I am extremely upset about the service I encountered at this hotel. My wife and I decided to stay here to celebrate my 30th Birthday - an important life moment for any guest, booking the most expensive suite they offer at a rate of over 700 euro a night. At check-in we were aggressively accosted about our reservation by the staff, claiming that we did not have one - nor that we had paid for one. Quite the contrary, as we had pre-paid, in full - online in advance and presented a valid reservation number in a confirmation email. The first member of staff we dealt with was Roman Poterre and he actually said to me that I did not have a reservation, and that this must be because my card was declined even after presenting him with confirmation of our reservation indicating the amount had been paid in full and charged successfully. He was claiming we had not paid, or that for some reason he knew the financial status of a reservation he could not find. Not only insulting, this doesn't make any sense.
We were told by Roman Poterre that our "transaction was declined" on a reservation he could not find - although we have already paid in full online and showed a valid reservation number. At this point, a manager Wilbeth Roque appeared and continued to accost us aggressively about the validity of our reservation. Criticizing the fact that we were without a reservation, although we presented her our reservation number. She then forced us to give our credit card to charge the full rate again of the night. This completely unacceptable behavior was then continued after I presented a second receipt showing confirmation of payment at the time of booking, and that the charges have been successfully placed on our card.
Upon my request to remove the charge, she insisted to keep our money blocked and unavailable for our vacation. At no point did she call anyone or in anyone try to resolve the situation or find a solution to the problem. She did not apologize for this inconvenience and did not solve anything, besides taking more money from us.
During all this, at no point did the staff welcome us to the hotel - give us information about the hotel, or recognize the fact that we were spending the evening to celebrate my birthday. Also the staff did not welcome us back to the hotel, due to the fact that I have already stayed on property before. They didn't even ask us where we have come from, since they were more interested in fighting with us than welcoming us. Due to all this stress, our entire stay was uncomfortable and unpleasant, having been overshadowed by an AGGRESSIVE staff.
These two staff members should not be customer facing, and do not have the proper training or skills to handle clientèle.
My wife kindly reminded the manager we were here for my 30th birthday (again) and suggested to remedy the situation with a bottle of champagne. Instead, we found 2 bottles of juice? That had also passed expiration date. This was an insult to us, and our family.
Our room had bugs in the bathroom, and other areas. The next morning, upon entering the spa area - the staff tried to nickel and dime us for access to the jacuzzi area, claiming at first they did not have one (a lie) - then changing their mind like Trump, and giving us a price of 150 euro per hour to access a spa which our room already included. That's 2.50 euro per minute.
This was by far the worst hotel experience I have ever had in Paris. As a Tech-worker from San Francisco, and having traveled the world and staying in 5-star properties on a weekly basis, this behavior was unimaginable. It felt like opposite day, nothing was working. Do not spend your money here. I will never return to this hotel, and buyer beware the staff is COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT.
This hotel has lost our business, and we will never return to be insulted. read more