Brit Hotel Calais — Hotel in Calais

What I liked: Good location: you can walk out, one minute and you're right near the intersection of the two main streets of Calais. You can walk to the main area of restaurants in about 8-10 minutes and see quite a bit along the way. || The room was spacious. and clean and the front desk man was not only helpful but cheerful too. Also there is a bar at the hotel and breakfast area. I didn't have breakfast this time, but would probably do so next time.||The aspects of the hotel I didn't like so much was the fact that the decor of the room is very bland. This probably doesn't matter much if you are just here for a night. Also with one window in the room (in the one I stayed in) there wasn't quite enough light. ||Depends on your point of view but at 72-75 euros per night I don't call this a 'budget' hotel as some others do. It's more of a mid-range. To me 'budget' means something more like the F1 or the Premiere Classe.||A few other tips:||Regarding the bar, if you want a 'flat white' or similar, don't make the mistake of ordering 'cafe au lait' as in Calais this actually means just an americano-style long cafe with some UHT milk on the side. What you want is a cafe creme. When I explained what I wanted, the barman/front desk man happily made an espresso coffe with steamed milk.||Just around the corner to the left is Au Calice where you can sit outside with a coffee and watch the world go by. Which is always a good thing to do when you're in France. There is also a new 'cool' cafe called the Cafetoria right...

Brit Hotel Calais is what I would consider a no-frills, no-hassle destination that serves very well in terms of a clean and comfortable place to stay while traveling from the EU to the UK. The Calais ferry and tunnel services are within a few minutes of the hotel, check-in and check-out procedures are easy, and the front desk & bar staff are multilingual. My personal experience has been that English, German, and French are all possible when communicating with the staff. A few highlights:

Staff are extremely friendly and helpful.

Easy parking available across the street in the mall parking garage, and around 15€ for 24 hours.

The mall and other shopping areas are in the immediate area; easy walking distance for most of your traveling needs.

The bar has almost all of your “typically favorite” spirits on hand. I ordered a scotch neat and took it up to my room.

For those that travel with an Amazon Firestick for entertainment, the back of the room’s television set is...

Stayed here as a solo traveller and it did the job; great location, nice staff (very helpful), nice room.

The room was large and clean (the fixtures and fittings were quite dated and a bit grubby, but it didn't bother me). The location was great, very easy to access from the ferry or the train station. The man at the check-in desk was particularly nice and helpful :)

However, I would say that the hotel felt quite old and dated and the breakfast wasn't the best- not the best selection of things and the seating area was all very close together, which made me feel a little awkward as a solo traveller. There was no kettle in the room unfortunately. No air-con either, but the windows opened fully so you could let...