We have just come back from a week long stay at Le Petit. We chose the hotel because of its central location to the main beach. It is about a 3 minute walk down to the main beach and therefore makes it very convenient hotel.

The room was nice and bright and just what you would expect from a 2 star place. The towels probably could do with updating as some did have stains but otherwise the place was relatively clean and comfortable. We had room 2 which has the balcony- no sea views but nice to be able to step out and see the weather.

The central location does make the place a noisy one to stay in. During summer the music can be heard from the local disco plus peole out and about during the night can get very loud. We were woken each morning at about 6am by the street cleaners and garbage trucks.

I would recommend the hotel if you can sleep through noise or if you want to be right in the centre of action.

My wife, our 18-month-old daughter, and I stayed at Le Petit Hotel for three nights in August 2007. We paid EUR81 for a double room with private bathroom - this high season rate included a travel crib for our daughter but did not include breakfast. On two of our three mornings there, we decided to pay the EUR5.50 each for breakfast, which consisted of yogurt, juice, coffee/tea, bread, croissant, and jams. We compared this to what was available within walking distance, and for what they offered, the price wasn't really so bad.

The best thing about Le Petit is its location -- you simply can't beat being right around the corner from the beachside promenade of the La Grand Plage in Biarritz. It's a 1- or 2-minute walk from hotel door to sand. The worst thing about Le Petit is its location - it fronts a small square of sorts where there are some cafes and bars, and the activity there goes on late into the night. We had a room that had a window off to the side of the building (and hence not facing the square out front), but the noise traveled easily up the side lane to our window. Luckily for us, the nights were quite cool, so we could get away with closing the window - nonetheless, as revelers made their way down to the bars/cafes along the lane, it still made for a noisy night.

The staff at Le Petit was exceptionally friendly and polite - they routinely offered to help us carry our stroller in, they didn't charge us for the extra croissant and milk we asked for during breakfast for our daughter, and a cleaning lady put off vacuuming the hallway outside our room while our daughter napped in the room one afternoon. The room itself was of average size for a European double, but it was dimly lit and the bedding seemed quite old.

This place is a scam ! They threatened to debit my credit card even after I had cancelled our reservations with them (even after giving them 4 months notice !) ! Definitely NOT professionals !

Noisy room during the night, right at the corner of a big square with lots of shouting, I suppose there were pubs or discos nearby and it was a transit zone, it happened Friday and Saturday. Also the room was a bit too warmed up for sleeping and the lights were unsuitable for reading. Need more security if I have to leave the room key at the desk and there is nobody around to check, the front door has a code after 7pm, one needs to know all free emergency phone numbers just in case!.
Positives: good location, few rooms, nice attendants, clean and with a good bathroom.