just stayed here last weekend.it was my seventh time to paris and this was the most central hotel ive stayed in .ok the rooms are small and shabby and you had to sit on the loo sideways but it was clean with a small fridge,a supermarket round the corner to get a bottle of wine to go in it.5 min walk to the bastille nightlife and 10 to the maris te metro outside as well as a park.if your visiting paris you only need to sleep in the room so for the price its ace.

Best hotel for the money. Location near the Bastille makes it very accessible to all major attractions. Plus if you arrive at Gard du Nord. You are very close.

This hotel was sold as a 3 star hotel by Travelocity but it should have been a 1 star. They barely had a lobby, no elevator and the room we had was nasty. The phone didn't even work to tell the front desk we wanted to leave. This hotel had no redeeming qualities. How bad you ask? We packed up our 2 kids and walked to another hotel at 11:30 at night. We fought with Travelocity to get our money back and eventually did. The trip was actually in March 2008.

This hotel was more than I expected. I was afraid that for such a good price, I was guaranteed to have a dirty room and unsafe neighborhood. The opposite was true; the room was clean, perfectly sized, and close walking distance to any monument or neighborhood. There are two metro lines nearby, the 8 on Chemin Vert and the 5 on Richard Lenoir (which is close to the hotel).
There was always someone at the door, which was comforting late at night. They were also helpful about where to find phone credits (for my rechargable phone), directions, and anything I needed while staying there.
I would suggest this hotel for anyone who plans to walk around and likes the Marais (which is a 5 minute walk to the main dining and shopping area).
They called a cab for my friend and I when we left, which was very helpful at an early hour in the morning.