ibis Styles Bethune Bruay

This is the first time we have stayed at this hotel although we have stayed at other hotels in the chain. The hotel was ideally situated just off the motorway and was easy to find. The room was small but adequate and importantly nice and clean. Strangely, the plug to the basin was missing, this is the 2nd hotel this trip to have a missing plug. There is a large choice of restaurants very close to the hotel. We went to the Italian and had a very pleasant meal. The hotel deal included breakfast and it was very good with freshly squeezed orange juice and a reasonable choice of food. Please note it is a continental breakfast not a full English. The receptionist was helful and my husband was very pleased to find the bar open. We will use this hotel again.

Perfectly adequate room for a two night stay, although the shower holder on the bar was so loose that it just fell to the bottom of the bar, meaning that to shower we had to hold the shower head above our heads. I found the bed somewhat soft, resulting in the necessity to take Ibuprofen to ease my backache each morning. Breakfast on the first morning was very good, freshly squeezed orange juice, fresh fruit salad, yoghurt, cereals, cheese, pain au chocolat amongst other pastries, and several different kinds of bread. However, on the second morning the cereals were still in evidence along with the yoghurt, but there was a distinct lack of fruit, although this was remedied when we mentioned it, little in the way of cheese, but the only bread left was about a third of a baguette - no more was forthcoming - and a couple of tired looking pastries. Disappointing for us, and I'm not sure what anyone coming down for breakfast after us would have eaten. The area is fairly industrial, but with a 12 screen cinema and a large bowling alley on the complex, there is a wide range of restaurants in very close proximity to the hotel. We would really recommend the Italian restaurant where we had a superb meal at a reasonable price in very nice surroundings. All in all I would say that the hotel offers good value for money, the staff were very helpful and, although there were no tea/coffee facilities in the room, the 24 hour tea and coffee available in reception was very good.

This was just an overnight stay before catching Le Shuttle home and it suited that purpose just fine. Staff were lovely. Hotel and room were great, except that the extractor fan in our room didn't work, but we were probably just unlucky. I have no doubt the staff would have happily moved us if we had mentioned it, but we were too tired to move!

Very good

Nice hotel and friendly staff. Going location with excellent choice of restaurants. Il Ristorante Italian was excellent!