hightower_jones
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A bit of a mixed bag. It's in a quiet location near the Eiffel Tower in a mostly residential area. There are a couple of good restaurants within 10 mins walk but it's definitely not a bustling tourist area. Service was friendly. Pacman theming was great. ||Breakfast is ok. Croissants and pain au chocolat were ok. Fruit salad but no individual pieces of fruit. Yoghurt, toast, ham, cheese, bacon & scrambled egg. Again, all ok and convenient (esp with kids) but nothing special. ||Two lifts but one out of order all week. Not a huge issue as only 2 floors but still a bit of a pain when busy. ||Good to have a safe in the room but there were no instructions on how to actually set the lock. We figured it out eventually but weird not to have instructions. ||The hotel branded cups in our room were not changed once during our 5 night stay despite the room being serviced dailt. One of the cups also strongly smelled of mouthwash/toothpaste, which suggests that they hadn't been cleaned since the last occupant. Wish we'd discovered that before using the other cups... ||No mini fridge in the room. Seems fairly standard for Paris hotel rooms though. ||The free arcade machines in the lobby area are a great idea but the joysticks are broken/faulty on at least 3 or 4 of them, including the pac man machine.||There is a free pool table but only over 16s can use it, which seems odd in a kid friendly hotel. My 13 year old daughter was very disappointed not to be able to get a game. You also need to leave photo ID at the bar to borrow the cues and balls. That seems a bit excessive especially as you have to pay a security deposit at check in anyway. ||One last random thing: the lights on the bedroom would periodically turn off. As far as we could see, there was nowhere to put a key card to switch on the electrics like a typical hotel room. The lights just went off after around half hour or so, which was somewhat inconvenient if you happened to be in the shower. They would generally stay on if the switches by the bed were used. ||Overall it was just OK.