Place De’italie is about 20 minutes on the train to central Paris. The Hotel is a five minute walk from the station. There area is quite pleasant and relatively safe, although I did see a tourist get there rucksack snatched, so be warned – you are never completely safe in a big city. There are many restaurants neareby, but food is never cheap in Paris. The Assis Au Neuf restaurant across the road from the Hotel was excellent. There is also a local supermarket and Cinema.

The hotel has rooms facing the street and some facing a courtyard (back). The former offer better views the later less street noise. Some rooms are served by a very tiny lift (2 persons with cases will just fit in), but a few rooms have no lift service at all. There is a spiral-like staircase. The hotel has no bar or restaurant.


The younger receptionist guy (with pony tail) was charming and spoke excellent English. The owner (older) only spoke French but we managed to get buy.

The rooms all look dates and have 1970’s style orange curtains and bed-spreads which may be original? The furniture is old MFI laminate style. The rooms are all compact with small bathrooms. They do have a safe and a fan, but no air-conditioning, but large windows (many with Juliet balconies) do open wide. Our room had a new mattress and new shower curtain. The linen was very clean as was the room. Unfortunately there is no kettle or fridge.

A very simple breakfast is provided for a $6 supplement but there are lots of cafes around. Even the local McDonald’s sells croissant and cake in Paris which is cheaper than the hotel breakfast. There are many bakers selling delicious filled baguettes.

I’ve given this hotel four stars because it was very cheap and offered everything that I required from a budget hotel. It is NOT a four star hotel.

We have stayed 2 more times and have a third reserved for September. The place is consistant. It's a clean and safe little hotel in a nice area. All staff we have encountered speak some english, funtional but not always conversational.
This is not the Ritz, but it doesn't claim to be. The rooms are small, the bathroom is tiny, but the price is right and it is conveniently located to the Metro and has many nearby food options. The Patisserie next door is to die for. Coofee at McD a block away.
We'll keep coming back.

We stayed in August 2010 for a 6 night stay in Paris, so was looking for a cheap budget accommodation option. The room was basic with a small but functional and clean bathroom. Our room was facing on to the street, which meant a fair bit of street noise, even with the windows shut. I recommend asking for a room on the other side.

The location of the hotel is good. Right near a Metro station so very easy to get around. There are a few restaurants around as well as a shopping centre nearby with a supermarket (Carrefour) for any essentials. We didn't have the included breakfast, but went to a cafe up the road for delicious pastries instead. Also happened upon a weekend market one morning, full of wonderful food to try.

A good buget option, considering how expensive places to stay are in Paris.

The hotel service is really unrecommended. The recepsionist is unfriendly, and they are unresponsibble. When we get back to the hotel, the window in our rooms are open and seems like someone smoke in our room. When we complaint, the recepsionist only answer "I don't know". We ask for not cleaning the room for the day after but they still enter our room. The room is to small and not nice at all, different from the picture. One of the recepsionist staff even cannot speaking in English. They said there are no transportation to reach the nearest station to go to airport at midnight and we have to go by Taxi, where the truth is we can go by bus eventough is is late.