Getting here from the airport was really easy, we just took the Roissybus to the opera and from there it's a 5 - 10 min walk. The hotel is in a quite busy area with a great many stores almost on the doorstep. The Au Printemps store is less than 100 metres from the door and the Lafayette is a short walk away.

We got a room on the second floor with windows facing the Rue the Caumartin. Even though the Rue the Caumartin is a quite busy pedestrian street we could hardly hear anything from the street with the windows closed.

Our room had a good sized bed which perhaps was a little on the hard side. The bathroom was very functional with a good shower. The air conditioner was a nice feature since that week was a hot one.
The best feature of the room was the kitchenette. It was perfect for preparing breakfast and simple dinners. The kitchenette featured a double burner, a microwave, a sink, a half fridge and a sparse but sufficient number of kitchen utensils. There were a couple of utensils missing but they were replaced upon our request.
There is a food store called Monoprix only seconds away from the hotel which is quite well supplied and with reasonable prices.

The room had a small safe in which we could store some valuables. I could easily fit my 13" laptop in this safe.

The hotel has free Wi-Fi access which works quite well and has good speed.

This is a lovely welcoming hotel in a fab central location.  As first time visitors it was important to us to be within walking distance of many of the attractions, so this was great.  Add to that that it is next door to a rail station, five minutes from a station which goes directly to Gare Du Nord and near a handful of Metro stations.  Put it like this, we never had far to go.

The staff are friendly, courteous and approachable and bilingual should you get stuck.

The apartment we had was on the top floor (only one small lift for the whole place, there should be more).  It was light, airy, clean, spacious ( which I wasn't expecting in Paris) and was nice and peaceful above the hum of the city below.  There is a church very close by so if you fancy an afternoon nap, you will probably be awoken by the bells!

There is a supermarket 20 yards away for all your self catering needs so you don't need to go far for a croissant for breakfast.

If we return to the city I will certainly be going back to Residhome Aparthotel.

Well, our first Paris trip is over and we have returned to the drudgery of working life. So, the hotel.

Getting There - We travelled by RER from CDG Airport to St Lazare station and the hotel is very short walk from the station, leave the station using the Du Havre exit. The first RER train (we had to change once) was packed so sit near the doors otherwise it's a battle to get off. Changing trains was a simple process even with loads of luggage, would not recommend this for infirm passengers as the escalators were out of order.

Arriving at the Hotel - We could check in but were very early and the room was still being cleaned, we left our luggage in a room in reception. The staff were very helpful and friendly and spoke English perfectly after our stumbling attempt at French (which seemed welcomed). They gave us maps etc to help us on our way and thus we went on our first exploration.

The Room - We were in a one bedroom suite, that had a sleeper couch in the lounge area, it is spread accross two floors with a tight staircase to the main bedroom and bathroom. There were two toilets, a kitchenette with fridge, microwave etc, a nice flat screen TV with 2 English channels that were of no use really but this is not a priority in Paris. The room had a pretty decent view over the street as well. Travelling is a major part of my work so I get to see too many hotels and I would say I was impressed by this hotel room, it had everything we needed and more. Good strong shower, no noise from outside and very clean. We had to ask for extra pillows, there was only one each, a few minutes after calling reception, there was aknock on the door and ample pillows arrived with a smile and a question of was there anything else we needed. The rooms were "spruced up" daily but not given a major clean, we did not see this as an issue at all. The cleaning staff were also very friendly. One negative,the sleeper couch mattress was like a stiff board to sleep on, apologies to my daughter who drew the short straw here.

A special note on the room and a real problem on our last night (when we had to be up at 4.00am) the staircase in the room is quite noisy and as such one needs to consider the neighbouring room. After midnight, our neighbours thought it would be fun to run up and down the stairs screaming and laughing, it was quite loud. I eventually did the banging on their door in my sleepware. We also called reception who also visited them and got them sorted out.

Location - For us, just perfect. Metro real close, RER real close, Great Shopping real close, Supermarket with great wine selection and Hoegaarden real close. We never felt threatened in any way, there are a few rough sleepers around late on and this may put people off but the hotel is a few steps from a main street so no issue at all. What it is like at 2am for late night revellers I do not know. There are lots of food options around but we tended to eat prior to returning to the area from our different excursions in the city. For breakfast the hotel is quite expensive, we popped out and got croissant and various other French delights and ate breakfast in the room, a much better and inexpensive way of doing things, soooo French.

Departure - This needed to be slick due to a very early flight, we booked a taxi through reception (the day before) and he arrived on time with check out being exactly as required.

In Summary - This hotel was very reasonably priced, very well located, with nice rooms and friendly staff, it is extremely likely that we will stay here again. My first experience of Paris was an excellent one and that is in no small part thanks to this hotel.

We were staying at Residhome Prestige Opera at the end of a river cruise of the Seine, to continue our sightseeing of Paris. The area surrounding the hotel was mainly commercial, you had to travel a distance to the tourist spots. It has a good location, near all the Metro stations you might use, walking distance or one Metro stop from good restaurants and shopping. The Opera building was around the corner, and so was a fabulous shopping mall, with very high end stores. But, the hotel itself had very stark and spare rooms, made even more stark by a kitchenette. The rooms are very small, and just adequate for two people. If you want a romantic setting, this is not the place for you. The breakfast which we paid extra for, was pretty good, and the room where we ate was nice and the attendant was doing his job well. The rooms were not inexpensive, and I believe you could do better at a small hotel, many of which are located around the city. If we were to do it over, we would do our homework and find a nicer place to stay, in a more interesting and touristy part of the city.