Villa Montparnasse

Very pleasent hotel

The hotel was very well located and convienient to all public transportation. It was clean and comfortable and the staff wass extremely willing to please.

Good value for the Well Traveled

The price was right for what we got. No frills, but nothing was horribly wrong with the hotel either and I consider myself someone with high expectations. For those looking to do the traditional Paris sight seeing I'd be sure you are familiar and comfortable with the train system. It's very easy to navigate, but we live in Chicago and are used to public transportation; for those not so accustomed I could see how it'd be overwhelming. Montparnasse is a good 20 minute walk to the Seine; with good weather this is a pleasant experience. There are lots of cute shops and restaurants right by the hotel as well; but they aren't all as accustomed to English, so be aware. Bienevenue a Paris!

Room is really small

I guess that this might be a problem with other hotels in paris but this room was really small. Other the the queen bed there was hardly any space to walk or keep you luggage. Unfortunately we had two big suitcases and with them it was hard to go around in the room. BTW: the room I was in was smaller of the two options.

Needs improvement

Room needs luggage support stand to place suitcase.

Perfect for a long weekend in Paris

This was my 2nd stay in 3 years at the Villa Montparnasse. As I remembered, the hotel was very comfortable and in a fabulous location. The hotel was within walking distance of interesting sites and neighborhoods. Rue Daguerre (which was about a block away) was filled with restaurants, bars, pastry shops, wine stores, and supermarkets. My only complaint is that the hotel is not geared towards non-French speaking travellers, so communication with the front desk was a challenge at times (everyone was VERY pleasant and accomodating -- information just got a little lost in translation). There were no English-language television stations available and I couldn't figure out how to use the in-room telephone to make overseas calls (fortunately, there was a public pay phone a few feet from the hotel, which was easy to use). I would stay here again if the price was right.

Excellent experience

You can read all the other reviews to find the details of this hotel's location and other items, but I just wanted to give one point to the positive camp on this property. My partner and I had a fantastic 2-night stay at Villa Montparnasse. We happened to be there during the mid-summer music celebrations, and that was all a suprise to us, but what a great surprise indeed. Staying in this hotel is like staying in a typical Parisian residential neighborhood. This was my first stay in Paris, and being able to open our huge bathroom and bedroom windows to the sounds of live music echoing throughout Montparnasse was incredible. The service was top-notch. We did not run into any problems with the staff. My French is not very good, and they were all happy to speak to me in English. We made an attempt to communicate a little in French and I feel that is always the respectful thing to do when visiting another country. I like my long, hot showers in the morning, so I would have to say my biggest dissappointment was with the bathroom, specifically the bathtub, as others have written. It was next to impossible to take a shower without getting water everywhere in the bathroom, and there was really no way to take a shower without holding the shower head in one hand. Don't bother with the morning buffet. Based on the other reviews here, we saved the 18 euros each and ate at one of the many excellent local brasseries instead. You will pass several on your way to the Metro anyway. You can't beat the location. I'd recommend this hotel to any of my friends and family.

Buyer beware

The hotel tried to cheat us, by putting us in a standard room instead of the superior we had already pre-paid for. We made them switch us when we realized what they had done from the rate card on the door. Some of the staff was rude, and many requests that would be considered second nature at any 3 star hotel were denied or they had no one to take care of the request. The lacking service included: ==> when they did not have a room ready, after check in time, they refused to take our checked luggage up to the room ==> when a curtain rod came off the fixture they told us they had no maintainence staff to correct it "until sometime tommorrow" ==> they wouldn't accept a request for extra towels ==> they couldn't recommend a restaurant and had no concierge staff at all ==> They also stored our luggage and that of many other travelers stacked out in the open, unprotected in the lobby around the front desk. Room service was closed "for a few months for renovations", but we hadn't been notified of this and amazingly they had not made any arrangement with the local cafes and restaurants for delivery service I will say the hotel is in a nice nieghborhood, with many services, cafes, shops, and has very easy metro access. The rooms are nicely decorated.

Suitable Hotel

My wife and I went for four days. Pretty good location. Not near any sites but near the metro and RER. A lot of shops and places to eat around. In a safe area. We never felt threatened and we walked around the streets until about 1 am some days. Room was what I expected. The walls were very dirty, looked like someone threw a cup of coffee around the room. But everything else was clean. Hotel bar was VERY expensive. They wouldn't let us check in until 3pm. That was kind of a bummer being that we were tired from the flight and hotels.com says 1pm. Overall though, we were pleased. Pretty good price and the staff was friendly.

Needs Improvement

For just being "re-done" there was quite a bit of wear and tear in the room itself. The room was also very small. The air conditioning did not work. Some of the surrounding streets are cute, but just a block away there are some unsavory sex shops. For just a little more money, I suggest staying at a hotel that is rated higher.

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