Бребант 2010 Brebant 2010

We rested at the Brebant Hotel in May 2010. They didn't build castles in the air in relation to hotels before visiting Paris, there was already something to compare with "Novotel" in the 17th district a year earlier. To be honest, without "spread fingers" - quite a normal Parisian 3-star hotel. The location is fantastic, metro station "Grands Boulevards" 10 meters from the entrance to the hotel, a restaurant occupying the 1st floor plus a lot of restaurants and cafes nearby and opposite. Our room - small, with three single beds and a toilet room (a bathroom with a shower plus a toilet with a washbasin and a bidet) - fully corresponded to the pictures and photographs - normal. Cleaned every day, towels changed constantly. The furniture is old but in good condition, the fabric wallpaper in blue color looked quite decent. There is no kettle in the room, there is a refrigerator, and a hair dryer is available at the reception. The staff is friendly, understands and speaks a little Russian. We bought wine several times in the city, there was no corkscrew - I ran to a restaurant near the hotel - the waiter looked with understanding and delight at a bottle of wine for 4 euros (!? ) said "sud-west" - and opened it without any problems for "thank you". Breakfast - typically French - some croissants, toast, butter, cereal, milk, several types of yogurt, juices, tea, coffee. If you do not mind leaving 1 euro "from the nose" of the maid, just in case, I wrote "for room service", otherwise they may not take it - so as not to be accused of theft. The elevator is extremely small. In principle, our mood in Paris was excellent, but the sign in front of the entrance to the 1.5-seat elevator with a folding door that opens inwards (!!! ) naturally added to our mood and optimism - 4 people or the equivalent of 250 kg. I, my wife and child, even without luggage, never traveled in it - they did not physically fit. There was a choice, either they were with a bag of groceries, or I was without a suitcase with a newspaper and a bottle of wine. Joke. However, for people with suitcases - not very funny. The hotel was undergoing renovations during our visit to Paris, but I can’t say that it interfered with us. If you come to Paris to sit in a hotel and follow the events in the hotel, this is a very important moment, but we did not leave the room very early (at 9.00 - 10.00), and returned very late - after midnight - everything else was us did not aggravate. Yes, the steps are very old and really creak. . The only thing that interests me is closing the window in winter - everything is absolutely normal in summer, but it’s very interesting for me to know if it’s blowing from the window in winter, that is, if the lock on the window is reliable. A very nice waiter guy in a cafe - even at 6 in the morning he gave us coffee and croissants to drink when we left for the airport, and when on the first day, I asked the waiter not to give my child cold (even icy) juice (a disease of all European hotels) to warm it up, then in all subsequent days he only saw our family - he brought already warmed up juice with a pleasant smile. We were very pleased. The hotel was undergoing renovations, including the outside, as this hotel will be rebuilt and soon after the renovation should join the "Holiday Inn" hotel system, so I do not exclude further inconvenience associated with the renovation. In general, I repeat the hotel is normal