Overall Ratings & Reviews ibis Lyon Gerland Rue Mérieux

As always, the service, staff and room were excellent. The hotel's ideally situated for matches at the stade de gerland

It is, to be fair, pretty basic hotel so don’t be expecting the Ritz. However, it’s in a great location for concerts/ sports events etc. and the bar area and breakfast was really good.

An excellent choice for visiting Lyon. Very good access to public transportation. Safe area.

We stay here approx 6 times a year as we support Lou rugby. The stade de Gerland is a 5 min walk and therefore, this hotel is very ideal. Always clean,staff attentive at all times. The area around has been seriously cleaned up and renewed of late, great improvement. The hotel is what it is a budget stay and for us exactly what we want.

Staff was friendly and very accommodating

We stayed here for the Northampton Saints v Lyon rugby, was a short walk to the ground, and close to the Metro. Was an excellent location, staff were friendly and spoke English, as we couldnt speak French this was very useful.

Ideally situated for our visit. Staff very pleasant and attentive. Facilities good as it appeared new or recently refurbished. Down side no kettle but we have come to expect that. We got what we paid for and as previously said ideal for our trip.

Overnight stay on the way to S. France. Hotel was fine and breakfast was very good.

Clean room / hotel, helpful personal, close to local shops.

Decent location with good choice of places to eat directly outside building. Metro very near too.

Stayed 2 nights whilst visiting ENS which is only a short walk. Good transport links with nearby Metro stations and a choice of restaurants all within walking distance. Otherwise the local area is quiet, perfect for a good night's sleep. The accommodation is perfectly acceptable for a short stay on business.

Although hotel is not in the centre it is very close to two underground stations and a tram stop, which makes getting around really easy and cheap. It is close to Lyon rugby stadium and has a great bar Ninkinsi (they brew their own beers) and a very good Japanese restaurant very close by. The staff in the hotel were friendly and helpful and there is 24hr room service.

Great service nice staff, comfortable. Not greatest location for tourists but was a business trip for me.

A bit cramp-y, but ok. Good air condition (quite rare for Europe). You get a table, a chair, TV, a mysterious sofa/soft chair (I presume it could be pulled out and convert to bed/sleeping contraption, but then you will not be able to do much else in the room but sleep). You get a space to hang your cloths, but there is really no place to put you suitcase (or two). No other amenities in the room, but there is a free tea and coffee from the machine in the breakfast room at any time. Overall, it is not something to write home about, but you will not regret staying there either.

The most efficient check-in I've ever experienced. Lovely staff, on top of their game and always with a genuine smile.

excellent stuff, poor room comfort, location-near metro station

Room was clean and fixtures were in good condition. Strangely, the "double bed" and "two single beds" are actually the same thing, they just push them together or apart respectively. When I arrived my room was in "double bed" configuration. Then after the first day it got changed into "two single beds" configuration. When I mentioned that I preferred the double bed, I was informed that that costs more. The speed of the WiFi Internet was abysmal, it took close to a half hour just to download email attachments. There were some weird banging noises coming from above (no, not that kind of banging, more like somebody dropping marbles on the concrete floor at all hours of the night), I'm not sure what that was about or how much the hotel could do about it. One night there was also the smell of cigarette smoke coming through the ventilation. I assume that this was one of me neighbors violating the no-smoking policy. Otherwise, the stay was quite nice. The breakfast option (10€) is a good bet, as the selection is decent and there's not much else to eat in the morning in that neighborhood. Staff was very polite and helpful. Overall, would use again.

Breakfast was much nicer than anticipated- all self service, but good selection. Hotel small, rooms small but service very friendly and nice that you can order food at the bar and bring it to your room. Neighborhood a bit quiet but not far from the metro stop, so location was fine for me.

I only stayed one night, so I didn't have a chance to explore the area around the hotel, but so many shops, cafes and restaurants nearby, a supermarket, a post office, a bank etc.

Good budget hotel near multiple transport options. Just don't try to get a park when there is a soccer match nearby!