Good Hotel,
take a superior room if you can, there´s a minor difference of price and it is much more confortable than the standard one.
Correct breakfast and nice staff.

Hotel du Lavarin is the outskirts of Avignon. GPS found it easily. On arrival staff friendly and showed us to our room which was recently renovated and needed a few finishing touches. The room was great. Room 30 shared a balcony with room 31 which was nice and we had a snack there one night. The restaurant and grounds were pleasant. The staff casual and often slow to give service. Breakfast good. Dinner very ordinary, but not expensive. Good location to tour Provence from. We stayed for 3 nights, then moved across town to Hotel Magnaniere fo a change. The food there was much better and the cost higher.

We were looking for a good value hotel with secure parking in or close to Avignon and Du Lavarin seemed to tick the boxes. Located a five minute drive outside the town, it was easy to find, near the hospital, which is sign-posted from everywhere. Check-in was simple and fast, the bedroom and bathroom were small but perfectly adequate and clean. We intended to use the hotel simply for sleeping in and it was fine for that purpose. There was a kettle and plastic cups in the room. The TV channels were all French but we only watched it for the news and weather. There was a computer in the lobby, with internet access that was free for guests' use.

On the first day we arrived in the evening so we ate in the hotel. We sat outside on the terrace and had a nicely cooked meal with efficent and pleasant service at a price similar to what we would pay in the UK. We got a deal that included breakfast as we had read the reviews on here that said it was expensive and I can confirm that you would definitely not want to pay 13 euros for it.

As we had a car and wanted to see a lot of Provence we were out every day and didn't return to the hotel until after dinner. The hotel served its purpose and worked for us as a base and provided us with the free secure parking that the town centre hotels generally lacked.

Spent a week at the Lavarin. Check-in quick, friendly and efficient. Public area of hotel recently refurbished. Rooms on small side and a little tired decor-wise but comfortable beds. Quiet. Free wifi. Tea/coffee making materials. TV. Small bathroom but good shower. Standard buffet breakfast but expensive at 13€/head. Interesting food at restaurant for dinner. But eccentric service - main course served 15 seconds (at most) after finishing first course. Hotel a 30 minute walk from Avignon and the sites. Bus stop outside hotel. Number 3 - a ten minute ride to town centre. Single ticket costs 1.20€. Pay the driver - having exact money helps. Buses run every 20 minutes but last one back to hotel is a very early 20.00hrs. So late night in Avignon means a taxi back to the hotel. Alternative is to eat in the hotel every evening becauwe there are no bars/restaurants nearby. Oh nearly forgot - hotel has a garden (where it is possible to eat breakfast/dinner) and a small pool. The latter not used.