Garden Saint Martin

Excellent location, friendly reception, clean and comfortable room, albeit very small. I love the area, it feels local, and has endless good food and shop options. No aircon, maybe not ideal for peak summer. But overall I'd recommend for a short stay

THIS HOTEL IS A DEATH TRAP RUN BY MAN BABIES. Coming on a year from visiting Paris, I’m reminded I must warn people about staying here. All the men who work here are thin-skinned and disgruntled. But first the death trap part: coming home late from dinner & drinks, several nights a week we found the entrance chained and locked! After ringing the doorbell many times, the manager would wake up from their slumber and begrudgingly unlock the front door. When we said this is a safety issue, we were told THIS is a safety precaution to keep drunks out. Okay…why not invest in a key card door (like all other hotels we stayed at)? We were reassured someone would open them if called. WELL…on our second to last night there, coming home relatively earlier in the night, the door wouldn’t open! The **** even tried to blame my friend for breaking it when all she did was try to walk forward into the glass. And yes, I know, it’s glass. In case of emergency just…But if there’s a fire, and smoke is everywhere, that may not be so easy. Also, possibly because we had a big party with special needs, all the managers treated us like we were a nuisance. Before going out one night, the manager asked, “When are you leaving?” I said, “In a couple of days.” He replied, “Good” as he walked away. Ooooo!…If I wasn’t worried about making sure our whole group wasn’t kicked out for no good reason…I would have taken him outside to have a more real conversation. (Wow I had to really restrain myself for the good of the group.) I could go on and on about incidents we had: raising there voice when members of our group dared to raise an issue, denying our eldest (and kindest) members coffee on the morning we checked out, the baldest of these middle aged babies hitting on a friend of a friend’s wife, in front of her husband(!), et cetera. Pity though. The balcony view down the street towards the canal is LOVELY. And the restaurants (and world famous bakery) outside have delicious food served by real friendly people. Still, BEWARE.

Situated in a great area of Paris, Place de la Republique is this small tourist hotel. Rooms are very small and does not look like they do in the pictures. Easy to get to by several Metro lines. The area is nice and you can also access all major sights on foot. It’s not close to the Eiffel Tower or Arc de Triomphe but still great. What kept this hotel from a higher rating is the rooms and description of the hotel. This was my 14th trip to Paris and I must say that this area was one of the most enjoyable ones to stay at close to Saint Denis.

This is not a luxury hotel by any means. Typical European rooms – very small, few amenities but very clean. The good thing is that when visiting Europe, you shouldn’t be spending a lot of time in your room anyway! The locality of the hotel is very good. Seems like a safe location and within walking distance to the metro station and many cafes and restaurants. The best part of our stay here was the staff. They were incredibly friendly and helpful to us. We had an unfortunate incident with my husband’s wallet being stolen on the metro from the airport. By the time we got to the hotel, we saw a $3500 charge on our VISA. We went down to the front desk and the gentleman was so very helpful! He placed the call for us and waited until we had everything settled. Later in the week we needed help with train tickets another gentleman patiently assisted us and printed out all of our tickets for us. We definitely enjoyed our stay here.

Confort correct mais accueil froid, voire parfois peu aimable. Certaines nuits, l'hôtel peut être bruyant, même du côté cour, à cause du voisinage. Petits-déjeuners très moyens (pain médiocre, bonnes confitures, fromage industriel).

Bon emplacement. Calme incroyable en pleine ville, insonorisation des chambres de qualité. Chambre propre, spacieuse avec des équipements moyens (mais on s’en fiche un peu quand on ne veut qu’y dormir), literie très confortable. Petit déjeuner de qualité médiocre, en revanche accès aux bouteilles d’eau fraîches à volonté en journée ainsi qu’à la machine à boissons chaudes gratuitement. Accueil correct mais pas très chaleureux. Bon rapport qualité prix