This hotel was generally a good choice for your stay in Lyon. The location is its greatest asset - convenient for the old town and the central shopping area. Bedrooms are a bit small, especially for a hotel of this standard and price but that isn't unusual for France.
The hotel trains hotel and catering staff and generally this shows. The receptionists and the restaurant staff were generally very good indeed - helpful, polite and patient with our poor French - they mainly spoke very good English. I'm not sure how the lady in charge of the restaurant for breakfasts managed to pass the hotel interview - she was rude, unhelpful and everything that her students weren't!
Two or three complaints. Firstly the restaurant couldn't fit us in for dinner - at all - over a three night stay! The restaurant was closed entirely on Sundays and Mondays - not helpful if you happen to be staying there.
The temperature in the bedrooms swung from boiling hot to freezing cold - there ever seemed to be anything in between.
Beware of drinking in the bar - don't go at all if you don't like red - or if you don't like paying well over the odds. A small brandy and a gin and tonic cost 34 Euros!
- Sofitel Lyon
- Accor Lyon
