Ibis Budget Lille Gares Vieux-Lille

“You get what you pay for”

Hotel in a good location in Lille, walkable distance to the center and citadelle. You get what you pay for! £70 for a couple for one night, so if your looking for a place just to sleep, then worth it

“Good location, but on a budget”

Our first floor room was compact, clean and tidy, bathroom same. The breakfast was great value and plentiful. We struggled with the lack of A/C and that the window opened only slightly- but understandably for security reasons but this was during the 30c+ heatwave. There is a basement chargeable car… more

Our first floor room was compact, clean and tidy, bathroom same. The breakfast was great value and plentiful. We struggled with the lack of A/C and that the window opened only slightly- but understandably for security reasons but this was during the 30c+ heatwave. There is a basement chargeable car park, beware its a very tight bend at the lower end of the ramp - ok with care. Its a shirt walk from the historic centre but you are literally 5 minutes from Rue de Gand with so many restaurants.

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“Cheap and Cheerless”

Hotel is in a decent position to walk to pretty much anything in the city. First impression is always with reception staff and the lady I dealt with was not very friendly at all, grumpy and terse and only as helpful as she had to be, so not a good start. Room was on the third floor and on the front… more

Hotel is in a decent position to walk to pretty much anything in the city. First impression is always with reception staff and the lady I dealt with was not very friendly at all, grumpy and terse and only as helpful as she had to be, so not a good start. Room was on the third floor and on the front of the building. I wasn;t there during the extreme heat luckily as there was no air con but there was a small fan. Room was neat and tidy, serviceable as you'd expect from a budget hotel. Room was very warm in the night, with window open I couldn't sleep due to the road noise, with window closed it was too hot, with fan on it was too noisy again! Breakfast room felt a little opressive, it was big and open just a bit depressing. The selection for breakfast was the usual pastries, cold meats, cereals, etc so no complaints there and there was even a lady cooking eggs to order. There was a vending machine and coffee maker in the reception area as no tea/coffee in the rooms but no kettle or machine for tea whisch was shown on the website. Overall it did the job, was an okay base to see a lovely city but not really a nice place to spend time apart from when needed. Aside from the road noise there were also a couple of sex workers outside the hotel most of the time, not a fault of the hotel but also something they shouldn't ignore. If I stayed again I would request a room at the back of the hotel, and if travelling in month when ut could be warm seeing if any of the rooms had air con before booking.

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