Motel Drive-In — Hotel in Mamer

I work regularly in Luxembourg and usually stay in the centre or around Kirchberg. On this occasion I was late booking a hotel and there was nothing available near the centre, so for the second time I booked the Motel Drive-In at Capellen. Capellen itself is a non-descript suburb of Luxembourg City with little to offer. The Motel is an unexciting looking building, but in its own way is a little gem. Firstly, the staff - I arrived very late in the evening, I had not eaten and the proprietor rang a number of local restaruants to see if either they were open for trade or would deliver. The answer from all was "no". He didn't want to see me starve so prepared a meal for me himself and delivered it to my room. The en suite rooms are a little tired looking but provide everything you need - flat screen TV, free Wi-Fi, tea and coffee making facilities and a comfortable bed. There are very regular bus services to the centre from a bus stop outside the hotel. If you are struggling to find accommodation in Luxembourg and either have a car or don't mind a 30 minute bus ride (in rush hour - 15 off-peak) then this is a great...

We checked in at all sorts of establishments on our 18 day tour of Germany. Luxembourg, and Belgium in June. But there was one thing they all had in common. All had interior corridors and most were two or three stories with no rooms for tourists on the ground floor. Motel Drive In just outside Luxembourg City was the only establishment where all the rooms were on the ground floor and all the rooms opened directly onto the parking lot. You could drive your car right up to your room just like an American motel. ||||On the downside unlike most European hotels that feature restaurants, this place was supposed to have a restaurant, but it was conveniently closed. In fact our party and one other party were the only occupants of the building on the night of June 19. Even the manager absconded and told us where to drop our keys in the morning. We ended up dining at the grocery store across the street called Match where everyone spoke French only. We had a hard time making ourselves understood and had to settle for petit dejeuner in the morning whether we liked it or not. It consisted of two kinds of rolls with either...

This is a 2-star Motel just off a main road, near a new business park some 10 miles or so outside Luxembourg city. If you want to stay in this area there is no other choice so you will stay here. If you don't need to stay in this area then there is no reason to stay here unless you just need to pull over and sleep while driving through Luxembourg.||||Having said that, as a 2-star establishment, it is perfectly OK. When we stayed the restaurant was permanently closed and it was only open Mon-Fri with check-in up to 8.00pm (7.00pm on Fri). It looks like a 1960's Motel but the room was perfectly fine, very clean and with a very clean bathroom with a good shower supplied with soap and towels. The one thing we missed in the room was a kettle so we couldn't make any hot drinks.||||If you are not driving then there is a regular hourly bus service outside the door to Luxembourg city (route 222), which we used to visit the Kinneksbond cultural centre in Mamer itself (about...