This was our second stay at Mathurin. Great location, close to great shopping and restaurants.

The hotel has had some renovations, and there is now additional seating/lounge areas.

The rooms are beautifully decorated and feel luxurious but small (but this is Paris).

The staff at the front desk were exceptionally helpful, recommending restaurants close to the hotel.

Nespresso coffee machine in the room, which was great - capsules regularly topped up.

The only gripe is that the internet didn't work in the room and could only be accessed from the lounge area - I think this needs to be addressed.

I would absolutely stay again, but if internet is an absolute necessity, I'd think twice (but otherwise would stay there)

We enjoyed our stay at the "Le Mathurin" a lot. It is a very small and tastefully designed hotel located close to the Blvd. Haussmann (but still in a silent little road) where you can find great shopping possibilities such as the "Le Printemps" or the Galeries Lafayette. Nevertheless it is only 1 block from a subway station that can take you easily to the interesting sights (Eifel Tower, etc.).

The hotel is in good shape. Our room was very small though and a few small details weren't perfect (like that 2 ceiling lights in the bathroom didn't work and weren't replaced during our 3 night stay/The minibar wasn't cold.). I would have expected a bigger room for that price tag. The staff was very friendly so overall it was a very pleasant stay.

We didn't take the breakfast in the hotel as it is simply way to expensive (27€/Person) but there a place just right next to the hotel where you get breakfast (don't expect a british breakfast there though).

I have to say when I first arrived to the hotel I thought it was a good deal. However, I have never ever in my entire life seen a rude staff like this hotel. I really felt unwelcome to a level I had to check out and find another hotel. There is one lady there who does not smile at all no matter how nice you are to her and she always speak to you in a rude manner. She was a rude to a level that when I called for an Internet pass over the phone she tried to give me the password two times and when she failed to deliver the code she hangup on my face!!!!! I left this hotel with a very bad feeling that made me believe that the hotel does not welcome cretin type foreigners. I even expressed my feeling frankly to the hotel manager and she was as cold as her staff. Disappointing!!!!

Bottom line, I will never ever go to this hotel nor recommend it to any normal human who like to be treated with a minimum level of respect.

My husband and I spent two nights in Le Mathurin for the 4th time or so, as we like to use this hotel for both business and leisure trips to Paris. The interior decoration is very stylish, the lobby, various lounges, bar and breakfast room intimate, plush and cosy. The staff is friendly and attentive. We like the location: although it's just minutes from Boulevard Hausmann, the hotel is in a quiet street.

But I feel that the hotel should dare to sacrifice some of the esthetics to more down to earth practical features. We stayed in (superioir double) room 404 which is really lovely. It faces the courtyard thus guaranteeing an amazingly quiet night in the heart of Paris. Le Mathurin rooms have separate toilets which is a real plus. However, the bathrooms are tiny and leave no room for maneuver: there was only a very small alcove next to the sink to put toiletries, requiring a mikado champion's agility to pick any item without causing the entire regiment to fall over. The room itself suffers from the same disease: it has too much furniture considering the available floorspace. In addition to a small sidetable with stool, it features a small but heavy square table and dito chairs which literally block the wardrobe door. You need to remove the chair in order to open the tiny wardrobe and reach for your clothes and use its mirror. It seems also impossible for non acrobatic guests to be seated at that table at the same time. The room has book shelves with plenty of arty books at either side of the bed and opposite the bed next to the television screen, which give the room a somehow cultural and intellectual cachet, but I would have preferred to make a more practical use of that space. I would encourage the management to replace the table and chairs by one comfy club chair. Another thing which got me quite nervous was the hairdryer issue. Seeing the 30 cm long cable I knew that I was in for a real challenge. The bearded guy smiling viciously at me from the bathroom outlet left no doubt that there was no liberté and égalité but only fraternité to be found here. I then courageously searched the whole room for an outlet allowing me to blowdry my hair without having to put my head under the bed or behind the televison screen. At last I managed to lay my head in between the espresso machine and the coffee cups and got it over with. Hmmm not so comfortable after all, is it? Later that night when we decided to rest our wary (albeit blowdried) heads, it became clear that the curtain hanging before the television screen is to accommodate those guests who, unlike us, give up the battle to turn off the red signal light on the telly screen shining right into our eyes. It took us only ten minutes to make it go away! I must admit however that unpleasant memories of the movie Poltergeist came back later as we were suddenly woken up in the night by voices talking behind the flimsy curtain.

Finally I believe it is time to replace some of the matresses; they have seen better times.

All in all, I would still recommend Le Mathurin, but I would encourage management to give more weight to practicalities.