My sister and I stayed here for 10 days in March 2014. We had a wonderful time! The staff is wonderful and spoke English well, and were very helpful. The rooms were small but we expected that. We had a nice view of the street, and were pleasantly surprised how quiet it was at night. We liked that this hotel was close to the metro, a grocery store, and a nice neighborhood. We bought stuff for sandwiches from the little grocery around the corner and were able to save money because we didn't have to eat at an restaurant. This is pretty close to the Eiffel tower, we walked there is about 20 minutes .It seemed pretty safe to walk at night, lots of people on the street til about 10. The tower is beautiful at night! There are a lot of cute little bakeries in this area, and flower shops. We also bought a boasted chicken at a nearby deli, and ate in our room. (saving $) There is a Starbucks across the street , a little restaurant at the corner, and they have happy hour there. and a pharmacy too. The metro is steps from the front door, so traveling was easy once we figured out our stops etc. We liked that the hotel had a safe so that we could put money and passports and valuables in for safe keeping and only carried enough euros' for that day. We didn't eat the hotel's breakfast we thought it was too pricey. 18 euros+ $25 dollars? (too much for breakfast).
A WORD ABOUT PICK POCKETS: Quite honestly I didn't worry about it. There are signs at every venue to watch your purse. We had no problems until the last day. We think they followed us from a souvenir store. As we walked onto the metro train 5 girls surrounded us, and it was crowded, well, we both got pick pocketed but I realized what was happening and moved away and my sister got her wallet stolen. but, thankfully there wasn't much in it. My advice to you is to leave most of your money in the safe at the hotel and put just enough in your wallet for the day. and ALWAYS carry money on your body, just in case, so you have taxi/metro fare back. Keep your purse on your lap at all times! They will try to distract you, they are clever, & organized.
I would have given 5 stars but the room was so small the bathroom door wouldn't even open all the way, it hit the bed! But whose gonna spend all the time in the room? for the money, everything was pretty good! Location was great! Will stay there again! read more