Paris hotels are a joke unless you're willing to shell out $200 or more. This place is no more than an uncomfortable bed in a small room with terrible environmental elements.

I have just come back from the World cup in France and stayed at the Lux Hotel as it is relatively close to Gare De Lyon. On first appearances I was shocked at the basics of the hotel. Tiny little lift - for only one person with bags but the staff were friendly, the room was clean, the bed was comfortable and the shower was great. It was a quiet hotel and we left the window open all night with no threat of intruders except the occasional pidgeon!!!!
There is a laundromat around the corner which is cheap and a little supermarket not far away. For a place to stay it was cheap and cheeful - would stay there again if money is limited.

I stayed here in 2004 and was very happy with my room after I switched, to room 7 on the top floor -- it is a tiny hotel, with elevator, located on a side street in a residential area near Gare de Lyon.
My room was very quiet and very clean. The large window looked out over an interior courtyard and every morning I could look across to another apartment building where a cat was watching a bird on his roof!
The room had a safe AND a small fridge, so you can carry in food if you want to save a little money.
I e-mailed them and corresponded with rapahel, who gave me great info. [--]
I was traveling alone and felt very safe, but I live in NYC and have lived in dicey neighborhoods -- also, I never came back to the hotel past 9PM.
The prices (see below )are current for 2007. I just e-mailed them.

65 E for 2 people (probably a double bed or queen)
68 E for one room w/2 twin beds
55 E for a single
breakfast 6 E each person

their website is [--]
The only problem I had was getting to the hotel. I took the Air France bus to the Gare de Lyon and got a little confused with the directions. I suggest going to [--] to look at a map. Note that streets sometimes are called one thing on one side of the street and another on the other side!