The People

I really enjoyed my stay the The People Paris Marais. Overall positive stay with some areas for improvement. For context, I stayed in a 4 bed female dorm with an ensuite.||Room: well set up beds with slide, light and charger. Beds are already made and has a privacy curtain. Locker bin type things are good but aren’t the right dimensions even for a small rolly bag. The big downside is the room doesn’t have a/c which they term as being more ‘eco-friendly’ which I just don’t buy - they don’t have the infrastructure and it’s costly therefore I believe that to be greenwashing. This meant the room got warm overnight, leading to leaving the window open which was noisy. Bring a lock, eye mask and ear plugs! Room was very clean - one of the cleanest hostels I’ve stayed in.||Bathroom: Clean modern bathroom. Two areas for improvement. The quick fix - add hangers and a shower holder!! Made it very tricky to shower, hang towel, hang bag to get changed, place toiletries, wash in the shower etc. The other needed fix - it’s a push plug to shower. These are manageable when it lasts say 30 seconds, this one lasted 2-5 seconds per push which made showering very, very challenging for a long haired girlie. Please extend the length of the push! :)||Location: not far from cool streets and bakeries in Le Marais and metro. Easy as a walking starting point to explore the city, although the street itself is not anything special.||Overall: Very clean hostel with a good location.

The room met our needs. While there isn't AC (which we knew in advance) they did provide us with a fan that was much appreciated. The windows were a little hard to open on account of the curtains. The location was fantastic, very close to the Sully-Morland metro stop. It was also very peaceful (no one running up and down the hallways, no loud music, etc.). The restaurant/bar is insulated from the floors of sleeping space by mysterious inaccessible floors above and below. The shared kitchen needs more staff oversight and directions. There are two small dorm size fridges that are cleaned out weekly. Because of their smaller size I would recommend throwing out food more than once a week. I appreciated not being micromanaged, but I feel that there needed to be more direction regarding use of the kitchen facilities. The provided towels/sponge/cleaning cloths needed to be maintained better/more frequently. There also needed to be oven mitts, especially since the day we used the oven was the day the dishtowels had mysteriously disappeared. Labeled drawers (silverware, pots/pans, baking pans, etc.) would have been helpful as I seemed to play hostess every time someone was looking for something while I was there.

Don’t Recommend! Poor Service and Bedbug Experience! My family stayed in this hotel during a summer trip in August 2025. On the first night, the room was unbearably hot. The reception staff said there was work in progress and asked us to move to another room for the night, then return the next morning to see what arrangement could be made. After a long day of visiting, we felt it was unreasonable to go back and forth to reception and move luggage, as the hotel should have provided a ready and comfortable room from the beginning. Worse, our two children suffered multiple bedbug bites on their arms, legs, face, and feet. When we reported this during the stay, staff dismissed it as “pest bites” and only gave us a new bed sheet to cover the original one. After that, no new bites appeared, but the children were already left with painful, itchy welts that needed treatment. At checkout, the Manager asked if we enjoyed our stay. We said it was not good because of the bedbug bites. He gave us his name card and asked us to send him an email to request a refund. After discussion, we thought the Manager should actually see the bites, so we went back and showed him the marks on our children’s skin. One staff member agreed the bites on the legs were from bedbugs, but the Manager simply went on to serve other guests and did not deal with our case. After returning home, we followed up by sending the hotel a detailed complaint email on 12 August 2025, but after one month, there has still been no response from the hotel. This shows a lack of responsibility and care for guests’ health and comfort. We cannot recommend this hotel and hope management addresses these issues properly.

This hostel has very nice facilities and good beds but OMG - we had the worst two nights of our entire holiday at this place. THERES NO AIR CON. We were genuinely so hot and there was no escape from the heat during mid July summer. I couldn’t sleep and it was almost unbearable. Outside felt cooler than our room.

I booked a bed in a 4-Bed Women Only Dormitory – Private Bathroom. Here are the pros and cons for your consideration:Pros:- Good location: 2-minute walk to the metro (M7) and bus stop (Sully-Morland), 5-minute walk to a minimart (Franprix)- The staff is very service-minded- Super clean: bed, bathroom, and shared area- Separate shared bathrooms for males and females- Good security: you need a key card to access your floor and your room- Easy and quick check-in- There’s a locker to keep your belongings (you need to provide your own key, and large lockers are charged if needed)Cons:- Bath towel costs €4- No amenities in the private bathroom (no shower gel or shampoo), but toilet paper is provided- When you shower, water only flows for about 10 seconds per tap, so you need to tap frequently- Water in the private bathroom is very slow; it’s better to use the shared bathroomOverall, I loved it! I will stay here again if I visit Paris next time.

Our reservation was for a four-bed room, shared among girls, and the atmosphere made us feel calm and confident. The shared toilets and shower rooms were clean and well-maintained, and the small library was a lovely addition. Everything exceeded my expectations! The reception and staff were incredibly kind and professional. The location near a metro line is very convenient, though it might be safer to have company at night when walking from the station to the hostel. Overall, our experience was positive, and I truly appreciate this place

Location is good and safe. Very close to metro and easy to get to Orly airport. Room is nice and well equipped, stayed in a 4 bed dorm with bath room inside felt like in a small hotel. The only issue is that there is no luggage storage. There are paid lockers which is fine, but you don’t know which locker you get before you pay, and there might be chance getting an upper locker for a big suitcase that is too difficult to put into.

This was my second time staying at this hostel, the location is beautiful, you can walk anywhere or take the metro (it's right across the street). The rooms are great, mattresses comfy and privacy curtains. It's definitely a little bit pricey but it's convenient. BUT the staff is so rude! Red haired at the reception was so unhelpful to me when I tried checking in, they are very unfriendly. Also, the showers are bad very small and everything gets wet. Overall, if you can ignore rude staff and bad showers, it's a good option