Samson L.
Yelp
My wife and I stayed here on our first trip to Paris for 7 nights with mixed reviews. This Hotel is located in the heart of St. Germain des Pres., so it is near all the main tourist attractions, with many restaurants and shops right outside the Hotel door.
The staff are all friendly and speak English. The concierge is helpful and available 24/7. There is free wifi, and the cleaning staff cleans the room/provides turn down service.
The bad? The room that I stayed in could be cleaner. There were multiple areas around the bed and closet that needed dusting. The bathroom walls were filthy. There were multilple unknown stains on the wall and door from liquids that easily could be wiped off from prior patrons. Also, the shower grout had mildew on it. My main gripe? The room was extremely stuffy and warm. It was about 16 degrees C the week we stayed and there was no way to turn on the AC, just the heat during the fall and winter. The room had no fan. We had to stay cool with the window open at night. The worse thing was there was a metal cover placed over our window after the turn down service! We would come back to our rooms after a long day of walking and sightseeing and we wanted to die. I told the front desk about it and they accommodated us.
The Boudoir room (150 sq ft) is decorated in 18 century parisian style. The queen bed itself takes up most of the living space. It's ok if you are a single traveler, but if you have two people with two luggages like us, you have to make like tetris and maneuver carefully otherwise you'd bump into one another. There's two closets, a safe, coffee/tea machine, iron/board, mini bar, &flat screen tv all jammed into this tiny room. If you look at the website pic, that is the room - there is not much room to walk in other than into the bathroom. I think this is common in most paris hotel rooms, unless you get a suite.
Their 4 star hotel rating is misleading as apparently the meaning is different in France compared to the states. In France a 4 star rating means more about the minimum size of the guest room, and that they speak additional european language other than french. I guess I expected more from a "4" star establishment as the price to stay here for the cheapest room is pretty exorbitant. Next time I will look into renting a nice apartment for that price.
