Le Homard Rouge, Ghent

Advantages: clean, tidy, good service and price
Disadvantages: need a taxi to get into town

...I have been on two different Christmas Shopping bus trips and both times have stayed at the Ghent Holiday Inn. The price of each trip was £99 inclusive of bus travel, ferry crossing and two nights accomodation at the Holiday Inn. LOCATION +++++++++ The Holiday Inn Ghent is around 60km from Brussels and is situated in central Belgium which makes it ideal to explore the country. It is near the intersection of the E17 and E40 motorways. It is 65km from Ostend airport in Holland and 62km from Antwerp airport . On the first trip that I went on we visited Valkenburg and Ostend in Holland, and Aachen in Germany and each day we made good time and were not rushed at all. The nearest town is Gent which is around 3km away. There are plenty of restaurants, shops and bars in Gent. FACILITIES +++++++++ The hotel is used... Read review

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Advantages: Surprisingly good food
Disadvantages: Chain restaurant syndrome

...your nearest one, then there is a venue finder at www.caferouge.co.uk - just key in your postcode and they'll select your nearest one. ~ Le Menu et Les Boissons ~ Café Rouge are designed to offer an all day relaxed dining experience from breakfast, morning coffees, lunches (snacks or full meals), afternoon teas to dinners. They are also happy just to serve you a drink. They aim to offer a relaxed venue and ambiance so that you can pop in for just a coffee, post work drink, a quick sandwich or a full meal. The Café Rouge menu offers all the usual French classics with snacks like Croque Monsieur (£5.95), filled baguettes (£7.25) and French Onion Soup (£3.95). They also do more substantial lunch and dinner dishes with French classics like Coq au Vin (£8.95), Steak Frites (£11.75) and Boeuf Bourguignon (£10.95). If you just want... Read review

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Advantages: Really nice atmosphere, good food, good service
Disadvantages: Expensive and small portions

...In Birmingham you have 2 choices if you want to sample the french delights Cafe Rouge has to offer. Recently, as the new Bullring shopping centre has been restyled and refurbished, a new Cafe Rouge has opened here. This is a great location and gives you the chance to see the bull ring by night and all lit up, which is quite pretty as far as Birmingham goes! The second older Cafe Rouge in Birmingham is located in Brindley Place, another prime location right beside the Birmingham and Worcester canal near Broad Street. Broad Street boasts a long stretch of bars, clubs, restaurants and other venues, so is a good place to go if you want to go out after. In both places the food quality and service is very similar so don't let that be a determining factor when chosing which one to visit. The food is delicious... Read review

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