieval heart of Montpellier on the other side of the Place de la Comedie. Citadines is some kind of French chain and they will charge you for everything they can, 4 Euros for a load of self-service washing, 4 Euros of 45 mins in the dryer. My bill was part paid by a research lab I was visiting but the hotel structured the bill to squeeze me for every Euro and every cent. In the end I walked away feeling like I'd been shaken down and that's not a good (nor necessary) parting impression for any hotel guest. Be warned, the staff here seem like that are in training for the French bureaucracy, there is a lot of form work to fill and YOU will need to work hard for them to be friendly.

Stayed here for 3 nights in Jan 08. Had a 2 room suite (room 210 I think) which had a bedroom and a seperate living room. I wasnt expecting much but I was pleasantly surprised by this hotel. Its more like an apart-hotel. I think all rooms have a small Kitchen area (in the hall). My room also had a seperate living room (with sofabed to sleep 2). One thing I really liked was the lighting in the room was great, desk light, lampstand, wall lamps made it really bright and homely. Living room had CD player/radio with USB input to play MP3's on as well. Wired Internet was fine too. I would not hesitate to stay here again, it would be perfect if you were staying in Montpellier for a long period as its like an apartment of your own.

Bien situés dans le quartier d'Antigone, c'est-à-dire à 5-10 minutes à pied de la place de la Comédie et du centre historique, le Citadines propose des petits studios très pratiques puisqu'on dispose du nécessaire pour se faire la cuisine, qu'on trouve des restos très sympas juste en bas, et que le tramway s'arrête devant. C'est propre (apparemment récemment rénové), fonctionnel (clim, accès Internet pour 1 poste dans le studio, wifi dans les parties communes avec 1 PC en libre service), au calme. Vous êtes par contre loin du charme de l'ancien. A savoir : tous les studios ne disposent pas de terrasse, donc à réclamer à la réservation, sans quoi vous serez obligés de prendre vos repas à l'intérieur du studio, ce qui est dommage à Montpellier, d'autant que les studios sont trop petits. Attention également aux tarifs, qui varient fortement d'un mois à l'autre : j'ai pu obtenir en été un studio pour deux à moins de 50 euros la nuit, mais les prix peuvent vite grimper... Conclusion : à 50 euros la nuit, c'est un excellent rapport qualité/prix au vu des prestations et de sa situation.