| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| When I arrived airconditioning was not working and it was hot in Paris. |
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| From: Patricia Ash, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: September, 2008 |
| A good value for money hotel. Have stayed here previously and would stay there again. The public areas are in desperate need of an uplift but the bedrooms are clean and tidy. Breakfast is pretty basic but sufficient. The local bars and cafes are very overpriced even by Paris standards. However the small restaurant next door to the Hotel "7 Vin" is excellent - would thoroughly recommend it. The food is delicious and the service excellent. |
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| From: Michael, San Francisco, CA |
| Date of Stay: June, 2007 |
| I traveled alone this trip so got one of the five single rooms at the Prince Hotel, the room was clean and fine to dive in and crash out. It was a typical single room for Europe meaning a single bed in a small room. The bathroom was horrible though, the shower is 2ft x 2ft with the mixing valve in the shower with you sticking out 6 inches. This means I kept burning myself on the hot water pipe and bumping the shower handle changing the water temperature every time I tried to peel the shower curtain off me, and I'm average size. Other than the shower stall it was livable. The location was good though, very close to the Eiffel tower and Military museum. There are a number of restaurants very close however I didn't find any worth mentioning though. |
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| From: JW, Canada |
| Date of Stay: September, 2008 |
| The hotel was in an excellent location close to the Eiffel Tower and Invalides with a supermarket and metro stop nearby. The hotel is small and the common areas in need of some work. Our room was an ok size and the bathroom tiny as expected both were very clean. The A/C wasn't working (apparently all the individual room units weren't working) and I suspect this was a cost issue, however, we were provided with a fan. When looking at the room price in the reception at check out I noticed we were charged for a more expensive room than the room we were in. At first we were told it was because the Venere took a cut of the room charge, then that we had been put in the wrong room. The credit card transaction had already gone through and I am awaiting my credit card bill to see that we have been credited back the money for being put in a cheaper room. The staff were helpful and polite but the A/C not working and being charged extra for a room we didn't use lowered the rating for me. I also saw other 2 star hotels in the area that looked more updated and may have been better value for money |
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| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: May, 2007 |
| it was right by the eiffel tower and had lots of cute shops around it. not a very tourist-filled area seeing as everyone there only spoke french. we always had to hand in our key when we left the hotel and would have to wait for someone to get to the desk when we came back to get our key back. kind of annoying but it was a great location |
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| From: Greg And Sue Davis, Qatar |
| Date of Stay: September, 2008 |
| room clean, very small but typical of French hotels, window opened onto alley way with construction equip, no air-conditioning (not working) great location supermarket across road and access to Metro |
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| From: Marie |
| Date of Stay: April, 2007 |
| Hotel was very adorable and old fashion, a relatively smaller hotel than those typical large chain hotels, but very comfy & cozy - A short walk for the effiel tower, great price for location. |
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| From: YM, USA |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| My family and I were very pleased with the central location of Hotel-Prince. There were many restaurants, bakeries, an American coffee shop, and of course the Eiffel Tower is right around the corner. The rooms are modest, but extremely clean. My family and I also liked how the doors to our room opened, and we could sit and view a tree-lined boulevard, and daily Parisian life. Our only complaint was the a/c seemed to be centrally controlled, and didn't really "cool us off" like we are accustomed to, and needed, after a long day in Paris. My husband and I had older teen girls traveling with us, and we felt safe with the girls going off on their own to the nearby restaurants and coffee shops. The staff was a valuable asset to the hotel. Hermoz helped us learn what subway stops/trains to take around Paris. He also contacted a shuttle service to get us back to the airport. The staff was very concerned with making sure we had a great time in Paris. We truly enjoyed our stay in Paris, and would gladly stay at Hotel-Prince again. |
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| From: Richard Davies, Australia |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| A great little hotel in a fantastic location. Staff are really helpful and friendly. We stayed for two weeks so were almost part of the furniture by the end. One major problem is noise. Squeaking floorboards and people going up and down the stairs were heard easily in the room. |
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| From: Pat & Linnette Heslop, Canada |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| We really enjoyed our stay at the Prince Hotel. The location was excellent - close to the Eiffel Tower and an easy walk to everything we wanted to see. There were a lot of restaurants in the area and a grocery store across the street. It was a short walk from the Ecole Militaire subway station. Traffic was a little noisy but would stay there again! |
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| From: AB, Ireland |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| lived up to our expectations. close to Metro and main attractions. Very helpful staff,rooms cleaned every day ,clean towels and linen daily.would highly reccomend it. good value for money. |
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| From: Cristina Puccini, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: April, 2008 |
| We chose this hotel on the recommendation of a co-worker. The place was fine. The decor had seen better days (bizarre forest and waterfalls wallpaper on the stairs) but was kind of quirky. I liked it. They have the smallest lift in the world, but we're small ourselves and fitted into it quite well, LOL. Clean, comfortable, our room was at the back and very quiet. We stayed during a cold spell but the room was always warm. Useful supermarket just across the street and minutes walk from the tower, if that sort of thing matters to you. We only had breakfast there once, but it was an average to good buffet continental job with all the usual stuff & good value for money. |
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| From: LA, Italy |
| Date of Stay: January, 2008 |
| When I'll come back in Paris,I'll book in this hotel. |
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| From: LC, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: June, 2007 |
| The location of the hotel (with a supermarket, metro and several cafes in the immediate area and the Eiffel Tower in walking distance) was ideal for us and the cleanliness and cosiness of the room was great too. Staff were generally helpful and friendly. The only glitch was only getting one thin-ish pillow each (and no spares when we asked) - but obviously that's fairly minor. |
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| From: GC, Italy |
| Date of Stay: May, 2007 |
| Good hotel placed in a very good area, is surrounded of market, cafè, restaurant, bus and metro station. You can leave by walk too! And near ( ten minutes ) tour eiffel! |
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| From: NM, Australia |
| Date of Stay: November, 2006 |
| Perfectly located for access to the Eiffel Tower and surrounds, ideal for a short visit. Rooms were very spacious, but just an acceptably comfortable and with a typically small French bathroom. Helpful reception staff. No breakfast facilities, but a few cafes and ample other services nearby. |
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| From: YG, Canada |
| Date of Stay: September, 2006 |
| We found exactly what we wanted. Hotels (Prince and Tuileries) were in proximity of the sites we wanted to visit. Locations were close to the metro stations. Room sizes, facilities and services offered were adequate. Considering this is Paris the prices were also reasonable. Of course this is all relative. We were not interested in 5 star hotels. We were in Paris to visit and have fun which we did. |
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| From: SG, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: June, 2006 |
| what can I say? perfect location for budget stay. |
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| From: Alia Bacon, USA |
| Date of Stay: June, 2006 |
| We had a wonderful stay at Suite Oriani! Mr. Alessandro was super nice, very accommodating and well organized. Gave us information on almost everything we needed to know to make our stay a memorable one. Gave us great recommendations on restaurants in the area. Our favorite was La Escala. We loved our room and looked forward every morning for Renata, a sweet lady that brought our breakfast to the room, what a treat! In the evening we looked forward to returning to our lovely and quiet room with two refreshing bottles of mineral water left for us every evening. We had a nice view of the garden, which made it very relaxing after a busy and crowded day in central Rome. We enjoyed every minute! Thank you again Mr. Alessandro for everything and making our stay so delightful. We hope to return soon. |
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| From: Victoria Ewing, USA |
| Date of Stay: March, 2006 |
| The staff was very friendly and welcoming. They even called us in the mornings to ask if we wanted to eat breakfast if we were running late and had not made it down yet. The elevator is very small and provided some difficulty with transporting bags upstairs. Some of the staff members seemed to be a little nosey, but when we asked questions they were full of answers that helped us. |
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