Great environment, location and very friendly staff but the rooms are outdated and the food average…read more(Saturday). If you can don't try to order food on Sunday... restaurant is closed though the bar can serve you food. Choice is limited and the quality really poor... I ordered the Salmon plate, fish was so so but I could not touch the salad ( more dark thank greens :( This is far from what we would expect from a 4 stars hotel in France !

Some of the reviews I have seen for the Alliance are quite critical but we found this to be an…read moreexcellent hotel. The building itself is superb, housed in an old convent on a quiet and attractive quayside not far from the old town. The star attraction is the stunning glass-roofed hotel bar and resturant in the central cloister. Drinks and food prices are above average for Lille but not excessively so. The hotel rooms are large, comfortable and well appointed by 4-star standards, with marble bathrooms, tea and coffee-making facilities and a large flat-screen TV. Perhaps one of the reasons for the mixed reviews is that the Alliance has a prodominantly business clientele and is quite quiet at weekends. Nevertheless, I have no problem recomending it for a tourist stay in the city. The main town square is a 10-minute walk.

Not exactly the hotel of my dreams, but Hotel Brueghel did everything it was supposed to do:…read moreprovide me with a place to lay my head for one night in a central spot, for not too much money, with a comfortable bed, nice view of the city from my 6th floor window as well as a convenient conference room (actually, the dining room) to unite a bunch of people. The place has a quirky grandma's house feel to it with random things thrown into the decor, like a mannequin bust in the hallway that freaked the bejesus out of me every time I stepped out of the elevator. Aside from that, the staff is friendly and accommodating and recommended a great place to lunch nearby. So all and all, not really my cup of tea in terms of design, but for the price and location, you can't really go wrong.