Prior arrival I got an email from the hotel all in French (had to use google translate) basically saying the reception won't be open for check-in until 5pm due to COVID-19?(because the staff needs extra time to clean?)
We arrived at about 12, so left our car in the hotel car park, the hotel doors are all closed so we can't even use the facilities after a long drive. Thanks to its great location, walked to the Avenue de Champagne for our champagne tour/tasting, and used the luxurious and clean facilities in the fancy champagne houses. We came back at 4:45pm, obviously hotel still not opened yet, and saw some people sitting in their car waiting.
We got our ground floor tiny room eventually. No air conditionin, so we had to leave the door (direct access to the garden/carpark/street) open overnight to let the room cool down, and turn all the lights off so the moths and insects don't come in. Glad we're don't have any valuables items and we're not attractive so we don't have to worry too much about our safety.
Next morning, finally got some natural light in the room. So I found some pubic hair on the bathroom door frame, guess they used the same cloth to clean the toilet first and then the door? (hope they didn't clean the bedside table with the same cloth too?) Oh and more fluff underneath the desk. So why did we have the late check-in again?
But its only 1 minute walk to Avenue de Champagne, so you can get pretty drunk and still have a good night sleep! LOCATION!!