Hotel Nord et Champagne Paris near the Est Railway Station is to be avoided. My husband and I arrived at 6.pm to find that although the hotel room was booked and paid for some months ago there was no room vacant. Insisting upon accommodation we were finally put in room 20, a very odd shaped room with a filthy floor and the room smelt, it was up steep winding stairs the carpet was black in the middle with dirt, torn and worn. Neither the door nor window were easy to open, and when we complained about the room were advised to open the window and wait 3 minutes for the smell to disappear. The outlook when the window was finally opened was onto a dirty cigarette butt filled roof with a blank dirty wall and air conditioning duct 2ft away. (see enclosed photos). Complaining to the manager, a small Indian man, resulted in hostile indifference.
Breakfast was from 7.30a.m. As it was already out on the trays when we came down at 7.20 and because we had an early train to catch we went in and got a tray. This caused the manager /owner? A different small Indian man, To come in and shout abuse at us, screaming at us to get out of his hotel and calling us dirty f****** pigs. There were other people doing the same as us, but they did not receive the same delightful treatment, which I can only assume was a result of us complaining about the very sub-standard accommodation the night before.
I suggest that under no circumstance should anyone else have to subject themselves to this humiliating experience and dreadful accommodation, when there are other hotels available where guests are treated with respect and courtesy and wifi does not cost 5euro a day.

Sandra and John, senior citizens from Australia.

I was't expecting much but was mildly surprised that the bathroom appeared recently renovated and bedsheets were clean. The carpet could probably use a replacement along with the creaky floor boards.

The towels seemed clean and white enough plus the liquid soap/bath cream smelled really good! Water temp and pressure was great.

No a/c and wifi but acceptable given the price. Also, the hotel was a block away from Gare l'est and about 2-3 blocks from Gare du Nord. Very convenient.

Stayed with a friend for 3 nights, extremely handy for Gare de Nord as we arrived on the Eurostar. The Room, like the hotel, was small but clean and came with a flushing toilet and a shower with plenty of hot water. I had a few concerns about security as we used to just roll in about 2am, and all the available keys were in clear view and no check was done to see if we were chancers looking to break into a room, also the maid left our door unlocked after cleaing one day, having said that the staff were all friendly and pleasant.
The area is a little "edgy" but there are always plenty of people about and nobody seemed at all interested in bothering us, there are many restaurants, cafes and bars within a couple of minutes walk for getting breakfast. Also Gare de 'est station is just across the road, Montmartre and the Sacre Coeur only 15 mins walk and only 5 mins to the trendy bars and cafe's along Canal St Martin.
All in all a decent stay in a fine but expensive city, watch out for the Romany beggers who were a constant annoyance.

You can't expect a lot from two stars hotel, right? And we didn't. The room was small but clean. Everything worked as promised. No problems with pest. No problems with toilet and shower.
Very friendly staff there. No issues with the breakfast.
So - not a luxury, but none was expected. Nice place to stay. 5 minutes to the metro. 5 minutes to the Gar du Nord where we arrived from Charles de Gaulle.
I'd stay there next time.