Prest'hôtel - EPINAL / Chavelot — Hotel in Épinal

Clean, basic room, polite young lady receptionist. Very quiet location though almost under motorway. No restaurant on Fridays as this is a businessman's (i.e. a rep's) stop-off, We had found this out before so were not disappointed. The breakfast WAS a disappointment, as by the time I got to it at 0830 a coachload from Geneve had taken nearly all the food. There were no plates, no trays available, as I pointed out to the morning receptionist. He looked at me with a shrug and said 'They are all in use. We've got a lot of people in'. He or the management had NOT found this out beforehand as I had about the restaurant. Apparently. If the Genevan horde were expected, why was more adequate provision made: extra staff, more food ordered? I made do with the last piece of French loaf, a yogurt and a pot of jam, using a paper napkin as a plate. I pressed the cappucino button on the coffee dispenser and got hot chocolate. At no time did clean plates or trays reappear. A girl brought in a tray of warm but anaemic panini as a too-late gesture. The receptionist apologised but no refund was offered - well, what would I expect, here in tight-fisted France? That non-breakfast cost me €8.50. If they charge that much, they should at least make sure every guest is fed. The room cost €55 - not bad - but the nearby Campanile is cheaper I believe. I should not have ordered breakfast but I have to eat, being diabetic. I never complain about minor blips but this...

I pre-booked the hotel for a single night's stay as I was travelling by car from Italy back to Scotland. It has a kind of "motel" look to it, and it's just off the main route, but I was really impressed.|The room was a good size, clean and modern. It looked exactly like the online photos. The bed was super comfortable and there was virtually no noise at all from the road. I was allocated a ground floor room as I had pre-booked my dog as well (for which there was no charge), and so the room had a patio door leading straight onto a little grassy area - perfect for any middle of the night pees without disturbing the other guests. I was able to walk the dog along the canal path just across the road, and there was ample parking. |Dinner cost €17 for a set 3-course menu with several options for each course, including fillet steak, and breakfast was a fairly standard buffet for €8.50.|All in all I thought this hotel was great for a budget hotel and I'd...

Arrived at Prest Hotel around 9:30pm. Lady on reception was very helpful and very welcoming. We were given a 2 bedroom suite at no extra cost. We were very appreciative of this.||||We got the distinct feeling, that the lady in charge of the hotel was less than happy with our attendance for breakfast at 9am (served until 9:30am) and even MORE less than happy about our checkout time of 11am (check out is until 12pm). She couldn't even bring herself to say...