TIQUETONNE HÔTEL

Sirve para lo que promete. Un lugar básico para pasar la noche luego de un día agitado en París. La ubicación es excelente, el personal es amable y la calidad de los espacios es estándar. Apto para estancias cortas y turistas inquietos. No tenían cuna ni espacio para la misma, así que compartimos esos días cama con la bebé.

If you found this review you are considering staying at the above mentioned property. It’s your vacation, it's a lot of money, and it’s important. We know how precious vacations are. We know how important a hotel can be. My wife and I are world travelers. I don’t say that to be arrogant. We don’t own a boat or a second home. We have however been around the world.

When I write a hotel review I concentrate more on the real important features like hot water, safety, and cleanliness. Because we don’t have high demands I have never written a bad review … until now.

Bottom line, do not stay here.

Here are the details. First, the good. We found the location ideal for us. A convenient store around the corner, an abundance of restaurants, and a subway station a short walk away. Unfortunately that is where the good ends.

The room is cruise-ship small, however again, many rooms in Paris would fall into this category. The shower, a very important feature for me, was downright terrible. The shower head sprays everywhere but where you want it to. The shower door did not close all the way, creasing in the middle. The shower stall measured 24.5” square. To put things into perspective I am a cyclist weighing in at about 138 pounds while my wife is a shade over 100. Showering was a nightmare. Between the shower head and the door that would not close, you could barely move. We hit our head, shoulders and more everytime we showered. You could not bend over to pick up the soap.

What made showering even worse was the watering ranging from scalding hot to icey cold. You had to continuously play with the knobs to take a shower and it didn’t matter what time of day it was.

There are absolutely no amenities to speak of other than the smallest, cheapest bar of soap you could possibly buy. It’s like this hotel thought it was a youth hostel and cutting every possible corner there was. However at $175 per night it was far from cheap.

Things quickly went from bad to worse. We came home one night after an exhausting day enjoying the sights of Paris. Bed bugs were found in our sheets, (two to be exact). We remained calm and reasonable as we went to the front desk asking for help.

They told us to take a walk for a couple of hours and they would look into the situation. When we returned they had moved all our luggage to another room. Now we had to spend an hour of our vacation unpacking.
In the morning when we came down to the desk they wanted us to return to the old room as it had been sprayed. We asked them if they were kidding? Now we had to pack up our belongings again. More time wasted on our vacation.

Late at night, we returned to our old room where we had to once again unpack. The room smelled of a chemical used to apparently try and kill these bugs. My wife pulled the cover down and there again, was another bug. Maybe it was coming out from the wall from the spray or maybe it’s just in their sheets.

Down to the desk we went where the gentleman said, “Are you staying?” What kind of talk is that? It was Friday night. Where the hell were we we going? Did they bother to find us another room? Nope. The only thing they said was, “We are full, go take a walk, and we will replace the bed”.
We had to no choice but to return. When we were checking out of the hotel the staff was hiding from us. No one offered an apology. Nobody cared.

We asked to see the Manager as something needed to be done in the way of a reduction in the rate. He refused and the desk rep said, “When you get home write the Manager”. How ridiculous.
When we arrived home I wrote a nice letter letting him know how reasonable we were and that we expect some kind of consideration. He would not write back. I sent a second letter.
Nobody from the hotel got back to us.

Bottom line, this hotel is NOT FOR YOU. After reading other reviews when we returned home we have found this is an on-going problem at this hotel.

This visit was the third time for us (albeit over several years). The reception, the staff and the room were all very pleasant. As our room was facing the street we were initially worried about the possible noise. But double glazing saved the day. Excellent location.

Siamo arrivate per un soggiorno di 5 notti con basse aspettative, anche dovute dal prezzo pagato. Siamo però state piacevolmente sorprese. La stanza non è spaziosa ma è tenuta bene e pulita. Dispone di un lavandino interno che è comodo. Lo stato dei bagni va un po’ a fortuna: nel nostro piano era tutto ristrutturato da poco, ma in altri piani abbiamo visto che gli spazi erano poco confortevoli e datati. Apprezzata la doccia separata dal bagno per ottimizzare l’uso dei servizi. Staff sempre molto gentile e sorridente. Location comoda, a tre minuti dalla metro, vicino a molti locali e in una bella zona. Nota: non c’è l’aria condizionata ma forniscono un ventilatore.

Het is niet de mooiste kamer. Ik was hier voor een solotrip en het was in mijn favoriete buurt. Le marais voor mij de beste plek in parijs. Personeel was heel vriendelijk en het was goedkoop. Love it ik kom hier vaker terug