hotelF1 Calais Coquelles

Secure and clean. Basic small hotel room as expected, clean and quiet. Felt very safe, enclosed car park with pin entry needed. Basic breakfast but plenty of it. We chose a room with shower and toilet, shower was very good, smallest towels I’ve come across but did the job!

we stayed one night having arrived by ferry the hotel is well located just of the autoroute the welcome was warm with helpful staff the hotel is clean – the room was very small however en suite breakfast is adequate however neither cornflakes nor croissants are available – generally as you would expect at the price on site parking is available we ate at the Au Calais restaurant open till 10 00 ( located as part of Auchan hypermarket ) 5 minutes walk – an excellent meal at a reasonable price would consider using again

We were dreading our stay here after reading some of the reviews talking about men hanging around and sex workers but we were really pleasantly surprised. We knew it would be basic (what do you expect for a couple with breakfast for £50) but it was warm, quiet, felt secure and we had a great breakfast before getting the tunnel on a day which had snow - If you want total luxury and frills then dont book F1 but if you need a toastie warm bed and a good brekkies F1 is enough - supermarket close by and tunnel within 15 mins in the snow !! They may or may not supply towels and if you want a bathroom ensure you book one on the site

12-13/2/23 Room 102 Why is this place so under-rated at 8/8 in Coquelles? It's the cheapest (we paid €38 for the three of us two weeks in advance) and we know what to expect. We expect a tight space (for three of us even more so) and shared facilities at that price! It was a lot cheaper than the BW next door at the time. We arrived in the evening with the concierge on duty and got in no problem. We went out for a meal in the centre (Au Vieux Forneau) and returned, using the code, again no problem. No people were hanging around outside and the place felt safe (OK we are three middle aged guys and the tragic refugee crisis is not at its peak). We were pleasantly surprised that the entire building and rooms had beds refurbished and cosmetically redesigned since our last visit. In our opinion for the better. Yes the management made money (a recent reviewer - with only 1 review (?!) - criticised F1) on the basic old model and have now reinvested in the chain. Room 102 is by reception in effect and the motor bike parking is in front of the window. No bikes were parked there whilst we were there so I parked our car right up to the window to help load and unload. Brighter rooms with interesting travel poster collage style wallpaper. Bunk bed now has more comfortable wide (warm) wooden steps and a left hand grab slot to help getting up and down. The actual ladder could have been slightly angled to improve ascending and descending as there is no reason why not. Each bed has a new reading light/usb console which was useful. Sheets as usual were clean and crisp although the mattress protector was a bit sweaty and sticky overnight for one of us. Toilets are seatless with a special device to clean the rim (despite the pictogram I didn't use it). They have no sinks and have a special and only a disinfectant distributor outside which is fair enough. As soon as you walk in the toilet gives a little reassuring flush! There are no mirrors or hair driers in the shower any more so queues do not form outside! They are designed for a rapid turnover in a busy place. The room has a dedicated LED TV with phono sockets for an external video source and a 3.5mm headphone socket. There is also a two pin socket to connect and chargers to. No HDMI was found unfortunately. Our remote was fine for volume but the other buttons did not seem to work so we changed channel using the right side buttons and gave up finding any English channels (despite being advertised as available). Given the number of English tourists and bring the Lingua Franca for most travellers this should be easier to access. In IBIS there was a printed list of channels on the wall, albeit incorrect! The consistent and good free Wi-Fi is now much better and useful with no need to log in every time you enter the building anymore. Wifi worked in the car park too! A simple solid plastic/metal chair was under the sink which was pretty useless there so we put it between the beds as more useful there, a

Bare bones minimal - a bed in a room, toilets and showers etc elsewhere. Cheap for a reason and that’s fine. Experienced marred by incredibly noisy and ignorant guests, and mini-bus arriving in the early hours etc. Don’t expect towels or soap etc, which may be available at extra cost I think - this is very minimum accommodation.

DREADFUL, staff were surly with me, but fine with French guests! Very noisy at night unlike other cheap places I stayed at during my month in France. Doors banging loudly, raised voices, terrible nights sleep. Situated on an industrial estate so nothing around there. Coffee machine gave me soup on my 2nd visit there(all booked in advance unfortunately). No soap in the room and no towels even cheaper hotels have this!- Terrible AVOID