Balthazar Hôtel & Spa can host business meetings, incentives, small seminars and private receptions for up to 45 people, with two meeting rooms, 56 rooms and suites, and a restaurant led by chef Benjamin Jourdren. The five-star hotel, opened in 2014, occupies two buildings at 19 rue du Maréchal Joffre in the center of Rennes, a short walk from the former Parliament of Brittany. Maison Balthazar, its annex of seven suite-apartments, stands across the street at 4-6 rue du Maréchal Joffre.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells business meetings, incentives and seminars in central Rennes. The Gaspard room is the main space: 60 square meters with daylight, a view over the inner patio and a large connected screen. It takes 45 people in theater style, 22 in classroom style and 18 in a U-shape. The Balthazar lounge, furnished with a sofa, tables and armchairs, suits informal meetings, interviews and short working sessions.
Business services include Wi-Fi throughout the hotel, air conditioning, a copy and print service, a break area and flat screens of 165 or 213 centimeters. Meeting packages can include coffee breaks, bar service, cocktails, lunch and dinner. The hotel answers quote requests within 24 hours.
The seven suite-apartments of Maison Balthazar, from 40 to 95 square meters, are also offered for confidential meetings and discreet business lunches, with meals and breakfast delivered by the hotel team.
Weddings and receptions
Both lounges are also sold for private events, such as family lunches, anniversaries or small receptions, with the same capacities: up to 45 guests in Gaspard. The hotel kitchen handles the menus. No dedicated wedding offer is published, and there is no room for larger parties.
Rooms and capacities
Gaspard measures 60 m² with a 2.40-meter ceiling: theater 45, classroom 22, U-shape 18. Balthazar measures 30 m² with a 2.95-meter ceiling: theater 15, U-shape 10, classroom 6, and up to 8 people in lounge setup. The patio, an open-air courtyard behind large glass walls with a planted wall, sits next to the meeting rooms.
Accommodation
The hotel has 54 rooms and 2 junior suites in four categories: Classic, Superior, Deluxe and Junior Suite. Some rooms have private terraces over the city, all are soundproofed, and bathrooms carry NUXE products. Across the street, Maison Balthazar adds seven suite-apartments in two 19th-century buildings, each named after an Aboriginal artist, with concierge service. Room service runs 24 hours a day. The NUXE spa covers 300 square meters, with a pool at 30°C, counter-current swimming, sauna, hammam and a gym open around the clock.
Catering
La Table de Balthazar, open to hotel guests and outside diners, serves lunch and dinner under chef Benjamin Jourdren, who arrived in 2018. In 2021 the Michelin guide gave the restaurant an Assiette and two Fourchettes. Le Comptoir de Gaspard serves a shorter lunch menu. Breakfast is a buffet with homemade cakes and crêpes and eggs cooked to order.
Getting there
Rennes TGV station is 800 meters away, about 2 hours from Paris by high-speed train. République metro and bus stops are 240 meters from the hotel. The De Gaulle-Gare underground car park is 450 meters away, and the hotel offers valet parking. Rennes Saint-Jacques airport is 10 kilometers away, and Saint-Malo about one hour by car.
