Le Lapin Blanc

“Great central location but some drawbacks”

We spent 2 nights at Le Lapin Blanc.Great central location in the Latin Quarter near the Luxembourg Palace and other key attractions.Quality rooms including a comfortable bed.A few negatives being:substandard WiFi which regularly failed to work;the continental breakfast at 18E per person is very ba… more

We spent 2 nights at Le Lapin Blanc.Great central location in the Latin Quarter near the Luxembourg Palace and other key attractions.Quality rooms including a comfortable bed.A few negatives being:substandard WiFi which regularly failed to work;the continental breakfast at 18E per person is very basic and not worth the money;a lot of the public facilities like the lift are very cramped.This would be OK but for the fact that the Hotel has its rooms at circa 350E per night which is pretty expensive.So not a great value for money proposition.

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“Quirky and colourful”

Stayed here for 4 nights in a superior double room. The room was nicely decorated with ample space. Good shower and comfortable bed. The room looked onto a side street with French windows. It was clean and cleaned well every day (but you should ask each morning for room cleaning at reception). Bott… more

Stayed here for 4 nights in a superior double room. The room was nicely decorated with ample space. Good shower and comfortable bed. The room looked onto a side street with French windows. It was clean and cleaned well every day (but you should ask each morning for room cleaning at reception). Bottle of water is given on arrival and tasty macarons. The reception staff are polite, friendly and helpful. The location is central for attractions and restaurants. It’s a busy area but I could not hear street noise in the room. Trains however can be heard travelling underneath the hotel so a higher floor is probably better. I would stay here again and recommend to others. I give 4 stars as the stairs carpet is very stained and on arrival the shower drains had an unpleasant smell (although this seemed to lessen after a day).

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“Nice hotel but I was concerned about bugs”

The property was visually clean. It is pretty well located near the center of Paris. I had a lovely chat with the receptionist when I arrived. The breakfast was very good. The staff was generally very friendly and helpful. My interior room was very quiet, despite being on a very busy street. the be… more

The property was visually clean. It is pretty well located near the center of Paris. I had a lovely chat with the receptionist when I arrived. The breakfast was very good. The staff was generally very friendly and helpful. My interior room was very quiet, despite being on a very busy street. the bed was comfortable and the room was plenty big for me. When I got to my room, I did the bedbug check that I do at every hotel. All was clean for the pillows and duvet. When I pulled back the duvet, I saw a one centimeter dark spot on the mattress protector. I could see it through the bottom sheet. Obviously, the person who changed the sheets would have been able to as well. Pulling off the bottom sheet it became clear it was period blood. I thought about just flipping it over because I didn’t see any other evidence of bedbugs, my primary concern, but decided that was gross. I called downstairs and the receptionist apologetically brought up a team to switch it out. On the new mattress protector, I found washed out black spots that could have been from stains old bedbug excretions, which freaked me out because there could still be eggs. The receptionist told me it was the last mattress protector they had so I asked her if they had a dryer on the property. They do so I asked her to put it in on high for 90 min. That should kill any possible bugs or eggs and was the best option I had in that circumstance. It made my stay quite stressful for the first four days until I concluded that I wasn’t getting any bites and was probably safe from bugs. Given the circumstance, hotel staff did what they could to alleviate my concerns. Bedbugs are a reality at hotels. I had a bedbug sniffing dog check my luggage when I got home from my month long trip and I didn’t pick up any so fortunately my story ends well but it was a stressful few days. As other reviewers suggested, the shower did leak. You could put some wide tape on the shower door to help with that. Or just ask for more towels. Aside from the stress of possible bedbugs, my stay at this hotel was very nice. I felt safe. If I wasn’t so concerned about bugs, I would stay there again, but I am.

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