The Originals Boutique, Hôtel Auberge du Forgeron, Lille Sud

Hot tub after a long drive really saved the stay. The mattress was also comfy for good night sleep. Air conditioning system saved from stuffiness of the summer night and potentially smelly old carpet in the room.

The bed itself was very shabby and scratched, the toilet gave some weird smell. Although the room was booked for a couple, somehow we only had one bathrobe and one wine glass in the room. The breakfast was not worth the money at all: there was almost no choice of food: cereals, yogurts, stale bakery and cold stale pancakes, and some canned fruit. In French standards it would be considered absolutely horrible.

I booked a family room which inc. ×1 big bed and ×2 small beds, when I arrived I was given a room with ×1 big bed & a cot. When I questioned this with staff the communication (systems) between booking.com & themselves does not match. There were no other rooms available. We had to have ×2 poor quality/comfort 'z beds'. I was also offered a part refund, this has not happened as of yet.

La chambre familiale dans laquelle nous avons dormi était vétuste et aurait besoin d’être rénovée. Le support du pommeau de douche était cassé. Le partie avec le canapé lit ne comportait aucune petite table ou autre meuble pour poser ses affaires. Une machine à café était présente dans la chambre mais aucune capsule n’était à disposition. Mauvaise isolation phonique. On pouvait entendre nos voisins de chambre et les voitures dans la rue.

Soirée étape pro suite au Seclin Moto Show

Town centre location with a few parking spaces. Restaurant on site. Buffet breakfast. Coffee machine in room.

More of a restaurant with rooms rather than a hotel. Outside of restaurant opening hours there is no service. Junior suite with shower was ok, but the sitting room furniture was tired. Not even possible to buy a coffee outside of opening hours. Restaurant not open until 7.30 in the evening. No drinks prior to that.

Stay for only 2 nights, so no real issues with the hotel. Just as a recommendation, if you rent a room as "Junior Suite", people will expect a bit more.. The separate bedroom was really small, hard to walk around the bed without bumping into desk or closet. The main room, used as a bedroom in our case, same issue. With the bed unfolded no space at all to sit anywhere. Also, the furniture is really old, which is obvious.. For our stay it was OK, no issues but again, should not call it a "junior suite". Might gives false expectations.

Breakfast OK, coffee a little underwhelming.

Car parking very limited, we just squeezed in, and to leave you have to back out dangerously onto a busy road.