Mercure Antwerp City South

I liked the luxurious atmostphere, bath, location, internet and somewhere safe to leave the car.

Price

Nothing

It was surprising that there was no english tv Channel. bbc World / bbc 2 were changed to Music and cnn was not working.

The breakfast/restaurant and the comfort level of the bed were the only decent part of the hotel.

The rooms are well past their "use by" date - stained carpets, burns on the furniture, stained shower curtains, mold on the shower walls. The rooms are also extremely dark - I stayed in an Executive room and had to move the lamps next to the desk so as to no strain my eyes. There are very few restaurants within walking distance, particularly on Sunday nights when the hotel restaurant is closed - the hotel recommends the same restaurant to everyone but it only holds about 40 people. Also asked at reception (she was unsure where the airport was!) how far the airport was and was told it was 20kms away and would take 28 mins - in truth, it was 9 kms and took 10 mins. Also, note that they don't stock the mini-bar in the room.

Hotel restaurant, excellent food.

Heating didn't work, overly squeaky doors, parking garage too small.

Good facilities, helpful staff

Lighting in room was too subdued

We had booked a non-smoking room and when we arrived we found our room actually had a strong smell of smoke. We were then moved to a smaller non-smoking room, which was fine.

Excellent value for money at weekends. Although not central the transport links are very good indeed with a tram stop some 100 yards from the hotel.