Spur of the moment trip to France after receiving no reply from the ebay vendors of a Lacanche cooker, so instead we jumped on the Shuttle with the car and went to Calais.
We did check with Tripadvisor as we were leaving and decided that the Hotel Meurice promised a slightly more atmospheric experience! We were not disappointed . On check in, they quickly resolved the cock up my PA had made, ie one night for two rooms as opposed to two nights with one room. Hey Ho, the PA enjoyed it though! Just around the corner in the Main Street is the Restaurant Ancienne which was excellent. Returning to the hotel, as mentioned in other reports the dog came rushing out to greet us. He's a sweetheart, re homed and if you take some charcuterie from your breakfast he will be your friend for life...and his name is Lol, so lots of treats folks.
The room was excellent, in an old fashioned way, two doors adjacent to each other provides entrance to the bathroom, quite why I'm not sure! But fun all the same. Excellent shower, which was slightly vertically challenged but just needed a quick screwdriver to resolve, immaculate linen. Bathroom immaculate. Bed, not my cup of tea, a bit harsh, but the PA liked it. Interesting decor, telly hopeless, tried everything and couldn't get it to work. Breakfast great, continental but loads of it. Also there is a restaurant attached to the hotel. We went for Plat Du Jour....fab, wine ( house) also very nice. Car parking (pretty secure) beneath the hotel. Overall a really great place to stay. The staff were outstanding. But you must bear in mind it is desperately old fashioned, but that is the charm of it.

I am going with the others, who rate this hotel as being a heady mix of eccentricity and oldey woldey charme!! Staff absolutely lovely - couldn't have been more helpful, charming and polite. Sorted out an initial booking problem with minimal fuss and upgraded our room to a slightly larger one f.o.c. due to a large party booking. Heady mix of antique furniture, including an ancient throne-like commode halfway up the stairs and ornate washbasins in reception washrooms. Cosy snug/whiskey bar, featuring massive selection of malts. Someone had gone wild with v strong cleaning products in the Reception; when we arrived, my husband nearly keeled over with the "fumes" however, this had largely dispersed by the next day (or maybe we'd just got used to it). Re. The dog in reception, previously mentioned by other TripAdvisor members. He is on a lead permanently, but basically, it appears he was a "rescue" and has been traumatised when v young. We won him over by little titbits from our dinner/breakfast! Plenty of hot water from shower, although it was somewhat vertically challenged and wouldn't stay up its little pole long. We couldn't get our TV to work, but we weren't that bothered. Wifi is now free - it worked very well in our room as well as all over the hotel. The room was very well heated, including during the night, which did make it a little hot, despite being able to open the window a bit. Big, solid walls = v quiet! Lovely bath towels, linen, exactly as others have described. Bed firm - I loved it, but it was too firm for my husband - it's all a matter of personal taste. The restaurant next door - attached to the hotel - was excellent. Food was delicious and very good value. So..... if you want something personal and different, I would definitely go for this hotel. There is a secure car park underneath the hotel, currently 8€/night, although plenty of off street parking (do remove valuables in this case, car robberies are still "big" in France).

I stayed here with my son for a couple of nights and liked most aspects of the hotel.
The hotel is only a couple of minutes walk to the shops, restaurants etc. Calais-Ville railway station is around 10 minutes walk from the hotel and the ports are a short bus or taxi ride.
I was encouraged by the good reports on here so I thought I'd give it a try.
Our twin room was a reasonable size and had a large en-suite shower room and separate loo.
The shower worked well and there was plenty of hot water.
The room had TV with plenty of French channels including Canal + & Canal Sports. There were also some English language channels.
The beds were comfortable with good quality linen. It was difficult to get the curtains to fully close properly in the room.
Breakfast was included in our rate, there was a good selection at the buffet.
The building itself was quite old fashioned and charismatic.
Staff were ok but not amazing and I didn't like the fact there was a dog (presumably belonged to one of the owners) that kept peering round from one of the rooms just next to reception and barking loudly when we checked in and out.
Everything else fine.

The previous reviews were right in that this hotel is a one off and just what we like ourselves rather than new box like paces. After a long drive this was a haven. Very comfortable and beautifully decorated room on first floor with big bathroom. Great big bed with fluffy pillows. The tv connection was inconsistent but got bbc 1 in the end. Wifi is free once you get your device connected. Big breakfast selection in really good position and near the Ancienne restaurant which is really good. Receptionist when arrived was superb and so helpful.
Good garage below hotel. Try it and enjoy a hotel as the used to be!