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9 Rue Git le Coeur, 75006 Paris, France
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Relais Hotel du Vieux Paris
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Melbourne, Australia
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40 reviews 40 reviews
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“Lovely, but I won't stay again”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 February 2012
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This is an honest and mixed review.
Very friendly hotel, the people speak English well and are really very happy to help with advice, a taxi, ideas on itinerary, dining reservations and shopping.....anything.  The staff are just as friendly as many travelers on these TA reviews claim. 

I had a suite, wonderful windows, two I could open wide up and let fresh air into. All their rooms have windows that open up beautifully, just like the windows in old French movies. The rooms are very clean and fresh. The TVs are modern flat-screens (I found CNN which is in Emglish). There was no dvd player.  Toiletries are provided, a minibar with the basics, and a safe.   The furniture is clean and beautiful.  

Appoline at the front desk is an absolute delight, as helpful as she is beautiful, with perfect English. Lena is also very lovely and helpful, and it was so very nice to have met her.  She even made me a coffee late one night. Bathrooms are modern -  my suite had a long spa bath that could fit two in but is ideally for one. 

There is a double wardrobe with hangers provided in the suite lounge area and a shelf. There was also a good chest of draws in the bedroom. The back of door to the suite has two lovely hooks to hang jackets on which was very handy. My son had a single room and it was clean and good and fresh with a single wardrobe and a very modern small bathroom, and a lovely window too.

If two people sleep in the suite, the person sleeping near the wall would need to bend under/around the TV to get out to go the toilet. In other words, you can walk around easily to get in at one side of the bed but not the other. This is not a problem for people with good mobility.

Unfortunately during my stay the building next door was being renovated and I woke to the sound of drilling, electric saws and hammering. This was a disappointment as most of you can imagine, but certainly not the hotel's fault. These things happen.

My suite did not have mobile phone reception which was a huge disappointment for me, due to the time difference with my husband in Australia. Our preferred mode of communication together while I was in Paris was lots of text messages and calls.  We just made the best of it. If mobile reception is important to you, make sure you have a room that does not face the interior courtyard. The free wifi worked perfectly.

Attention to finer details is not consistent at this hotel, but this may not be a concern to you. For example, I had no information in my room on how to connect to the Internet, nothing on how/when laundry was collected, or on how to use the phone to call reception. But I just had to ask and I was very nicely told all I needed to know. I personally just prefer to have information available to me in my room and not to have to ask. 

The maid cleaned very well but left no laundry bag in my room, neither in my son's room. The first day she left one clean bath towel instead of two.  She (there were two different maids during my stay) left no spare toilet roll on the second and neither on the third or fourth day. If I ran a hotel I'd like my guests not to have to worry (and hope) that they won't run out of toilet paper at an inconvenient time. Again, I only had to ask for a second roll and I got one. I ran out of tissues but just used toilet paper. So no big deal but for the price of my suite, I did not expect to experience these small issues.

The hotel is very well located, central to everything....2 minutes from the metro, 5 minutes to the Notre Dame, 1 minute to the Siene, 1 minute to delicious  crepes - just go to endnof the street moving away from the river, go left at the Irish pub and after 50 metres on the left you come to a street corner with a friendly guy who makes nice crepes.....ask them to put only a little nutella on otherwise they load it on, 5 minutes to the Shakespeare English Bookshop, 10 minutes walk to Ludaree, & Paul's Bakery, 3 minutes to St Germaine des Pres Blvd and probably just a 10 minute walk to the Louve, oh and just 4 minutes to the post office which is very helpful and they are friendly providing you with a box if you need to send things home due to shopping too much :). 

The main not-so-good was that my room door was opened with a key without a knock on the door, twice. Once by the owner with a maintenance man and once by a older maid the next day. At this hotel you have to hand in your key when you leave, so the hotel staff know very well when you are in and when you are out .....IF they take the time to check. The owner also opened my sons room door while he was sick and had just fallen asleep.  Same thing happened with a older maid the next day to both of us. My son and I were in different rooms on different floors. For this reason, I feel it was not an accident, it was simply not bothering (or caring) to check with reception about who was in and who was out.

For me personally this was an invasion of privacy that I really didn't like and for that reason alone I persoanlly would not stay again. It would be a good idea for the hotel to implement a  'Do Not Disturb' sign available to guests. The bed was not very comfortable and that was the second deal breaker for me. The covers are wonderful, but the mattress was not comfortable.    

If you like home style service, really friendly personal service, a clean and unique hotel with much character in a great location, and if the little things I mentioned are not deal breakers for you,  then you will probably enjoy staying in this hotel. It certainly does have a personal family feel about it and it's very clean and unique.

Room Tip: Rooms face outside or face a small indoor courtyard. Rooms that face the courtyard seem to not have...
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  • Stayed February 2012, travelled with family
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Good place to stay in Paris”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 January 2012
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We stayed at Vieux Paris for 4 nights and met friends who were also staying.Wonderful location to visit the left bank attractions and very close to St Michel metro stop. Nice presentation of an an ancient building and helpful staff (we arrived well after midnight). Plenty of restuarants and bars nearby including some famous ones such as Tour D'argent, Laperouse and le Procope (if you want to eat where the French Revolution was hatched by Robespierre and Co). Musee D'Orsay is a few minutes walk.

  • Stayed July 2011, travelled with friends
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Melbourne, Australia
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
“Such an amazing hotel with history”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 December 2011
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Hotel de Vieux Paris is so charming and magical. The staff are very very helpful - just ask and they will accomodate to the best of their means. This 15th Century hotel has what modern 5 star hotels don't - a feel of familiarity, comfort and style. The beat generation poets used this site as their base and home in days gone by, in the coolest shiek area in Paris. You can still feel the cool vibe. Don't expect perfect 5 star amenities in a building that was erected in 1480. Everything here is way better than 5 star - and charming to boot.
Room was super comfy, loved the fabric wall papers, the exposed beams, and the size of the room. Breakfast is a must - although french breakfasts are not over the top with eggs and meats, this will start you up for a great day of seeing the parisian sites, or meandering through st germain or the latin quarter taking it all in. We found that any breakfasts outside the hotel were of inferior quality and at least the same price or more. And of course, the best thing about breakfast is having a good chat to Madame Odillard who loves her hotel, and has the best stories and insights into the world.
You can't pay for that at an outside cafe; and certainly not for only 13 euro!
Also - if you hang downstairs inthe lobby you'll be sure to see some very interesting people - and some very famous guests. You can't beat the great vibe of people and culture.
Stay here if you cool, friendly, artistic... if you just just want a mod-con hotel try an american hotel chain.

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  • Stayed August 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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“My best romantic hotel experience ever”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 December 2011

This is a good romatic hotel, migth not be the best for honnymoons, but for short romatic getaways i can realy recomend this one!

The rooms are not that bigg, but they got everyhing you want,
A good double bed <3
a shower,bathroom and a tv to anying your girlfriend they also provide free internett.
The staircase it small, the elevator only has room for 1 person + 1 bag, or two persons and 0 bags,
You dont even gett a " door card" but a good old fashion door key that you have to leave at the reception when you leave ( the reception is a small desk just inside the front door, not a bigg bigg reception like in many major hotels )

The room was decorted with wall to wall carpets, you felt at home and relaxed.
Most romantic room i have ever stayed in, and in a good place in the "center" off paris. Rigth next to some small resturants.

The services is great, it's a good old fashion family run hotel!

If you are taking your girlfriend/Boyfriend on a small trip this is realy the hotel to stay at!
All this makes it a realy memorable stay that you can remember for the rest of your lives.

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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“great location, nice staff and clean room”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 December 2011
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person found this review helpful

We stayed three nights. Although the room was very small, the staff was very nice. They all speak English, which is helpful. The breakfast is great, the bread and pastries are fresh, coffee delicious and they also give you yogurt and fruit salad.
There is a good selection of Paris guide available, along with some International newspaper.
The location is great too. Frankly I would recommend it to everyone.
The elevator IS SMALL :-)

  • Stayed November 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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9 Rue Git le Coeur, 75006 Paris, France
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