Formule 1 Hotel Liverpool

[thugulike]

I have to spend some time in Liverpool and wondered if anyone had stayed at the Formule 1 hotel? I know where it is and the location is convenient but it does seem very cheap. What do you get for your money?

[eash]

If it's anything like the one I stayed at in Auckland it should be fab! I had a TV, stereo system, fridge, microwave, cook tops, ensuite and double bed all for NZ$50. Sorry I can't really help with the one in Liverpool!

[dzug]

It may vary but usually a room with a double bed, bunk bed, washbasin and telly. Clean and modern, functional, zero frills (eg no carpet). No room keys (tap in a code for entry).

You can buy a mediocre buffet breakfast and there may be vending machines selling snacks and drinks.

[rcl1]

Would have to agree with dzug. I know people who have stayed there and that was the description they gave (although it was a few years ago but doubt it has changed much)

[madboutcats]

Ive staid in a formule 1 in france, its ok for one night if you dont mind sleeping in what feels like a shoe box, they dont have en suite facilitites you have to go down the corridor to use the toilet and that too are small. Breakfast is a help yourself to rolls and cereals etc though breakfasts might be different in an english formule1. Id recomend a campanile, i believe theres one at albert docks in liverpool, ive only been in the one in birmingham but have staid in many in france and they have a restaurant that serves reasonably good food, the rooms are not huge but are bigger than a formule1 plus you have en suite. Hows the gorgous george by the way.

[madboutcats]

If you are interested in the campanile (ive just dug their booklet out) the web site is www.campanile.com and the liverpool one is queens docks not albert sorry,

[KARL]

Yes, these hotels are entirely modular and every room in any of them looks entirely identical. Yes, the toilets and showers are not en-suite but they are clean and I find them a fascinating example of efficiency in the way they self-clean - to me they are perfectly adequate. I find the beds more comfortable than at some bigger and more expensive hotels. For a night or two's stay, I think Formule 1 hotels are just fine and offer the best value for money of any chain around. The breakfast on the continent is fully acceptable - I can't speak for the UK branches.

[thugulike]

Thanks to all of you. I couldn't stay anywhere that wasn't en-suite so that's that. I never thought it would be anything else. That explains why it's so cheap. I suppose you get what you pay for.

[madboutcats]

Theres also an ibis hotel and a premier travel inn in the albert docks area, not as cheap as a formule1 but will have en suite, i like you like to have my own bath room, when we staid at a formule1 it was a case of we needed a bed for the night and everywhere else was fully booked, we got the last room.....