Citadines Buffa has a downtown location close to the Promenade and Place Massena in a friendly neighbourhood with some cafes, shops and boutiques. Several busstops are nearby, although you need to study the maps and timetables in advance as most lines run through oneway streets and will take slightly different itinerarys on the return trip. If you fly into Terminal one, it is probably faster and cheaper to take the 23 bus instead of the more expensive and often overcrowded 98 "express" coach although the latter is more convenient for Terminal 2.
The reception is only staffed from 9am to 12am and again from 2pm to 7pm, check-in is from 3pm to 7pm only. There is a room availible to store luggage if you arrive early or depart late, however this too is only accessible during reception hours. Beware that there is no self-checkin-machine and if you arrive late, you have to contact the hotel in advance in order to get a code for the front door and another one for a safe where they may deposit your key.

The rooms got some refurbishments in 2009 with all walls and doors painted over in white and the carpeting repaced with a wooden-optics plastic flooring. A small kitchen is equipped with two hobs, a microwave oven, electric kettle and a fridge, some basic pots, dishes and cutlery. Usually they also provide a towel, detergent and a sponge.
The bathroom has a tub, a basin and a toilet, two towels per person and some tiny bottles of showergel, also paper, hairdyer and a rack to dry clothes. Towels are changed once a week only, if you want additional changes you have to order and pay for this one day ahead.
The living room has one large cupboard which is used to store your clothing and also includes an ironing board and iron, a broom and two pillows and a blanket, there are no duvets.
There is a flatscreen TV mounted to the wall with several french channels and BBC World but little other choice, a cable modem provides free internet access. Furthermore there is one table with two chairs and one bedside table with a lamp.
Except for the family-rooms which do include a separate bedroom, there is only a sofa bed which is easy to operate, but takes up most of the room when unfolded and which has a small and very uncomfortable matress. People taller than 185 cm will find the bed too short and the metal springs and framework of the constuction can be felt trough the very soft matress. Also the mechanism will start to fold back if you try to sit upwards in the bed eg for laptopsurfing.
You may hear some noise from the street in front or the private school in the backyard, also neighbours dropping their bottles into the bins late at night. More importantly, the Nr. 01 room on each floor lies adjacent to the lift shaft from where you will hear stange creeking noises whenever the elevator is running. The No. 03 room has a very weird layout with a very large bath but a very tiny livingroom.
If you look for a central location that comes with a kitchen and only stay one or two nights this may be worth considering. If you want a hotel room essentially for sleeping or want to stay on holiday, beware of the terrible beds.