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.

We stayed in Le Petit Hotel for 7 nights & loved it.
The hotel is small with about 12 rooms but the owners are really lovely, very friendly & helpful.
We asked for room no. 2 as suggested by other reviewers to this site & were delighted with it. Just across the landing from our room was a water cooler which was also very handy.
The bed was a bit low down on the ground, but apart from that the room was fine, clean & adequate, the towels were changed every day.
One tip though- we were supplied with plastic cups for the complimentary coffee in the room, so you may want to bring your own mug/cup from home!
The hotel is so central you can step out onto the little balcony & check the time on the town hall! (this is were most of the buses depart) You can also hear the waves crashing on the rocks & the beach which is just around the corner. A great location as you were never far from any part of the town.
There are so many cafes & resturants to chose from, we only went into the one next door "The Player" the night before we left, but it was so good we went the next day also for lunch, just before we got the bus to the airport. We had some time to spare between checking out of our rooms & departing for the airport & we were able to leave our cases in the hotel lobby which was very handy.
If you are looking for a budget hotel, I would definitly recommend Le Petit Hotel.