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Premiere Classe Dunkerque Armbouts-Cappel – reviews, photos

Le Lac, 59380 Armbouts-Cappel, France
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Premiere Classe Dunkerque Armbouts-Cappel
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3.0 of 5 stars 28 Reviews
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“Good for the price if your neighbours are OK....”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 December 2011
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Been staying at this hotel in preference to the Campinale on the same site for the last three years or so. The site is handy if you are heading down the road towards Belgium after a late night crossing and moving off in the morning. The Campinale rooms are better but more expensive. They have a proper bathroom whilst these have a shower that drenches the bathroom floor so use of toilet after shower means socks off.

Use to look at the Premiere Classes whilst staying at the Campinale and wonder what it was like but when the price difference increased the Campinale breakfast became expensive and minimalistic with a lack of fresh fruit switched over fully to using the Premiere Classes to sleep and eat breakfast in. One year we shared the hotel with the French riot police who were charging up the radio batteries and probably polishing their tear gas cannisters and battons - one room devoted to this task, the others they were staying in. This was a Xmas a few years back when the fishermen I believe were taking industrial action. Since then had a noisy neighbour watching TV at 3AM in the morning etc. So comments from other posters below about neighbours, it's true, to me, you pay the money and take the chance. If they are fellow travellers like you crossing Europe by car they might treat you with respect and be silent but if they are self centred little so and so's the build of these budget French hotels in my experience isn't going to stop noise. So beware the younger fellow hotel guests who have complete disregard for anybody else.

The wifi is free and since May this year has improved, they must have read my comments feed back where I said they need another router on the first floor, that one in the reception doesn't serve the whole building. This sorted now. As for breakfast is concerned if you are leaving the UK and are going to pork it up on your travels then the diminutive continental breakfast is sufficient and good value. You can have as much as you like as long as it's continental. Between May 2011 and December 2011 they introduced a new breakfast menu which means no cheese and the fresh coffee has become a machine. Croissants were a bit lack lacklustre and machine produced wrapped in their own Premiere Class band, French stick was very good. Choice of salt or no salt butter with packages of jam or honey. There is a toaster.

Over the years that one has been staying here, this year 2011 is when they decided to start using the barriers for the car park at night. The Campinale did this for a bit. If arriving late at night the all important code for the gate is printed on the bottom of the room receipt generated by the automated check in machine. So the process must be leave car at gate if you don't know the code, check in via machine, run back and let the car in, unless someone arrives as you do. This will take several minutes of blocking the gate and the 100 metre run.

The other advantage of this hotel for late at night is the automated check in, the Campinale you have to ring up and they leave the key somewhere. Reception staff are friendly.

  • Stayed December 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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“NOT WHAT IT SAID ON THE TIN!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 September 2011
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Booked a family room for our return journey back from Reims to UK as it would be close to port etc. It was a hot day and we had travelled some 5 hours. Checked-in ok with a young lady at reception who was civilised at that point. We were given a key to room 73. On our way up to the room there were quite a few foreign nationals hanging around outside on the balcony near our room smoking etc. We settled in the room only to find the air conditioning did not work and to add salt to injury the outer shutter/blind was broken too, hence unable to get some air to the room. Not only was this a health and safety hazzard, but when we reported this to the lady at reception, her answer was, " I haven't got another room, I don't do repairs, do feel free to leave the hotel if you so wish" Being so late in the day, of course this was not an option. Overall, the room was grotty, unbearably hot, the shower was blocked, not to mention being woken up at 6am the next morning by some loud inconsiderate foreign b*****ds not doubt craving yet another nicotin fix! As for the "versatile well balanced breakfast" it was dough, dough and more dough with an assortment of sugary all sorts! ARMBOUTS CAPPEL! NEVER AGAIN!

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 August 2011

Difficult to find as details on map provided with internet booking showed a non-existent autoroute junction number! Drove past what turned out to be the correct junction to next exit & drove on a wing & a prayer through the Petit-Synth ZA until good guess-work lead us to a Campanile sign. Problems didn't end then as entrance to Premiere Classe hidden down side road after the Campanile (depends upon your direction of travel obviously!) This wasn't fun during Dunkerque's rush hour after a long drive from S.W. France. Car park not convenient when towing, don't even think of staying here if you have a caravan & are looking for an over-night hotel! By the way the Campanile's car park isn't much better.
Hotel reminiscent of a cargo ship's accomodation block - corrugated walls, metal walkways. They do however give a good view of the rabbits in the grounds of neighbouring industrial units! Nice parkland & lake over the road for a chill-out session to get rid the tensions of a long drive.
Rooms typical of a Premiere Classe, i.e compare with a cross- channel ferry. "Cosy" & functional but with a proper bed. Our window shutter didn't work though.
Easy pedestrian only access to the next door Campanile where you get a 15% restaurant discount. Didn't like the layout of this though as it was too much like a works canteen. The new Campanile menu isn't as good as it used to be either as it seems far more portion controlled & has gone rather expensive for what you get. The complimentary beer or wine has long gone too.
Access back to the autoroute & the ferry @ Loon-Plage couldn't have been easier but obviously not as convenient as from the Loon-Plage group of Louvre Group hotels.
Reception very welcoming & despite a struggle & after many attempts managed to get my HelHo card to work. No such luck next door where, in the Campanile's restaurant the staff gave up after one aborted swipe!
Would we stay here again? Yes, but only if no other choice.

  • Stayed July 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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“Low price and good for pass the night at.”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 July 2011
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We spend here on our trip only one night. The room is very small, but for sleeping it is good. Sanitary facility with hot water and toilet. Air condition in room too.

  • Stayed July 2011, travelled with friends
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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“Great value for ferry stopover”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 July 2009
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Clean rooms, good shower/bathroom, helpful staff.
Good value stopover for catching ferry ... port about 10 mins away.

  • Stayed June 2009, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Le Lac, 59380 Armbouts-Cappel, France
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