Stayed in the Inspiration room, Check in was at 4PM, The room was clean and cosy, with large pillow and a thick duvet, which was nice as weather in Paris was -5C
Amenities included soap and 2 bottles of shampoo/showergel and 1 bottle of massage oil/cream, a decent hairdryer and towels. The rain shower was nice although the water kept going from hot to warm/cold.
Nice size television with all French language channels. There is no mini bar in the room, but you are provided with one bottle of water and a jar of toffee sweets. Any drinks such as alcohol, tea (which we found to be very good value compared to local cafes, for around 4 Euros, the hotel provided tea in a nice glass Bodum teapot, enough for 4 cups of tea) and coffee are available downstairs in the bar area and can be taken to your room or enjoyed in the bar area which is nicely decorated and seems like a relaxing place to have a drink at the end of a long day.
Items ordered from the bar area are added to your bill and settled at the end of your stay.
The location of the hotel we found to be excellent, it may not be everybodys choice as its not as close to popular areas and at nightime there is not much going on.
Around the corner from the hotel is a nice bakery, wine shops, cafes and restaurants. And a Carrefour supermarket is a 5 minute walk away.
The hotel appears to be in a quite affluent area, so walking back to the hotel at nightime felt safe.
The hotel is a 2 minute walk to Arc De Triomphe/ Champs Elysees, The Eiffel Tower is 5-10 Minutes away in a Taxi, We found most popular sights could be reached by taxi in around 10-15 minutes.
There are also a number of Metro stations within walking distance if you prefer not to use a taxi, but depending on the amount of people in your party a taxi could be more cost/time efficient.
The only downside was that the fire alarm went off at 11PM, and we were told they were "Testing" the alarm which seemed like a strange time to test the fire alarm.
The staff were very friendly and always smiling, i would stay at this hotel again.
- Hidden Hotel Paris
