The title here is really the most important thing you will get from this review or the other reviews. I wish I had researched this place more carefully myself. The hotel is in the midst of renovations. Some rooms have been completely renovated, as shown in the nice photos here and on the hotel website. There are lots of positive reviews from guests that stayed in those rooms. But the hotel also has old rooms that have only had the most basic of updates to comply with the hotel's new three-star rating. For those not familiar with the French hotel rating system, the ratings are based on objective criteria that look at, for instance, the size of the room, the configuration of the lighting (really), presence of a hairdryer (really), and many other practical and some odd things. They are not subjective reviews of the quality of the hotel. So while apparently the old rooms already meet the 3-star criteria, they are in my opinion far worse that several other 2-star hotels where I've stayed in France. My room was in poor repair. The ceiling light looked ready to fall from the ceiling (see posted photo). The carpet had a stain just inside that door that must have had an unsavory origin (see photo). The shower was moldy with cracked tiles (see photo). The room was also simply old and outdated with gaudy furnishings (see photo). Simply put, it desperately needed renovation.

The positives were the employees and the breakfast. As others have noted, the employees are all very polite, helpful and speak flawless English. The location is just ok. It's near the train station, which was convenient for me. But it is a bit of a seedy neighborhood.

I should have done more research myself. But I feel deceived by the 3-star rating that the hotel website shows. The website does show the old, un-renovated "club" rooms. But they appear much nicer in the photos than in real life. They look old and charming instead of just old. At a 110 Euros, I really felt like I had rented a 60 Euro room and contributed another 50 Euros to their renovation fund. It was an uncomfortable, unpleasant stay.

Once fully renovated, I think Hotel Riquet might be a safe choice. Though the rates on the renovated rooms are far higher. But I can only rate the room I had, which was very poor for a 3-star hotel and even quite bad for a 2-star hotel.

Hotel Riquet was a late minute find on our driving trip around France. We called them to see if there were any rooms available and they said yes. Out of desperation we took the room they offered to us and did not ask for the cheapest room; I’m pretty sure they put us in the executive suite room on the top floor and when we arrived, we noticed that there were many rooms available due to the amount of keys stacked behind the receptionist.

The room is enormous with an enormous flat screen television and an enormous bed. The bathroom is also enormous with a shower, a bath tub and two sinks! A hairdryer is available and the toilet is in a separate room. The bed was reasonably comfortable but the only problem was that there was no air-con; this made it very difficult to sleep as it was extremely humid during the summer.

Upon arrival, staff were friendly and helpful. Breakfast was ok –basic continental breakfast for 10 euros per day. Parking was available for 10 euros per day. The hotel was in a good location with a metro station nearby.

Overall we were satisfied with the hotel - it was just out of our price league... but then again, it was a last minute find.

The hotel Riquet has at present 2 different area: one already renovated and another one still to be renovated; unfortunately we had a room in this last one.

The room was big and clean but not at the level of a 3 stars hotel: we had problem with the toilt, the air conditioning and there was not frigo bar, very useful n the past weeks wile in France there was "alerte canicule".

So after 1 night there we decided to leave without doing the 2nd night booked.

The staff was very helpful, they apologized and asked for having our mail in order to invite us 1 night for free once ended the renovation; they did not want us to pay the fees for the parking and surprised us for being so nice.

So if you go there just check to have a renovated rooms in order not to have the same problems.

A nice hotel, very good location, close to the subway and the train station, but in a calm area at the same time, moreover in a walking distance from the down-town. Friendly staff, no problems with communication in English. Rooms very clean and nicely furnished.