Victoires Opera Hotel

“Charming hotel and wonderful staff”

My husband and I booked 10 nights at this charming hotel. It is well located on the Rue de Montorgueil, an ancient cobblestone street packed with markets of all kinds selling items such as fruits, vegetables, wine, chocolate, pastries, and bread. There are loads of cafés and small restaurants fil... more

My husband and I booked 10 nights at this charming hotel. It is well located on the Rue de Montorgueil, an ancient cobblestone street packed with markets of all kinds selling items such as fruits, vegetables, wine, chocolate, pastries, and bread. There are loads of cafés and small restaurants filled with both families and young singles. The scene is fun and inviting. We chose this hotel on a recommendation from my husband’s colleague. While the room was small, the bathroom was large and modern. But the best part of our stay was the unfailingly friendly and helpful staff. We ate breakfast here every day, and it was delicious and substantial. We were able to choose from fresh fruit, omelets, a variety of fresh bread, juice, yogurt, cereal, and steaming hot café au lait. Our waitresses always seemed happy to see us and anxious to please. One of the front desk staff was especially helpful the time we realized we had left our wallet in our departing taxi. We dashed into the hotel lobby in distress, and the man who was at the front desk used our taxi receipt information to make some phone calls. I am happy to report that the taxi driver showed up a couple of hours later to return the wallet. I think the man at the first desk was almost as happy as we were. I’m writing this review on our last night, and am feeling sad about leaving this charming place and these lovely people.

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“Had a Wonderful Stay - Fantastic Friendly Staff”

We stayed for 3 nights (July 16-18) on a last minute booking after an issue with our vacation rental property. Just a short stay in Paris after two weeks in the Côte d’Azur. Our 4th visit to Paris, with myself, my wife, our 6 year old son, and my sister-in law. Visiting from Canada. After bookin... more

We stayed for 3 nights (July 16-18) on a last minute booking after an issue with our vacation rental property. Just a short stay in Paris after two weeks in the Côte d’Azur. Our 4th visit to Paris, with myself, my wife, our 6 year old son, and my sister-in law. Visiting from Canada. After booking in a rush, and during a summer heat wave…we were a bit concerned based on a couple of other recent reviews. However we had a fantastic experience at Victoires Opéra and would not hesitate to recommend it. It’s not a Fairmont or Four Seasons, but it’s a very nice hotel, wonderful location, clean rooms, crisp linens, and more than anything… extremely friendly and attentive staff. We stayed in two adjoining rooms on the top floor (501/502) which are actually up half a storey from rest of the 5th floor and I think the highest rooms in the building. I would say that does make a difference as both our rooms were quiet. The one at rear of building was dead silent, while the one at the front was fine, but could still hear some white noise of the bustle of the cafes and restaurants on Rue Motorgueil below. I think if you were on the front of the building on perhaps the 3rd floor or below…it WOULD be quite loud until about midnight. But for us was perfect and silent. The elevator is tiny but never had to wait much for it. The dark brown carpets throughout the halls and the suites is getting a bit worn but otherwise the hotel was very nicely appointed. The bathrooms were spotless, the bedding and linens immaculate, and lobby area very nice and always staffed. The location in the Bonne Nouvelle/ Sentier neighbourhoods is fantastic whether traveling by foot, metro, or taxi/Uber. The restaurants right out the door are fun and lively both directions, if you go a couple of blocks further north or east you get a more local vibe for both shops and culinary options. Really wished we had checked out Tigermilk. Lastly, as I note above (and as I’ve noticed in other reviews) the staff were great. The gentlemen at the front desk were always friendly and helpful (especially one who always had a high five or a petit madeleine for our little guy, making his day), they asked us about and arranged our taxi to airport which arrived early on our departure day, room service staff which we used a couple of times were very friendly, and housekeeping was excellent (we had a card issue once and she came running to help rather than us heading back downstairs…) and every day after cleaning our son’s stuffies were set out on his neatly made bed doing funny things, wearing sunglasses etc that he got a kick out of. The service was top notch and I would put THAT aspect of the hotel up against even higher end North American properties. And…considering the 40 degree heat in Paris, the Air Conditioning worked just fine, even though we were on the top floor. Gave us a nice haven on our last afternoon.

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