The averages Trip advisor reports for Location, Cleanliness, Service, and Value are about right, as is the 7.8 on booking com. The room I was given (on the first floor) was well appointed (separate toilet and shower, good bed, small but workable writing desk, large safe, etc.) The tv had only French-language channels with the exception of channel 100 which features BBC programming. The view was nothing to write about which was fine with me. The wifi was stable throughout. It stopped working on the morning of the second day for reasons I then did not understood. When I called the frontdesk I was told that it worked for them and that I just should wait it out. What? Turns out the problem is that you have to sign in every day anew. I figured it finally out. Alas, one would hope that the front-desk knows this problem which I am sure other guests have also encountered. Overall, the service is ok though. The brekkie was .. modest. The coffee was of variable quality, the scrambled eggs were ... pitiful, ... and there was not much selection. I guess, you get what you pay for (12 Euros). You can work there though since he wifi is stable there, too. The location of the hotel is very good; the place is a 10 - 15 Euro taxi ride away from Gare de Lyon and the Bercy bus station. Importantly, within 100 meter radius there is about half a dozen (mostly) Vietnamese eating places which are all quite good (e.g., the friendly and inexpensive banh place to the left of the hotel and the outstanding and very inexpensive Chinese ”crazy noodles” place to the right. Try both.) There is another hotel not far away that I prefer and typically stay in which is better along all dimensions (ask me), and offers better value, but the Paris-Italie is a creditable fall-back option.
Very Good
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