Novotel Lille Centre Grand Place

“A great wee hotel”

I liked this hotel. Great location, 10 mins walk from the Grand Place & the two main train stations. Lovely bar with friendly staff, nice big rooms, a nice gym in the hotel, and complementary water at reception with empty bottles which you can fill up and take to your room. Only minor grumble … more

I liked this hotel. Great location, 10 mins walk from the Grand Place & the two main train stations. Lovely bar with friendly staff, nice big rooms, a nice gym in the hotel, and complementary water at reception with empty bottles which you can fill up and take to your room. Only minor grumble was that there no plug sockets at one side of the double bed, so to plug in your phone or check the time, you had to get up out of your bed to do so. Very minor grumble though. Overall, a nice hotel and I would definitely stay again.

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“Enjoyed our stay”

We stayed here in order to go to a game at the Rugby World Cup, while this was on they tripled the charge for an overnight stay but this is true of hotels in all cities hosting an event so it was expected. The hotel is in a good location just a short walk from the old town and many bars & restaura… more

We stayed here in order to go to a game at the Rugby World Cup, while this was on they tripled the charge for an overnight stay but this is true of hotels in all cities hosting an event so it was expected. The hotel is in a good location just a short walk from the old town and many bars & restaurants. There's also a supermarket around the corner for beer/wine (there's a fridge in the room) or snacks. It's also not too far from the Eurostar station which you can walk to or take the metro. The format of the bedrooms seemed to vary depending on the location, ours was on the 4th floor and had a separate shower in addition to the bath but it had no room to store flat clothes, there was only hanging space. Rooms on the 2nd floor only had a bath with a shower outlet but plenty storage room for clothes. Regardless our room was clean, quiet, well decorated and had a comfortable bed - nothing at all to complain about. It also had a safe, a large flat screen TV and good wi-fi reception. The staff on reception and in the bar were friendly and helpful. The bar was very busy while we were there but they managed to cope very well with the number of orders for both drinks and food. Drinks were on the expensive side but this is true of most hotels. Breakfast was a bit disappointing in terms of variety and quality (especially the hot items) but the bread was fresh and there was some fruit on offer. There is a courtyard area where you can sit outside in addition to the bar/breakfast areas and we found this a convenient place to sit on the last day while we were waiting for transport to go home. As it is close to Flanders we took the opportunity to book a private WW1 battlefield tour which we enjoyed. If we decide to return to do a similar tour we will certainly stay at this hotel.

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