Lovely stay here for 2 nights, very centrally located (minutes by foot to several metro stations, walkable to many attractions and tons of restaurants), the staff is warm and friendly and the hotel is modern and well maintained. I particularly appreciated the whimsical animal sculptures, they put a smile on my face. =)
Walking into the hotel there's a bar area directly inside on the right, a seating area on the left. Check-in is at a kiosk on the right side middle area of the lobby. The key system is old-fashioned--you take the key up to the room to unlock the door and return the key to the front desk each time you leave the hotel. I wonder a bit how they keep track of all the guests, and how they know who should have access to them.
The rooms and bathrooms are modern, clean, and quite decent-sized for Europe, the room I was in was about 8.5-9" wide by 10-11" long, not counting the initial entry area by the door, with a true full-sized bed (not too beds pushed together). The mattress was on the medium firm side but comfortable. The bathroom allowed ample space for comfortable movement, I was impressed by the rainforest shower that had about 3.5ft x 3.5ft of standing room. Great water pressure and consistent hot water. Bathroom amenities include hair dryer, bar soap, shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, shower caps, tissues, and towels enough for 2 people.
The room was equipped with a ~40" flat screen tv, mounted on the wall opposite the bed, a phone, a fairly spacious closet, two pairs of indoor slippers, a sewing kit, shoe shine kit, stocked minibar, a small safe, two extra pillows. I didn't notice usb ports for charging but I'd brought my own so it was ok. Remote for tv worked fine, there were five or take around 25-30 channels most in French, several in English.
Breakfast was included in my stay and it's served from 7-10am daily in the cafeteria area on the first floor, an attendant takes your room number. This was an above average spread of breads (baguettes, brioche, sourdough, mini croissants, crepes, pancakes, French toast), meats, cheeses, cereal, eggs (scrambled or you could boil your own), jams, teas and two coffee machines available.
Two smaller issues I had, which probably wouldn't stop me from staying here again, at least during cooler months:
1) There's a thermostat for the room that I either couldn't figure out how to use, maybe was turned off automatically due to time of year, or maybe was malfunctioning--upon arrival the room was stuffy and warm since it was 80F degrees outside. After setting the target temperature to 73-4, I could feel the airflow very faintly thru the vent. But after about 15-20min the thermostat turned off automatically so the AC stopped. Tried several times to turn it back on and same thing happened. Since it was cooler outside in the evening (high 50's to mid 60's F) I ended up cracking the window (since it was the 5th floor) bc otherwise it was too warm inside. The window shade/sheet directly attached to the window was a bit sheer so I had to maneuver the black out curtains (which were wonderfully thick--blocked out all sunlight) to cover some of the window pane while it was open but still let enough air in.
2) As mentioned above keys are returned to front desk when you leave the hotel. The room door locks automatically regardless of whether you use the key to turn the lock so it's more deadbolted. One day although I left the do not disturb sign on the door the entire stay, I returned to find the lock not deadbolted as I had left it. Nothing was missing in my room but it made me feel like I should be a bit more cautious. read more