Marles-les-Mines Hotels from S$72

"The hotel was perfectly sited for exploring Arras, and parking was good. Our room was a little dated but functional. The disappointment was the food, not what we expected from a 4* hotel calling itself gourmet. I had the fixed-price menu. The meat was good, but the same salad appeared on both courses, rather than other vegetables. From the a la carte, the starter scallops were fine themselves, but floating in an unidentifiable watery liquid. The veal course - the veal had obviously been cooked much earlier, then sliced up and reheated. Altogether a disappointing meal, not worth the money. Fortunately the wine was good!"

"Courteous and warm welcome. Clean room as always "

"09:30 breakfast finish,to early"

"We checked in at 0030 so reception was closed which was expected. The message from the hotel gave me a code to use to gain entry. At the hotel I was faced with a check in computer asking for my name and reservation number . After 20 minutes I could not find a reservation number it would accept We used the intercom to speak to someone and got the reservation number. Using this we ‘eventually ‘ got the door to open after about 5 attempts. The code sent by the hotel was infact the reservation number . A simple change in language could have assisted here . Without my message to the hotel prior to travelling this code would not have been sent or available - so despite not knowing this code was the reservation number - how are you supposed to find that out if you don’t know you need it till 0030 when you are tired and trying to check in. It was a poor check in process which even asked for around 2€ in payment and if we wanted breakfast etc . Can you imagine at 0030 if I want this - we just wanted to get to bed not be questioned A very poor system "

"Lovely view from room, friendly helpful staff, excellent breakfast "

"The TV and internet in the room did not work and could not be fixed during our stay despite asking twice. Apparently no engineer on site but why put us in this room when most rooms were empty? The evening meal in the Restuarant - my wife’s Cote de Beouf steak was not eatable . We informed the waiter who apologised several times but never offered to replace it. You still charged us in full for it. Real shame as otherwise nice venue that we may have considered using regularly when travelling back from alps to UK, I asked twice at reception for these problems to be considered and no one was available to consider a partial refund or even a gesture of goodwill. Still not heard from hotel more than 24 hours after check out. Very disappointing , still waiting on a formal response to my legitimate service complaint ."

"This place is truly extraordinary. A MUST!!!"

"Staff and room were lovely. Dinner was nice, but the drinks were very expensive (small glass of wine €10). Breakfast, for the price, (€22 each) was very average"

"Really clean room Easy check in. Helpful staff "