My husband and I stayed at the Hotel des Quatre Dauphins in early October 2004. The location was excellent - close to Cours Mirabeau and in a quiet part of town.We had a room on the first floor. It was clean and simply decorated, but small. It may have appeared even smaller because the room had a large bed. As the room was very reasonable and the bed comfortable, the small size did not bother us. The management was friendly , but did not offer to assist us up the stairs with our luggage. If one is looking for inexpensive lodging that is clean and convenient, we recommend the hotel.

Good location, comfortable bed. But very disappointing otherwise. Our room was awkwardly small and uncomfortably crowded. Absolutely no decor, looked run down. Worst of all, there wasn't a single drawer in the room, absolutely no place to unpack to. We would have had to live out of our suitcases for our entire stay. We left after one night. Would not recommend, if other rooms are like the one we had (we had asked for another immediately but they were full)

I use trip advisor extensively, and am usually very happy with the reviews of hotels and find them to be spot on but in this specific case regarding quatre dauphin, I feel that the rating was too high. Most of the other hotels I stayed at were 3 stars and one other 2 star so admittedly this hotel was on the lower end of my budget. However, it was dark, and not inviting at all. after asking to see the room (which I never do usually)I landed up leaving the hotel and staying somewhere else even though they charged me for the night (which I agreed to). I will say however, that the desk clerk was extremely helpful and got me a room at a hotel down the street which was a four star for a special rate of 111Euro which was half the price of the rack rate at that hotel. I say unless you are really on a budget, maybe you could find somewhere else. One positive is that the location is excellent.

After reading the exellent reviews for this hotel I was only too happy to book two nights at this place. I have travelled extensively in France and have never been so disappointed as I was on this occasion. The hotel was shabby in the extreme and our room(in an attic) had clearly not been cleaned when we arrived and was full of dust and dustmites!There was a hole in the ceiling outside the room.The room itself was only big enough for the small 3/4 size bed.No air conditioning in June and no fire exit. My wife and I had no choice but to look for another hotel immediately. We were charged for the first night.DO NOT STAY HERE!