BritBoyInGA
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Reviews||Check in was smooth and without problems (perhaps too smooth).||Our room was very nice except we discovered a large area of stained carpet under the table. We reported this to reception, primarily to ensure we did not get the blame.||We were offered a room change, but it wasn’t necessary as the damage didn’t detract from our enjoyment of the room.||The A/C in the room was excellent, as outside it was 30+ every day.||The bed, pillows and linens were of a good quality and contributed to multiple nights of good sleep, even though we could hear the quiet rumble of the metro from our second floor room.||There was one big (or should I say small) issue with our room. The toilet was completely separate from the bathroom, didn’t have a wash basin, and was unbelievably small. It’s almost as though the construction plans forgot about the toilet and added it at the last minute. Needing to go from the toilet, through the bedroom, to the bathroom to wash your hands was annoying.||Our room faced the inner courtyard, so we never heard any noise from the goings on in the Place de la Republic. There were plenty of homeless in/around the square, something which is more and more common in Paris. We didn’t feel unsafe, but it does take the charm off the place.||Breakfast was of a good quality, with plenty of choice. The only negatives were; if Asian tour groups are staying at the hotel, it can be like a zoo at feeding time ! and the TWO(only) coffee machines were not enough, leading to long lines and the constant need to be serviced and re-filled.||As a passing comment, the quality of bread was at the lower end of French quality, obviously par baked, and not of the same quality found in any local boulangerie.||We arrived back at 11.40pm one evening and were curtly informed the bar had closed, when there were 7 or 8 people drinking at the bar, with many having full glasses. We asked again but were told “No”, so we went to bed.||We were tired on our last day and as we needed to leave the next morning very early, we decided to have dinner in the bar area. The hake & burger were very average, 5/10 at most. And after charging to our room with received a call asking to come back downstairs to pay the bill, as reception had not done a pre-authorization when we checked in. I said we could pay in the morning, and thought that would be it, but NO, a waitress was sent to our room to demand payment ! Did they think we would ‘do a runner’ ?||I told the waitress I would go to reception and resolve the pre-authorization issue then the bar/restaurant charge can be added to the room. It was at this time that reception stated they only pre-authorize when asked, when a room has been paid for by points. They acknowledged having my card on file, so could have easily done it, but instead caused us a great deal of inconvenience and embarrassment.||With the exception of this last issue, we would have no hesitation in returning, but it did leave a bitter taste in our mouths.