After a trawl through various hotels in Paris and looking at endless reviews, we settled on the Hotel Paris Bastille, which ticked most of the boxes (quiet area, clean, good reputation, reasonable price, etc). I was initially going to book this city break with Thomas Cook (TC) so I found out their prices then went away and did a bit of homework to see how much it would cost me to book the hotel and eurostar direct myself. Turns out TC were wanting £350 extra (I kid you not!) on the sums I had worked out to book direct, so it was a no brainer to book everything myself. We managed to get fabulous deals on the eurostar too by booking early as well as a discount with the hotel. We went over the new year period for the celebration of such an occasion but also it was my 30th birthday present from my husband. We had no problems booking direct and had friendly service from reception staff over emails in advance of our visit. Check in and out was fine, no problems and they were really helpful on check out for us to leave our luggage in a secure area until the afternoon when we would be leaving. There are some really nice restaurants in the area, and some cheaper grocery stores (late night store too) to get your essentials such as drinks and snacks. There was a tv in the room, ensuite bathroom, safe, telephone, and tea/coffee making facilities. Breakfast was fine, and you can have a cold or hot one. We often arrived as late as we could for breakfast and this occasionally meant that supplies of breakfast was low, but the staff were happy to replenish if you asked for more of something you wanted.
I think the only downside of the the Hotel was, it's a bit tired looking (decor wise) in some areas of the hotel, the rooms are tiny (but then this is always the case whether you are in Paris or Rome), you can hear guests coming and going from the neighbouring rooms, and it's not centrally located (although it is opposite the Bastille metro stop it's not in the middle of the city itself but a bit further out which might not appeal to some people and their needs).
It was a great base to explore from though and I really recommend getting one of those metro 3 or 5 day travel passes as these were essential for our trip to get around via public transport. We were able to fit in all the main sights on our trip (over 4 days) and was good to get back to the hotel and crash each night following an exhausting day sight seeing. One tip, try to buy as many tickets to places online and/or in advance as possible (e.g. chateau de versailles, eiffel tower, louvre) as queues for everything were astronomical and it made our lives so much easier to be able to join the shorter queues to get into venues. We also took a travel guide book which ended up being dog eared and well thumbed but it had some good tip offs such as getting access inside the Lourve by going via the Sully wing first as this has the least crowds and waiting time as everyone else generally heads via the Denon wing in order to see the Mona Lisa first (massive queues and waiting time!). But you can get access via the Sully wing and then make your way over to the Denon wing from there anyway.

Good service at reception and friendly staff. The breakfast was a bit hit and miss, only 1 member of staff servicing the breakfast room. We got a good deal with breakfast included but i would have been a little disappointed to pay full price as it was not restocked quick enough but in fairness the member of staff couldn't have worked harder.
Room - large enough to be comfortable and modern and clean but tv had no english channels but you're not in Paris to watch the tv. The only thing I can fault is that beds were quite hard.
Location is in a quieter location with nice restaurants close by, a really good mexican just around the corner. The hotel is really close to the metro which is ideal.
All in a all a good hotel in Paris.

It's a 3-star hotel which in practice in Paris means ordinary. The beds and pillows (I used two rooms during my stay) are very basic and uncomfortable. Ventilation and heating are also problematic: the room was too warm and the only solution was to open a window. For the room on the first floor that was not a great solution with the traffic noise. One of the staff members was particularly helpful. It is across the street from one of two main opera houses and 100m from Place de la Bastille which is a busy but attractive junction and public space, and very close to the Bastille metro station and to a few good classic parisian-style cafes.

I hated my stay in room #001. This room, hidden behind a light closet door, is located on the ground floor, right next to the lobby and the hotel reception. Therefore, in the evening, you can hear people coming in the hotel, the phone ringing loudly at 1am for 15 minutes with no one answering this and all that from your bed! In the morning, you can also enjoying being waked up by the other hotel customers having a chat in the lobby. Just lovely.

On the bright side, if you are not there to sleep, the hotel location is really convenient. But staying in (the room) might also turn boring quickly as the TV does not seem to work well and the cleanliness of the fridge, with fungus-like stuff under the bottles tells you how much previous customers enjoyed a drink there. Or not. There's no bottle opener for the beer either but at least you'll keep your wallet away from their over-priced drinks and stick to tap water. Or tea since there is a small kettle in the room

Anyhow, if you stay in a room upstairs (ie NOT #001), you may enjoy your stay...