Hôtel de l'Abbaye Saint-Germain

We have been staying at this hotel for 42 years. We travel to Paris frequently and just returned from a four day stay. The hotel was sold two years ago and the changes have diminished the quality of this once wonderful place. The breakfasts cost more and are not included in the room rate. The quality has diminished. The front desk staff are efficient but not hospitable. Our room was attractive but small and the one chair in the room was so low that an adult could not get up once seated. The bath/shower was very slippery and I had to ask for a tub mat so that I would not fall while showering. The bed spread in our room was soiled. Our room was unmade one of the days of our stay. When we informed the front desk, someone was sent to make the bed but did not clean the room or provide fresh towels. Vacuum parts were left in the hall overnight. When I tried to reconfirm a hotel booking for a car and driver to take us to the airport, I was told that there was no such reservation. The young woman at the front desk subsequently corrected herself. She did not apologize. She also was not helpful when my husband asked for her assistance. The hotel's exterior, especially in the garden, has multiple water damage spots and one of the large street doors is damaged. The lobby area is beautiful, however, the building is showing signs of neglect. Sometimes change is not positive. That appears to be the case with Hotel l'Abbaye.

This small boutique hotel is so well located. It's close to bus lines and within walking distance to many St Germain attractions. The staff is the epitome of perfection....professional, friendly, efficient and approachable. Rooms are beautifully decorated and the main/public sitting areas are tranquil and comfortable. We have often been unsuccessful in booking here because it is so popular. So my advice is to reserve early.

The Hotel has an excellent location in a quiet setting with a nice garden off the light filled glass terrace. Public rooms are charming with lovely flower arrangements. The staff is friendly and efficient. My room was well appointed. Totally satisfied.

Cutest little room 41, delightful yellow flowered wallpaper. Diptique amenities appreciated. Allowed me to check in early after my long flight from Australia which I was so grateful for. Dinner was quiche and a delicious salad. Always love to stay here and will be back.

We had a blissful stay at the Hotel de l'Abbaye in Saint-Germain. We had three rooms between the seven of us and they were all nice but our little 2-story apartment was heavenly. We enjoyed breakfast most days in the tiny dining room and cocktails in the secret garden patio for happy hour. We will definitely return.

The pictures are misleading. The hotel was ok, not more. Smells dusty. Old fabrics and tapestry. Also quite a lot of dust on top of the bed headboard. Small rooms. Bath room was clean. Service very average. Absolutely not worth the money we payed.

The hotel is lovely with a wonderful glassed-in breakfast area overlooking the garden. The staff was friendly and helpful. We stayed in a king room that was very comfortable. The room and bath were bigger than the standard Paris accommodations. We hope to return!

One always has to draw breath when considering where to stay in Paris but if you end up choosing Hotel De L'Abbaye rest assured it was a good decision.||It lives on a quiet sidestreet in the 6th, a stone's throw from the Jardin de Luxembourg and a warm welcome only partly describes how welcoming this hotel is to its guests.||Of course, it is small but large enough to host small tour groups and there is a danger that someone looking for a truly French experience will find themselves listening to a few too many American voices but that's the nature of an age where the best places get discovered.||It has an outer courtyard and an inner courtyard that one imagines lend themselves to being very inviting in the warmer months and in the winter will give you the sense of being outside without the cold and damp.||The smaller rooms are not small and in the same way the hotel staff are welcoming, they are generously stocked.||It is the ideal place to stay for someone who likes their luxury to come understated and with a reasonable price tag.

Charming hotel, Very nice staff. Great area! VERY small rooms, Very hot, very noisy,No drawers or storage, shower step was a big challenge. All lights on one switch. Bathroom switch in bedroom. Know what you're getting into before you book.

Last month I stayed at the hotel for the 4th year in a row and was charmed by the atmosphere and the superb service. The personnel is very attentive and courteous (especially Frederic, the night Manager who is always extremely helpful and charming. Thank you for making my stay in your hotel memorable. Sonia Swartz Atlanta, Georgia

This was our home away from home--what a wonderful place to spend our honeymoon! Excellent service and great location; of course the room itself was perfect :)

If you want a charming experience with an absolute perfect location stay here. It feels like you are staying at a French persons home. This place is both elegant and warm. It came recommended by my friend whom teaches at the Sorbonne and she was so right. It's honestly quieter than my own home. I will only stay here in the future and did I say I have been coming to Paris since 1995. I adore this place...

Before I write a review, I'd like to say that I'm an American, might be an ugly American, that has had his fair share of hotel room stays. I'm a lifetime Diamond with the Hilton hotel group and a lifetime Platinum with the Marriott group. All that Means is that over the last 15 tears, ive stayed at a hotel over 200 days a year. Why did I not stay with my loyalty hotels that I could have booked for free? My daughter decided to stay here and I didn't want to be far from my grandson. Let's start with the great things about this place. The location is fantastic, centrally located and within walking distance of touristy areas but secluded enough that it's quiet and you can sleep with windows open without hearing loud music or people. The rooms are cool with the wallpaper matching the lamp shades, drapes, pillow covers, etc. I feel like the service, cleanliness, breakfast are about the same as any hotel. They're nice but I not next level. Now for the disappointing part. As a person accustomed to hotels, I was disappointed that we had no refrigerator in the room. This makes it tough for grandparents and parents of infants that need milk handy or people that need their meds like insulin, kept in cold storage. They didn't have a coffee/espresso maker or a microwave. Our rooms AC also wasn't working and since it was a small, "boutique" hotel, they didn't have full time maintenance people to fix it, nor did they offer to move us to another room so we just slept sweaty. The "Queen size" bed is actually 2 full size beds side by side. One last thing, they don't have parking, valet service or provide a perking pass at any parking garages so, if you brought a vehicle, good luck finding parking. This hotel is mainly for the young, healthy people with no kids or older than 3 year old kids that don't need the typical hotel amenities

This is an absolutely beautiful little hotel right smack in the middle of Saint-Germain. The rooms were lovely and the service superb, but once I discovered Le Marais and found out what I was missing in terms of authenticity (sigh)...I knew that this was quite touristy by comparison. Don't get me wrong, this is a lovely place and the people that work here could not be more helpful to this non-French speaking American. The night clerk was especially sweet at my pathetic attempts to communicate with him, but because he was so nice I found he was one of the few people I did manage to communicate fairly effectively with (strange how that works, isn't it?). The guests here tend to be middle-aged and older Americans, and there can be quite a few for such a small place. If you are looking to avoid that, this is not the place for you. I picked it because it was so centrally located, and it is, which makes getting anywhere you might want to go pretty easy. Like most Paris hotels, the rooms are smallish, but some of them have lovely balconies that overlook the garden courtyard. The common rooms are lovely and there is a fireplace where they had a fire and wine and cheeses in the evening. The ambiance was quite nice. Also, I loved the bathtub and bathroom in my room, which is something I am quite picky about. After a long day of walking miles and miles all across Paris and back, there is nothing quite like the luxury of a bath. I am not sure I would stay in this area again, but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this hotel to anyone.

I read about this on a map which I bought from the Bon Marche recommending all of Paris's best kept secrets. This hotel definitely makes it onto that list. You don't have to be a guest at the hotel to enjoy a cup of tea or a bite to eat from a very French menu at reasonable prices. Out the back there is a hidden garden which is so picturesque and romantic providing the perfect backdrop for a tea break. The steel iron tables and chairs are set among a beautiful courtyard with greenery and plants. This tiny little space is so cute I couldn't recommend it enough The service was super

I stayed at the hotel due to the great reviews it had on Tripadvisor and the price was high but I wanted to be pampered. The hotel is great, it is very classic style though I heard from Reception that they have some rooms in modern design. The service was superb and the staff are just adorable. I had breakfast in the garden in the morning which was a bliss. The area is fantastic (St Germain) with all it's old streets and cosy cafes the nightlife is great. The only thing that really annoyed me is the tiny sidewalks around there, Me and my girlfriend had to walk in front of each other half the time. I am definitely coming back. It's luxury without the high high prices.

we stayed there several years ago, I know, why did I wait so long to speak up, the room was alright, my only complaint was when breakfast was served I asked for a banana to put in my cereal, I was told they did not have a banana! A very exotic fruit, since we paid about 400.00 for the room I felt I was not being unreasonable

My wife and I stayed here on our first trip to Paris and it was absolutely perfect. The location is excellent, the staff members were all very friendly and helpful,and the hotel is beautiful. Although we spent most of our time roaming the city, hotel abbaye certainly added to our amazing experience in Paris.

My wife and I stayed at Hotel de l'Abbaye for 3 nights for our first trip to Paris together, and the hotel was an absolute treat. Located in the 6th arrondissemont, the hotel provides a location that is privately tucked away but very close to restaurants and nightlife. Start with the walk to Cafe Cassette right down the street, sit down and grab a nice glass of white wine or coffee and watch the world go by. Or, walk 10 minutes to the Odeon area with great restaurants, nightlife and gelato! And of course, for tourists, walk 30 minutes to see the Louvre and Notre Dame. For everything else, the Saint Sulpice metro station is steps away from the hotel and connects you with all of Paris. We stayed in a standard room on the 4th floor, with a nice view of the inner courtyard, terraces and the beautiful buildings in the area. The room was immaculate and was very intimate and cozy, which was perfect for a romantic trip to Paris. Even though it was on the small side, it was exactly what we needed - a bed, enough room for luggage, a desk and a bathroom w/ tub. Only complaint - a shower curtain would have been nice! if you're in Paris, you're hopefully not spending a long time in your room during the day. The front desk was wonderful. We could either speak our broken French or our English with the front desk - either will work just fine. One night, we needed help with a dinner reservation - they suggested an excellent place down the street and booked our reservation for us. In the morning, definitely take the breakfast at the hotel which they serve from around 7-11. It has a bed and breakfast feeling to it, with warm service an assortment of croissants and pastries, or omelets and hot breakfast if you wish. I even had to..ugh...take a work call on our last day there. I connected to the free wi-fi through Skype with no issues. Very easy to connect, which kept our mobile bills down during our travels. Hotel de'l Abbaye provided us with a memorable, romantic first trip to Paris that we will never forget.

This hotel is exactly what we were looking for. Charming, clean, quiet, and romantic. The front desk was very helpful and we were grateful for the city map they provided with the hotel clearly marked on it. We walked everywhere and this hotel is located in a great central location. We will definitely stay here when we return to Paris!

Love this little gem of a hotel and have spent many happy moments there. The location is perfect--in the heart of the 6th. It's cozy and very French without feeling austere or pretentious. It's also a great value, especially for an amazing city like Paris.

This hotel is wonderfully located. It's quaint and authentic. I stay here whenever I am visiting Paris.

The front-of-house staff is what's really holding Hotel de l'Abbaye back from being a real contender. The location is great, the rooms are fantastic, and the bar/restaurant staff are superb, but the front desk / porters seem to constantly have better things to do. Cases in point: we'd ordered a cab through the front desk the third or fourth time, and magically this time there's a cab fee associated with it. The front desk then took the cab driver's side and said if we didn't pay it the fee would be stuck on the bill. Other instances of FoH staff not giving a shit include taking 30 minutes to come up for baggage assistance, forgetting to bring up breakfast twice, and charging for not bringing back an umbrella that I never left with to begin with. While it's lovely to sit in front of the real fire place and sip on a whisky and pick at a meats plate, I'll be looking for an alternative hotel next trip.

After spending long days exploring the wonderful city of Paris it was always comforting to arrive back at hotel de l'Abbaye where we were greeted by a professional, friendly and helpful staff. Whether it was champagne by the fire or enjoying a breakfast of expresso and croissants in the sunroom, we always felt well taken care of.

Amazing hotel. This is probably the best hotel I have stayed in in Paris. Unfortunately I could only spend a single night as it was slightly over my budget. But if you can afford it you will love every little bit of it. It's a four star that deserves 5. And it's all about service.

I stayed here for three nights in March 2010 on my way to visit my son in Newcastle, UK. The hotel is in one of my favorite districts, and it certainly is set away from the street giving it a peaceful atmosphere. My room was standard size due to cost and also I was alone and it was a good enough size. I fully appreciated the nice marble bathroom with a standup shower that is adjustable (some rooms only have a hand held shower as what I understood), the lovely fig scented soaps and shampoos, and the hard to find normal hair dryer. I ordered in room service my arrival night; it consisted of soup and quiche which were excellent. My room faced the entryway which becomes a bit noisy if guests roll their luggage over the stone pathway as one could hear it in the room. Also there's a quirk in the key lock, that there is a certain way to turn one's key. Of course, I didn't get it so I had to get assistance the first couple of times. Service was generally good, but I was put off by the seemingly very friendly desk clerk who checked me in. He was really smiley and friendly until I made a grievous error in not realizing I was printing off my boarding pass on the hotel's printer same time he was printing a guest invoice. However, it would have been good if he had alerted me that there was only one printer and that guests needed to coordinate with staff if printing. Otherwise, I loved my stay there. However, I will try other hotels. I find it's too overpriced though it's listed as a 4* hotel. Things like a tea/coffeemaker and a minibar are not included.