This hotel is quite dreadful. The unrenovated rooms have ancient single beds and a musty atmosphere. The renovated rooms are somewhat better. But my most unsettling experience here was when I checked in around midnight, and found the lobby occupied by about 10 men who were singing and playing music. It was the sort of scene one might find at a transient hotel and made me feel a bit unsafe.

Swiss is an expensive country and really you don't get much for your money. That's true for Le Grenil as well.
The staff is friendly and they do speak english, positive is also the restaurant in the same building, with nice food and nice staff.
The negatives: the beds are horrible, probably from the midseventies and never changed since. The pillows might've been made of concrete.
Everything in the room went in feces colours. Honestly.
Breakfast was bad, more or less just carbs and more sugar. The coffee was below standard.
Tho, if you plan to do more than just hang out in the room and spend money on other things than accomodation (Swiss is as said, expensive) this is still acceptable.

I booked this hotel only because it had parking. When I arrived, I was told that parking was under construction just the three days I was there, which was false. They did not want me to park there for any reason.
The room was very old, with the appearance of a roadside motel.

Correct breakfast and friendly service, but they lied to us, and it's the worst hotel I have ever seen in my life in Switzerland... considering that I live there, I know what I am talking about.

This hotel is within a walking distance from the University, in a possible less expensive area - still conveniently located close the touristic area. There are some quite reasonably priced restaurants and bars in the vicinity.

The hotel offers very basic (slightly shabby) rooms and breakfast. If you need the room only for sleeping, it's OK. If you have to work in your hotel room, you'd appreciate a larger desk and a bit more space. There is no internet connection for the guests so you have to buy it.

The staff is helpful if you ask help. Otherwise they don't really care.

Guests get a free public transport cards for the duration of their stay. Excellent!