Hotel Joly — Hotel in Lille

Our stay here was "OK" and would have rated 3 stars till I checked my credit card statement.|I had booked a "Standard Suite^ and we were given keys to a spacious room fronting the street (some late night noise). The room was clean and comfortable though there was only a handheld shower in a bath that required one to sit or squat to shower.|Breakfast was perfectly adequate.|At checkout I was asked to pay an amount that was 5 X the expected breakfast charge yet insufficient to cover room & breakfast. I questioned this but was reassured it was the total for room & breakfast. |Foolishly I did not request an itemised bill.|I later discovered the charge for the room had already been taken on the credit card used to reserve the room.|I believe we were given a larger room without any discussion as to whether an upgrade was wanted or agreed to.|The increased charge for this was then added to my bill for breakfast.|Full marks to the online travel website (beginning with B...) that promptly investigated and reimbursed my account.|I might be generous and concede this might have been a mistake or misunderstanding but would recommend guests carefully check an itemised bill when...

I stayed there this week as part of a group on a business trip. The manageress seemed very friendly although despite a sign saying that the spoke English she did not seem to. I had a room facing a central courtyard and I found it very comfortable. The room was large with a large well equipped bathroom and shower room. This bit seemed a new part of the hotel. The only strange thing was that they had put the bed right in the middle of the room so that you could walk all around it rather than against the wall. I did not see the bill but am guessing that it was reasonably priced. I would certainly be happy to stay in that room again.||||One of our party stayed in the Marie Wakeska suite which apparently has a large circular water bed, bit over the top for a business trip and someone complained of being bitten by mosquitoes in the old part of the house and being kept awake by church bells but there is not much the hotel can do about the bells.||||My room was very clean and I slept well so marking it on...

We stayed just 1 night here, purely as it was a dog friendly hotel, and close to the channel ports. |Our room was tastefully decorated in a retro style and big enough for us and our 2 spaniels. |Location wise it could not be more central to shops bars etc. We opted for breakfast which was not that good. The bread was frozen in the middle as were the croissants (fresh from the freezer that morning). Car parking is on the street outside the hotel, so it's not totally secure. |I thought it was our stay was a little over priced for what we got. I don't think I'd stop...