майские 2012 May 2012

I agree with previous reviews - the location is really good. Although there are better ones. Unless there is a convenient transport interchange - the metro is nearby. Yes, to the Grand Opera and Galeri -15-20 minutes, but when it's every day……. and with children……it doesn't seem to be around anymore. By the way, getting from the Moulin Rouge is not difficult - along a straight sloping road - 20-25 minutes.
There is simply no view from the windows - although you can look at the dirty courtyard (also through dirty windows) either at the windows of a nearby building! As soon as we turned into a quarter, not a small amount of garbage caught my eye. Really dirty! Worse seen only in Cairo. The homeless stupidly sleep next to the hotel (although they were observed a lot further). Settlement ONLY after 14, although the rooms were free, but the cleaners are too busy! The staff is black and Vietnamese.
Arrived in the morning. When we were asked to open the storage room for luggage, they opened it only from the third reminder……. and then a room (well, about 6 square meters) opened up in front of us – full of things!! ! To my bewildered question and where can I put things - the servant pretended "You don't understand mine" and waved her hand towards the street. By the way, they somehow speak English at the reception and that's it....with the rest of the gestures. At 2 pm we were finally given the keys. And again disappointment. The rooms, to put it mildly, did not smell very pleasant. The rooms are small and uncomfortable. The shower light is very dim, no hair dryer. The renovation hasn't been done in a very long time. The plumbing is leaking. There is a TV set, but without Russian-language channels, although the French speech is like music, you will hear it!

Breakfast is a separate story. Not too clean basement (shabby ceilings and walls), in which tables are placed. Served - croissants, yogurt, jam (four types to choose from), butter, melted cheese, tea, coffee and of course UPI (where without it). Croissant - one per person. No person - no croissant. Although baguettes take as much as you like. You sit, eat, and workers and staff go back and forth past you . . As already mentioned, there is no early breakfast for those leaving, probably breakfast is not provided. Although they applied, they tried to take dry rations, so to speak.
Another point - on the last day in one of our rooms the door handle broke (the tongue was not pressed). I'll make a reservation right away - they handled it carefully. It happened in the evening. Naturally turned to the receptionist. And here the news was waiting for us - it turns out that WE broke it. The clerk got up, looked at the door - delivered the mentioned verdict (moreover, he immediately forgot English, only in French, since he had an electronic translator with him) and was about to leave! After the question - how to get inside the room - already in English he said that this was not his job, the repairman would come tomorrow. How! In general, they opened it somehow....in 30 minutes.
For those who do not want to pay for one sandwich - 7 euros (although next to the arch near the hotel it is possible and cheaper - pasta for 3 euros). Throughout Paris there is a Monaprix chain of stores, an analogue of our supermarkets. There and cheaper and a large selection (including cheese and wine). The closest of those that we came across - from the Grand Opera down, about before the second, third turn after rue de Kazanova (on the right hand).
Metro tickets immediately buy 10 pcs.
Verdict - if you already got to this hotel, don't be too upset, you only spend the night in it. But if there is a choice, it is better to immediately look for another. By the way, our friends stayed in the 1st district (unfortunately, I forgot the name of the hotel), the view of the Eiffel Tower, cleanliness, etc. - the difference in price is 40 euros per room.
We are in this hotel more than a foot.