Overall this a strictly utilitarian hotel, located directly across the street from the train station and within easy walking distance to both the old town center and the Centre Pompidou Metz. What the hotel lacked was any real standard of cleanliness or comfort. The tiny rheumatic elevator made a bad first impression, obviously worn out and presenting a smeared filthy mirror. As I was in the room opposite the elevator I heard the wheezing mechanics of each ascension into the night. The room was bare wood floor, most of the channels on the tv did not receive properly and the paper thin walls made it obvious I was not the only person staying in the hotel. Some sort of shampoo was provided in the shower but nothing else. The mold creeping up the tile grouting from the shower stall baseboard was enough to let me ignore the lack of soap and skip the shower. Though I did enjoy seeing the Pompidou center from my window, I wondered if the other ibis just one block removed from the station might have been a bit warmer and more comfortable. Judging by the other guests at breakfast most were here like me just passing through and not expecting much. That's what we got.