The hotel is directly across the road from Porte De Clignancourt, and there is a supermarket and McDonalds right across the road, however the area itself feels particularly unsafe, with a lot of pickpockets and beggars.
The hotel was in fairly shabby condition, including loose wiring everywhere (dangerous) and a very narrow staircase (with no lift). The hotel rooms were old and shabby, but mainly clean, and fine if you weren't spending much time there.
Free WiFi available in the lobby, and there is also a computer you can pay to use.
There were locking doors with card entry for our rooms and there was a small safe in our room for valuables.
I found the area to be particularly noisy at night, which made it difficult to sleep with windows open, however there was no air conditioning. There were firecrackers being let off every night, plus a lot of police sirens in the area.
I found the staff to be mainly unfriendly. One night all the lighting in our room went off. We thought a fuse may have blown and went down to reception. We were told that it was too late for anyone to do anything, and that we should just go back to our room. They didn't even check the fuse box or find out if other guests were affected. Luckily, the lighting came back on within about 10min however there were a couple more short blackouts.
Overall I wouldn't stay here again but if you just wanted a bed, and weren't fussy, it would probably be fine. My main concern is that for the same price, we stayed in two much nicer hotels in Paris, in better locations.
N.B. There is a photo on TripAdvisor of "Hotel De La Terrasse" with a man in an expensive looking lobby - THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL HOTEL DE LA TERRASSE LOBBY.
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