The hotel is situated opposite a railway station - convenient but very noisy at night.

The room was pretty basic and a bit shabby - it had obviously been used by a smoker or 10! The state of the carpet did not encourage you to walk around with bare feet.

The breakfast room (which seems to double as a lounge/smoking room at night) was unwelcoming and there was no buffet. You are brought a tray containing your chosen beverage and a piece of French bread with butter and jam. No fruit juice or fruit.

Good value for school parties - which adds to the noise factor.

we stayed at the hotel "flandres angleterre " opposite the gare de lille flandres. there was no air conditioning which meant hot and sticky nights. although the rooms had double glazed windows rooms at the front and side were still pretty noisy. there was only one small mirror per room above the washbasin in the bathroom. be prepared for an overwhelming smell of stale urine in the streets from friday until the street cleaners have been round on the monday morning. where were all the restaurants serving delicious food that the french are so supposedly famous for? most had been abandoned for a "braderie" menu which provided everything avec pommes frites. one little oasis was the patisserie "meert" which was open on the sunday, serving scrumptious cakes and chocolate delictations. we did not find the french very geared up for disabled access most facilities were either up or down narrow steep staircases.