Mama Shelter Bordeaux hosts meetings, workshops, seminars and private celebrations for up to 70 people across three meeting rooms, with 97 bedrooms, a restaurant and a rooftop in the same building. The hotel stands at 19 rue Poquelin Molière in central Bordeaux, a few streets from Place Gambetta.
Seminars and company events
The meeting rooms, called Ateliers, are set up for working sessions of a few hours to a full day. Each comes with large LED screens, Bose sound, ClickShare wireless sharing, Wi-Fi, a paperboard, coffee and teas. Games are part of the kit: table football and Mölkky in one room, a photo booth in another, which suits team days and workshops more than a formal board meeting. Food from the hotel kitchen can be served in the rooms, so lunch does not mean leaving the floor. The Bordeaux events team handles requests by email at events.bordeaux@mamashelter.com and by phone.
Weddings and receptions
Under its Mama Celebration offer, the hotel organizes birthdays, bachelor and bachelorette parties and weddings. The site gives no wedding capacity, so the format, the space and the number of guests are set with the events team. The restaurant seats up to 180 people and the bar up to 50, which gives an idea of scale for a party or a dinner after a ceremony held elsewhere in the city. In December the hotel also sells a private festive dinner formula for company groups.
Rooms and capacities
Atelier 1 measures 73 square meters and takes up to 55 people, with a 40-square-meter private terrace for breaks in the open air. Atelier 2 measures 77 square meters, looks over the city and holds up to 70 people in theatre style. Mama's Kiss is a 20-square-meter room with lounge banquettes for up to 12, suited to a small committee, a brainstorm or an interview day. The rooms are modular and the hotel adapts the layout to each request.
Accommodation
The hotel has 97 bedrooms, so speakers, a project team or wedding guests can stay on site and walk down to the meeting room in the morning.
Catering
The restaurant and bar serve Italian and Asian-inspired dishes. A buffet breakfast runs every morning from 7 to 11 a.m., lunch is served on weekdays and brunch on Sundays. For meetings, the kitchen delivers house-made food to the Ateliers for breaks and lunch, and a soft-drinks bar can be added on request.
History and setting
Mama Shelter is a group of design hotels known for colorful interiors, a lively bar and a restaurant open to the neighborhood. The Bordeaux address follows that model, with a rooftop bar that looks over the roofs of the city center. The rooftop works on a walk-in basis, without reservation, with a last ascent at 10 p.m., weather and availability permitting.
Getting there
The Gambetta tram stop is a few minutes on foot. Bordeaux Saint-Jean station, with high-speed trains from Paris in about two hours, is around 15 minutes away by tram, and Bordeaux-Mérignac airport is about 25 minutes by car outside rush hour.
