We were doing a long driving tour of France/Spain/Portugal and Bordeaux was our first stop after a long 'blitz' drive from UK so knowing we would arrive late in evening we booked two nights so could have a full day in Bordeaux and be off early after the second night. Having car-parking was an attraction and no need to spend on 'luxury' we didn't need was main reason for choosing.
First impressions were really not good - it's on a small 'industrial complex' in an area I wouldn't describe as great, looks like student uni' digs and had lots of people hanging out front smoking, etc.
Add to that the 'car-park' was just "park where you can in this rough area" (in a £100k car!!!!) and I was a bit nervous........ However we had no issues.
Reception was efficient and we went to our allotted apartment room on the ground floor in that 'front block' (there are two other blocks behind this one). It was fine, as expected, clean and comfortable and good VFM.
We'd asked at reception where we could eat/drink and there wasn't much in the area but we were also told about the tram service about 200 yards away which we used the next day and it is excellent and makes the location being away from the centre no issue at all - its a great service that takes you right into the heart of Bordeaux in about 10 minutes.
We went for a walk that evening and located a quirky little bar/restaurant (it has a full size climbing wall if you're inclined to try it out), again in an industrial unit in the industrial area.
We didn't use the breakfast facility as we were going into Bordeaux centre the next day.
On return in the evening we found our bathroom and a corner of the bedroom had been invaded by ants!!! I accept these things happen (ground floor, warm weather, etc.) and to be fair the reception sorted us out immediately offering us a room move to one of the rear blocks on the upper floor in a bigger/better room and that was all fine.
So went from being quite wary to overall happy with the facility and the location is fine if you're happy to use the excellent tram service.
It is budget but no issues with the accommodation but the area it is in isn't great - was fine for our needs but I wouldn't have fancied having a week here and I think many people will have similar 'first impression' to what we had on arrival.....