We stayed at the Park & Suites for three nights in September. The staff at the front desk is very helpful and speaks good English; they also encourage those of us who speak bad French. Our room (607) was quite spacious for a major European city and had a balcony. The area is a bit out of the way, but the Metro and RER station is half a block away and it takes only 15 minutes to get into the center of Paris. The street is busy during the day, but very quiet at night. Breakfast is included, the standard good bread, meats, cheeses, yogurt, etc. that you find at most European hotels. There is a great cheese store just up the street as well as a bakery and charcuterie for picnic lunches or to pack for a train trip. There is a wonderful restaurant next door (Zygotheque) with terrific food and prices that are very moderate compared to comparable places in the center of town. All in all, you'll like this hotel. The only problem was spotty maid service; they didn't clean the first day at all.

Traveled with my parents for our first trip to Paris and stayed at this apartment style hotel. Location was quite good since we're very close to the subway station and our subway line took us to most of the tourist spots. Room had a queen size bed in one room and sofa (which acts as a single bed) in a "den" area. Kitchenette was compact and had stove, pots and pans, dishes, mini fridge and sink (but bring/buy your own dish soap). It was great because we saved a lot of money making our own breakfast and late night snack. The whole place was set up in such a way that you can easily compartmentalize the room by closing a certain door. We were overall pretty satisfied with the room setup BUT...

It was supposed to be a non-smoking hotel but our room reeked of cigarette smoke the minute we walked in. Every time we're back we have to open the window to vent out the smell. It seems like even their sheets in this room (which is on the 7th floor) smells like cigarette. The sofa bed was only provided with a comforter, which was not clean at all (had a tomato sauce stain!!!!! Very gross!) When we asked for another blanket they said they didn't have one on the first night and took 3 nights to bring us something, so I had to cover myself with my own jacket for a few nights! Also, the daytime staff were nice, but they seemed to be short-staffed at night.

Recently stayed at the Park and Suites Bibliotheque. Staff was friendly, helpful and spoke English well enough to understand and communicate. Helpful with directions and setting up taxi. Incidentally, you should just walk out on the street and hail a cab. If the cab has to wait, I think they run the clock and start charging you for the time you requested pickup. Hotel location is ideal for accessing Metro and restaurants, there's a Starbucks down the street and around the corner. We stayed for 8 days. Bring your own towels/washcloths. Towels and bed linen were changed once on the 4th day of our stay. If your stay is shorter, you may not get a linen change at all. Our unit was a studio unit. Very small, shower was a little claustrophobic (sp?) but over all, it was good enough if you intend to spend all your time seeing Paris and only sleeping there. Not the best space for relaxing. No real seating in a studio sized unit. Get a reg'l sized room if you can (will cost more too). There is no room service, no restaurant or bar. There is a breakfast room, that serves a decent french breakfast. Breakfast is NOT complimentary. $14 per day per person. They will charge you for breakfast on checkout but there's no real way for them to know if you actually had breakfast except for when a staff member comes into the breakfast room and asks you your room number and then i think she writes it down. So be sure to track the days that you actually eat in there so you're not overcharged. Hotel is a 10 minute walk fr hotel to Chinatown--good restaurants, not much in the way of shopping..not like NYC's Chinatown. Small shops and vendors selling goods on street but otherwise, not a great area for high end shopping. Go to Champs Elysee area for real shopping. Louis Vitton Flagship store is down there. Hotel is literally less than a block away from the nearest Metro station, which was extremely convenient for getting to all the tourist sites and when coming in late at night. You are only 2 or 3 transfers from any attraction. You can get a Metro map from the front desk at hotel or at the metro station. Learn the Metro...it's super easy. Subway is very crowded esp during rush hour. We found it ideal to just purchase 10 trip tickets so we could just get on and off without having to use the ticket machines every day. We rented bikes right near the hotel and rode all the way to the Eiffel Tower and back--it was great. Approx 11-12 miles roundtrip. Most of the ride is on a designated bike path alongside the busy traffic. Hotel is 4 or 5 blocks from the Seine River--less than 5 min walk--a nice area to walk/relax or ride bike along river. There are many restaurants on the water. La Playa is a good place if you want a Margarita--none of the restaurants/cafe's we ate at served Margaritas so I was happy to finally find one at La Playa. There is a dept store just beyond the metro station if you need a misc item, like comfortable shoes, umbrella, backpack, etc.

+ The hotel is in a nice area
+ Metro stop is very close
+ Seine banks are close
+ Rooms have just been renovated and look nice
+ Kitchenette available in every room
- Bathroom is incredibly small
- Street is quite noisy
- No minibar in rooms
- Free Wifi internet didn't work on my Iphone
- Breakfast was really expensive