We stayed 3 nights at the Saint-Charles in July 2009 and paid an average of 60 € per night without breakfast for a double room with bathtub (shower only rooms are a bit cheaper). We bookes directly on the hotel's site which is a bit tricky to do but it worked fine. The hotel offers also free Wi-Fi access, a good choice of french and international TV-Channels on a nice flat screen and is nicely located near the place d'italie métro stations where you can catch several lines. The rooms were small but for this price they were actually big, it was clean although rather old fashioned looking. the bathroom was freshly renovated. Major advantage of this hotel was the air conditionning, not much hotels in paris offer AC at this price range !

I stayed in several other budget hotels in paris (all under 100 € per night) and the saint charles offers simply the best value!

We stayed in this hotel for two days on a mixed purpose trip, partially we were visiting Paris, but on the other hand I was also visiting a professor at the ENS (rue d'Ulm).

The lobby and breakfast rooms are very nice and clearly recently renovated. The rooms (and corridors) are a bit more outdated, apart from the bathroom which was also very modern. Anyway, we were upgraded to a triple room (at the price of a double room), so we did't have the problem of small rooms other reviewers mention. Anyway, since you're probably in Paris for visiting it, I don't see why you really need a very big room. If you need so, I advise booking a fancier (and more expensive) hotel. The staff in the hotel was always very friendly and helpful.

The hotel is quite close to the metro, although not right next to it. The walk from/to the metro is quite nice, along some nice restaurants, ... I strongly advise eating in the neighbourhood of the hotel as the restaurants aren't aiming for tourists, but local people. Service and food is much better. The restaurants open however at 7-7:30pm in the evening (and possibly also for lunch).

Overall, I think this is a good hotel (in a nice area of Paris) and if they invest some money into renovating the rooms, this might become a very lovely hotel. If you insist to have a luxurious hotel, I'd susgest to take another hotel, but if you are looking for a decent place to stay, I would certainly advise this hotel.

we visited this hotel for 6 nights, it is in a nice area close to the metro station, we just loved the quiet of the hotel, little rooms but it's quiet enough for us, a grossery near buy and it was in a good price

My wife and I had always wanted tyo visit Paris andf I must say that the hotel was a nice comeback after a day visiting Paris and the hotel personnel was always ready to help and give advice. The hotel is very clean, the rooms are large and comfortable, and the area surrounding the hotel is very "parisienne" off the tourist track making you try how parisians live. The area is filled with small nice restaurants, all of which have very nice waiters and waiteresses ready to help you out with the menus. I most surely would recommend the hotel and the Butte to anyone who would like to live Paria and just visit it.