Although a very 'plain jane' look to the Alexandrie, the hotel is a tight ship. The front desk people were all very friendly and spoke english. The rooms were clean, air conditioned and the coffee in the morning was excellent. The bed & shower was a little small for my partner (6'2", 200lbs), but we managed.

We got a great price for this hotel (cheaper than what they quote on their website) and so decided to stay for 4 nights. It is right near Gare de Lyon Station so it made navigating through Paris by metro and RER very very easy (but we did a lot of walking too). The location is near the Bastille and it is about a 10 minute walk to the Marais district so it is in a pretty good location. There are places to eat around the area which were decent but you could also go elsewhere (like the Marais district which has great eats).

The room was nice - not huge but had a nice size bed, tv, air conditioning (which was broken while we were there but it was not hot outside so we didnt mind), and a nice bathroom. The lobby has a vending machine if you want a snack, and they do serve breakfast at an extra cost per day which we never had so I cannot comment on it. The front desk staff were helpful although we had a couple of incidents where we would come back to the hotel at the end of the day, ask for the key (which you needed to leave with the front desk every time you left the hotel), and they couldn't find it. Minutes later, they would find the key in such weird places (once a guy pulled it out of his pant pocket, once a maid had it even though it was really late in the day). So kind of strange but overall they were very pleasant to deal with.

We really enjoyed paris and our stay at this hotel as it had everything we needed. For what we paid, it was a fantastic value.

I have never written one of these before but best to avoid this hotel. Beware that the very disapointing breakfast is 12 Euros a head and the rooms aircon doesn't work. We had 2 rooms on opposite ends of the building and neither air con worked. Website looks fabulous but don't believe it. You should be abe to do better.

This place is really grotty - the rooms are small and dated with horrible bedding on the beds. The TotalStay website implied that there was a jacuzzi in each room - there was a whirlpool bath, but the whirlpool didn't work..

My worst complaint about this hotel though is that my girlfriend was bitten repeatedly by insects in the bed....

Overall, I can't really think of anything to recommend it. It wasn't even that cheap....