Résidence Montempo Lyon Cité Internationale

Staff was helpful. Room , particularly the bathroom are dated, but functional

The amenities were lovely. Kitchen and laundry was perfect for this leg of our trip. Staff were very kind and kindly spoke English with us. To main areas it is a lot of walking so if you don't have a car or plan for transit it might not be ideal. We had a great stay. We would stay again.

Dishwasher was not clean enough?

It's in a quiet and safe area of town right by to the botanical garden, zoo and beautiful park. The bus stop and various restaurants are right by the residence so it makes things convenient. The only thing that is not as convenient is that there are no grocery stores within minutes of walking distance and to get into town will require a 15-20min bus ride. But the buses come quite frequently. There is local parking underground in Cite P2 that can be purchased per night with the hotel stay. The room itself is clean and spacious with everything you need for a kitchen (stove, microwave, dishwasher, sink, plates, pots, cutlery, kettle, toaster). There is self serve laundry machines. Room service is only for the day you leave unless you specifically request and pay for it during the stay, which was fine with me since I didn't need room service during my stay. The Montempo entrance sign (on the ground floor) is not very big and easy to miss (but it's right beside restaurant 33 - which has a huge sign). I love the security feature on the elevator that requires the room key card to activate your respective floor, so strangers without the key card cannot just wander up to various floors unless they follow someone.

Great for a family of 4. It's a bit hard to find if you loop around but once you figure that out the place offers very good value.

Super emlacement

First the property is hard to find and is located behind the main road and buildings - this is challenging if you are coming by car. The front desk person couldn't communicate in English and after an exhausting day and getting lost due to lack of clear directions, it was a frustrating experience. They offer breakfast but when we arrived the day old croissants were still sitting by the front desk and they took them to the back and stored them - not sure we wanted to consume those croissants the next day so we got breakfast from a cafe across the bridge which was really good.

Room was full of dust, I've talked to reception and they offered a different room but it was in worse condition. Kitchen utensils were dirty and damaged. No change of towels until a week. They are using probably same detergent as shampoo, handwash and detergent. Sustainability goals shouldn't get in the way of proper hygiene.