Citadines République Paris

“Exactly what I expected (in a good way)”

This was a very good pic. The studio room was spacious, had a nice kitchette, and was quiet (it was on the back side). it was very clean and thoughfully laid out and mostly in good shape. It was modern, had an iron and ironing board.. You can pull out the table for eating tucked under the desk. The… more

This was a very good pic. The studio room was spacious, had a nice kitchette, and was quiet (it was on the back side). it was very clean and thoughfully laid out and mostly in good shape. It was modern, had an iron and ironing board.. You can pull out the table for eating tucked under the desk. The bed was firm but comfortable. There was a problem with the in-room safe I reported. The maintenance guy came quickly but couldn't fix it on the spot, so I reported it and I guess they will find a way to fix or replace it. The staff at the desk was cheerful and attentive to needs and questions. The two elevators were good-sized and pretty fast. The location is in a lively area close to the Marais and Republique. Access to one metro line a few steps away and easy walking access to two more lines. There is a bus stop right outside the hotel. Lots of restaurants and bars around as well as a variety of nice shops. One caveat - the room did not appear to have air conditioning. They provide a fan for the room, but that probably won't be enough in mid-summer.

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“Very good location and confortable room”

The location was very good and the room comfortable. It was adequately clean. Heater worked super. Hot water takes forever, but it's good. The shower is very weird, no curtain, not enough glass. The bathroom gets wet. On top of that, they do not clean your room. Good selection of English speaking c… more

The location was very good and the room comfortable. It was adequately clean. Heater worked super. Hot water takes forever, but it's good. The shower is very weird, no curtain, not enough glass. The bathroom gets wet. On top of that, they do not clean your room. Good selection of English speaking channels. It was quiet. Check-in was quick and easy. Plenty of restaurants, bars and cafés around. Metro stops too. It was a perfect basecamp camp for five days exploring Paris.

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“It was OK, but could have been better.”

I wasn't knocked out. We stayed for a week. Location is good, and close to the Metro station, however there are several flights of stairs between the trains and the street. A couple of helpful locals helped get our bags up the Metro stairs. I'd gotten and printed maps of the area, with sufficient m… more

I wasn't knocked out. We stayed for a week. Location is good, and close to the Metro station, however there are several flights of stairs between the trains and the street. A couple of helpful locals helped get our bags up the Metro stairs. I'd gotten and printed maps of the area, with sufficient magnification to see street names and to get a feel for directions. A 360 gave enough clues to get there. NOTE: there is no large sign identifying the hotel from the street. You can't read the sign from the sidewalk until you are right there. If it weren't for having the actual address, it would have been harder to find. Overseas flights are overnighters, so you arrive in Paris the next morning. It was at least noon when we arrived at the hotel, well before normal check-in time. I believe i requested early check-in when we made the reservation (thru expedia), and they were able to accommodate us. Good. The Room. The pictures here are optimistic at best. I'm sure that rooms like them exist on the premises, but this was not our room. The bed was not super comfy, and the pillows left something to be desired. The bathroom was split in two, one room with the toilet (on the far side of the kitchen) and one room with the sink and shower (adjacent to the bed). The kitchen was functional, but the circuit breaker for the hob had been tripped, and we weren't with it enough to look for the breaker panel (on the wall opposite the hob) and reset it. The saute pan was well used, and had lost its seasoning previously, so the morning eggs left quite a residue on the pan, needing to be scoured off. I could swear that i saw that it was air-conditioned, but there were no obvious air inlets, save for one in the toilet room and another in the shower room. Being September, it wasn't roasty-toasty hot, but we were on the 4th floor and could have used some forced air cooling. We had to resort to opening the window. The area. There are a couple of restaurants directly across the street as well as a Chinese take-out and a doner kebob place on the walk to the hotel. But there are much better pickings if you walk back towards the metro, make a 90-degree left turn at the intersection, and walk a couple of blocks. There is a lively neighborhood there with restaurants, a bakery or three, a supermarket, and a couple of coin-op laundries. Back to the airport... after the adventure getting there on the metro, we decided it was better to hop a cab to the airport, so we did. Our method is to stay overnight at the Hilton at the airport, and then ride the tram to the terminal. Since our flight was at 0810, this let us get up that much sooner, a definite plus since we figured we needed to be at the airport before 0600. When we caught the cab, it was rush hour in Paris, so i'm sure we got to pay for that, and there were four bags, which i'm sure we were charged for. The cab fare was 100-euros, but it was worth not fighting the stairs in the Metro. Summary. Would i stay there again? Probably not. We'll spend more on a four-star hotel, maybe one of the Hiltons, where we can stay on hotel points.

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