Hôtel Mercure Grenoble Centre Président

The restaurant is nice and serves ok food. The rooms were clean and, as usual in France, provides a Nespresso coffee machine which I believe is a good thing :). Most of the staff was helpful and nice.

The hotel is ok. Nothing too fancy. It's clean and not too old, like most of the hotels in the area. The location is doubtable. It's known to be not safe, so it's recommended by the hotel staff to do not park in the streets. Instead use the E$5.00/day parking the hotel provides (At least, parking garage isn't expensive). At nights, on the main avenue nearby, you can find "night workers" and other type of people which is a little intimidating. Food options nearby is really scarce, so you have to walk at least 15 minutes down the big avenue to find reasonable food. Other than that, I'd say it's not that bad located. It's average, but it's far from the old downtown by the river where you find the nicest places. However, if you manage to understand the tram line, you can get and get out from there pretty quickly. Don't take me wrong, I'm not saying it's dangerous, but it is intimidating. If you are a woman/girl staying by yourself, I'd recommend caution. AC on the room didn't work, but I think this is an european thing to turn off the main AC during "winter". Even if the "winter" was 80 to 85F.