This hotel is exactly what a 3 star hotel should be: professional & friendly staff; a clean, medium-sized & well-furnished room; a nice bathroom (but with an annoying shower door); air conditioning (that works!); and a reasonable price (we paid the equivalent of 85 euros for one night).

It's also close to everything: a one minute walk to the beach; downtown Trouville is outside the front door; and a twenty minute walk from the train station (don't take an overpriced cab, unless your luggage is very heavy).

This hotel is situated a block from the beach in the midst of lots of restaurants and shops, so the location really can't be beat. Skip the hotel breakfast and eat at the patisserie a block down. The rooms are very nicely appointed, but they are small. The hotel provided a portable crib for our son, and once we had that in the room, there was virtually no floor space left. Other than that, we liked it a lot. Staff were friendly and spoke excellent English. Parking is on the street, but we didn't have any trouble finding a spot, and it cost something like 8 Euros per day, so not too bad.

I read previous reviews and wasn't expecting much-the room we had was excellent ,service good, breakfast excellent an impressive choice - obviously since takeover things have improved dramatically -parking a little difficult but with a little patience managed to park in public car park opposite every time-I have been in the Travel Industry for 40 years and would not hesitate to reccommend this Hotel-incidentally I didn't book this myself I was part of a golf group organised by a friend through Brittany Ferries-Bill Jackson Zip Travel -Birmingham England

The Mercure Trouville has nothing special to offer for the price that we paid. The room was very basic and clean but had a worn out look; however it was larger than most European hotel rooms in this category. There was no heating in the room, and when we brought this to the attention of the Reception, they provided us with a tiny portable heater fan (which needless to say was barely effective).

There are no tea / coffee making facilities provided. This was a bit of a damper in the cold French winter.

The shower does not have a shower curtain; instead it has half a glass door, resulting in the bathroom getting wet. The heating in the bathroom was good.

No free internet; we had to pay a high fee to use the same. At the rates charged by the hotel, they should consider providing free wifi.

The location of the hotel was decent, a Euro 9, five minute taxi ride away from the Deauville-Trouville railway station. I would recommend staying in Deauville, the neighbouring town, especithtually with most of the rent a car companies being located there.

Conclusion: Average hotel; overpriced.