Campanile Prime Paris 19 - la Villette

Pros: - good breakfast (loved the bread and butter options - location close to gare du nord, and relatively not far from the touristy places one would want to see in Paris - coffee machine in the room - close to a minimarket (a carrefour) and lots of restaurants - clean room - some breakfast staff were quite friendly - pillows were nice and full Cons: - reception staff lacking friendliness (then again, this is Paris, and I’ve found people to be quite rude so I guess this is on brand for the city). Except for the lady who checked us out, she was quite lovely. - no slippers in the small cabinet of items you can purchase. When we asked if they had slippers, the lady at the desk immediately said that’s only available in 4-star hotels and they were 3 stars. Sounds about right when you consider the service. We were asking so we could purchase a pair of slippers for the room, as we had been able to do in a not even 3-star hotel in Lithuania. So to be judged immediately as if we were asking to be provided with slippers implied she thought we were thinking that the hotel was fancier than it actually was and was quite off-putting. The woman who sat beside her also kept either feeding her answers or talked while we were talking to her, and in a snotty manner at that. - room smaller than what you can deduce from the photo, but still ok as we were only there to sleep. - shower ridiculously small, and the floor was quite slippery. Shower also randomly got super hot and then when you move the tap even just a little bit, it would be ice-cold. - airconditioning in the room did not work. We turned it on and it only spewed hot air.

The hotel was nice descent and few minutes away from Gare du Nord station. The breakfast wasn't as expected.

Very friendly and helpful staff