They havent quite finished converting this former Novotel to a Holiday Inn but what they have finished is good, the rooms are much nicer although we seem to have forfeited the separate loos for an all in one bathroom. The restaurant has a slightly 'trucker' ambience' but the food is good and the bar is much as before. Winter rate of 61 euros very welcome. The paint finishes and the
actual cleaning up after the decorators need the inspection of the hotel manager, not good seeing paint flecks all over carpets and things not hoovered up of wiped up properly, but that is a small point.

This hotel is not matching any standard of the Holdays Inn I've been to.
Except the bar that seems to be totally new the rooms are from another century ! the carpet on the floor has stains on it, there are spider's web on the walls, unlimmted stains on the chair in the room, the sofa looked so tired that I didn't even try to sit on it. Last but not least, the sink in the bathrrom was clogged.
I believe the rooms bellow number 132 are under work but that is less than 20 rooms total !
It is also away from everything ! It cost 40 Euros to go there by taxi from downtown Lille.

Just don't go there !

After reading previous reports we contacted the hotel to see as their brochure states that the building work had been completed, we were assured it was.

Arrived at the hotel that looked more like an open prison than a hotel , in reception a family of four were already having heated conversation with the receptionist who clearly could not find his way around the computer issue, after ten minutes it was our turn, noticing the builders equipment still in the grounds I asked if work had been completed, the receptionist assured me that it was,
I short, it was not, we had to navigate around builders equipment to our room, a spare door and frame was propped up against our room door, the room was great, no problems with that, would liked to have seen pottery cups rather than paper cups. However hammer drills started next morning , and went on all day.

By the way the refurbished swimming pool , yes its full of rubble dispite the hotel brochure stating it was refurbished in the summer of 2011, further to this the business facities do not appear to be avlaiable as stated from the summer of 2011

The bar area , well I have seen more atmosphere in a dentist reception, bright fluorescent lighting, yes in this day and age , and staff that seem to want to hide behind the scenes and laugh and joke rather than serve.

e aware the building work looks a look way off completion

2 adults and 2 children sharing a room, The 2nd bed was a pull out but the room was spacious and the bathroom a decent size. Building work is still going on so the outside is messy, but it was obvious that the management had done everything to minimise the impact.

The restaurant has a limited men, but the food was fine and reasonably priced.