Cynthia M.
Yelp
Inconveniently located. 15 minutes from 2 metro stations.
STAFF/LOBBY:
Friendly but most staff are unprofessional and like to take smoke breaks and drink while on duty. Some are so lazy that they dont like assisting guests.
Lots of seating areas but a lack of charging stations. Brochures and magazines also a library with everything you need to know about Paris, France and visitor stuff. The electronic Welcome and tourist machine was broken.
The lobby is broken down into several areas: library area, table top game area, couch area, bar area, visitor area with magazines and toiletry vending machine (toothbrushes, locks for lockers, etc.).
Next to the game area there is the storage area which was DISGUSTING!!!! Old bags, dirty dried rags littered the floor, broken wood which used to shelving bases are broken and littered the area. Bags which appeared to have bern left behind were stored there. Oversized luggage was placed everywhere. There are oversized coin lockers and oversized lockers for storing luggage (so you who purchased your own locker can use).
ANNOUNCEMENT BOARD: At the desk on the wall is a list of group activities. You can purchase River Seine and other tours for as low as 5.50€. I did and it was fun! I also noticed the FREE WALKING TOURs brochure (the pink vest folks).
BAR/PATIO DECK: they have a full service bar. There is an outdoor patio deck. It was full of folks during happy hour and filthy with cigarette butts in everything except the butt container! The patio furniture is badly worn.
RESTAURANT/BREAKFAST: Once gone..its gone folks. cafeteria style dining where you can purchase meals. Complimentary Breakfast is also done here.
**I got stuck (locked) in a restroom and barely missed the food. (the desk attendant had to break the lock to get me out)!!!
Anyway, what I saw of what was left for breakfast. Soft Croissants, butter, preserves, milk, water and carafes of OJ.
KITCHEN: DISGUSTING! PIG STYE! Guests have to take care of this area because NO STAFF CLEANS this area!!!! So, there were crumbs, overflowing small trash cans. Dirty dishes. Food particles on tables, counter topes, on and in the microwave. The sinks were full.
There are 2 European refrigerators and one was fully broken with packed to the brim rottening food and liquids pouring out of it. The other was working and also packed to capacity. There is no labeling system. This had a small freezer (i believe) but it was also jammed packed.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
When you go into the room...to turn on the lights...SLIDE your room key into the pocket on the wall and the lights and electricity will work.
This includes the lights and electricity outlets at ALL the beds and the shower area.
The showers are older and stay on for 5 seconds intervals once you push it. To conserve water!
The A/C barely worked. The windows are sealed shut. The room was clean.
TOURS/PASSES:
Are sold at the desk!!
This building has conference rooms and they were in use when I arrived. There are 2 vending machines in the basement area hallway.
In the hallway is a model of the building and a high table top with chairs for relaxing. Looks like you canngo outside to the garden area from here but I dared not to so I wouldnt get locked out and have to find my way back up to the main entrance.
There is a grocery store across the street which is were I purchased my meals and my European Flat Iron (for my hair). The staff was very friendly and the men flirtatious yet funny.
ATTACHED RETAIL:
Directly attached to the building is a 1. "home goods" type store with trinkets for home and office. 2. Next to that a hip/bar restaurant with musicians, 3. Next to that is a cafe which is also like a 7-11 to pickup snacks and beverages, 4. Next to that is another restaurant more upscale and 5. The next place was for rent. All of the food establishments have cute outdoor seating areas and at night it was bustling. The hip area...some skateboarders were outside..nanny's were pushing strollers during work hours.
STREET:
***One way street which my Uber/Lyft drivers kept getting messed up on trying to find a way to get me to the building!!!***
NEIGHBORHOOD:
I presume this to be a working class shabby chic area. But it was more like regentrification is trying to happen in this area. Old mixed with the new.
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