This place was super quirky but had a lot of good things going for it. The location is right in the…read morecenter of the old city with a ton of classic Lyonnais restaurants in every direction, as well as plenty of patisseries, gift shops, and the marionettes museums.
The building itself is VERY Lyon, with the classic stacked staircases look you'll see throughout the old city and its traboules.
But the rooms are weird. We stayed in one of the Ateliers suites. Ours was film themed. It was strange that the bathroom was along the staircase to the master bedroom, like you walked past the sink and drying off area. But then the toilet was downstairs without a sink.
And there seems to be many technical issues. Ours was that the internet barely worked. There was one area my iPhone would work, but my wife's Android wouldn't connect from anywhere. Other reviews also seem to indicate that air conditioning is not reliable (but we came in November).
Making up for it all though is the service. The concierge was great. The bar had excellent cocktails. The restaurant is renowned.
I am happy we stayed here but in the future I'd probably stay someplace more updated, probably in the 1st arrondissement, where it would be easier to explore the entire city.