My wife and I stayed here in Sept of this year on the first leg a two week stay in France. We travelled by car from Ireland and following a 7 hour drive were full of hope and expectation of enjoying a nice quiet drink in the bar, some food to get us on our way on the holiday but how let down we were. The sat nav took us off the main thoroughfare and into what can be best described as an industrial estate yet telling us that we were only 3.5 miles from the chateau - surely not, I thought, the sat nav has got it wrong for the first time. Alas, no, it was right. We were directed off the road not far from the pylons which serve said industrial estate, through a corn field and up to the chateau. It is a stunning building, but it is one of those places that suffers from being too far from the city than to be helpful and too close to the run down outskirts of a city that it's not far enough away.

When we arrived, we quickly realised that there was no bar, no restaurant in fact, no anything. Just a guy on the desk in the basement and our room. What a let down. We did order room service but it was limited and at best average. A bottle of local red was deployed and a good night's sleep.

We stayed 5 nights and as the week progressed realised that we were staying at a business centre with bedrooms. It was clear as the outside caterers appeared and dissapeared each day that the business patrons who visited for their conferences each day were the priority in this place.

'Breakfast' is €16 per head and not much to write home about which brings me to my last point. Upon checking out, my wife went to the desk to settle our bill as I packed the car. When I returned to the reception area I found my 6 month pregnant wife in tears in the reception area as the hotel manager/owner had given her a bit of a dress down over a query we had on a breakfast that we were being charged for but had not received during the week, insisting that we pay. Unfortunately my wife did pay, but never before have I met such an arrogant individual that would leave a pregnant woman in tears over a bill query which he insisted we paid.

Please do me and all those who want to feel like they are a guest and not in the way at a 'hotel' do not stay here. You have been warned. It is a jumped up 2 star B&B with an arrogant owner who does not deserve to benefit from your hard earned cash. Do yourself a favour and stay in St Emilion (which is a beautiful village) or further out the D2 in the real chateau amongst the vines.

We enjoyed our two-night stay at Chateau Grattequina very much. The only difficulty was finding it from the direction north of the Chateau (i.e. from the Medoc area). When we called for directions the person on duty said she was not from there and could not tell us how to get there. However, once we arrived (after much trial and error) she was very nice and helpful with other matters.

The Chateau is just far enough away from Bordeaux to be absolutely quiet. Our room was large with a nice view of the Garonne River. The bathroom was the best! I loved the large rainfall shower and the towel heater.

I agree with other reviews- there was a meeting going on in the downstairs and a reception setting up adjacent to the Chateau. It feels odd being a guest here with so few amenities. The pool is nice, but there's no fitness center or business area. I think four stars is one star rating too high.The few people we dealt with at the desk were very nice and helpful. Breakfast was good, but nothing special and overpriced at 18 euros. We only ate there once.

I would not want to stay in downtown Bordeaux, but I wished I had booked a family type B&B actually. I just expected a little more her, I suppose.

The hotel is very good. The room was spacious (we had a suite on floor 2 of the main hotel building--there was another building with more rooms nearby), the bath was modern and spacious, and the quietness made it comfortable for sleeping. However, the hotel is located quite a way from the city and you must have a car to enjoy it fully. The lack of a restaurant for lunch and dinner was a drawback, but breakfast was available if you desired. Rooms had no wireless internet available, but there was a laptop available in the lobby free. The staff was very friendly and helpful. It seems that the property is set up primarily for hosting large receptions such as weddings. As it happened, we were only one of 4 couples staying at the hotel so we almost never saw any other guests.

If you want peace and quite with a nice room, this is the place. If you want the amenities of a typical full scale hotel near transportation and restaurants, this is not the place.