The Caserne Chazny is in a fantastic location for Reims cathedral and shopping. Staff at check in an incredibly friendly and helpful as are the car valets. We had a junior suite over looking the front of the cathedral and you could not have wished for a better view from the balcony.
Having booked with Hotels.com we prepaid for breakfasts and wished we hadn’t. For a Marriott Autograph hotel the breakfasts are best described as dismal. Day one we ordered to the room and received half a cup of cold coffee, muesli with no milk and a fruit salad that looked a very sorry state. Day 2 we ate in the restaurant and things were not much better. No pastries, no fruit salad, certainly not worth EUR31 per person per day. Also be careful if sitting outside for breakfast there must be a wasps nest nearby!
The spa was lovely and a great treat, you do need to book your time though to be guaranteed a visit. We were also unexpectedly treated to a naked man parading around the spa. Obviously not a sight we are used to in a hotel spa…vive la France!
All in all a lovely located hotel but it did not really live up to its 5 star rating in our opinion. Perhaps we had been well and truly spoiled by the magnificence of the Jane’s Boutique in Colmar