Hôtel Balladins Paris La Villette  

The room was very clean, and modern. The location is superb - there is a reasonably priced car park nearby, and the nearest Metro station is a 3-minute walk away. The staff were friendly, didn't mock my pathetic attempts to speak French and were happy to speak English. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay, and were extremely comfortable. I would wholeheartedly recommend this hotel.

A couple of observations that might be helpful to others. There was a strong smell of drains in our room - we could have asked to move rooms, but it didn't bother us too much. Also, from the outside the hotel isn't the nicest looking, but my partner and I don't tend to judge a book by its cover. Finally, the price wasn't quite 'budget', however that's probably due to the location. Can't really fault it though.

I liked the location. Very convenient as we usually park our car on the same street. I liked the price that was appealing in the holiday season. The hotel was clean and the bed comfi which I find very important. Good markets around.

Two things that made my stay less comfortable. Very unusual though. Guess it was all too good. It's true it is a noisy street but one is usually very tired in Paris so the sleep is tight. What woke me up was the sound the telephone in the room was making. All night long. The sound of a busy line eventhough it was hang up. Small 10s breaks and again and again..tit tit tit tit..and the wire went into the wall so impossible to switch it off. Annoying. And the second thing. The attitude from the receptionist when I explained the problem. She could at least sympahize a bit..Instead she firstly said the lines were not working. I said that's even worse to put up with the noise of the telephone when the lines aren't working. They should pull the wire out of the wall, I was close of doing that. Secondly she said if I unscrew the lower part from the rest it might stop. I am not a tehnician. Unscrew the lower part instead of oh we're sorry to hear that and will make sure other guests don't experience the same stupidity. I hade to share this.

Very good price for a recently renovated hotel. Rooms are small but very nicely decorated. Metro take you directly to Notre Dame, Louvre or to Les Halles if you want to go shopping. Tkes about 20 minutes to get from the centre to the hotel on the metro, but since it's a direct line it's not a problem, The restaurant next door has excellent pizzas and is very cheap. Will defintelxy stay at the same hotel next time I go to Paris if they keep the low prices. If the price goes up it migh be wiser to find something closer to the center. The area seems safe, but I would avoid walking alone after midnight - but hey it's Paris; I would avoid walking alone at nigh anywhere.

The service was amazing!!! The staff really cares about your having a nice stay. Also, the room is very clean, comfortable, and up-to-date. It's in a great neighborhood, just by a metro stop, and near lots of restaurants, ATMs, and grocery stores, etc. The price for what you get in Paris! Can't be beaten. We would stay here again and again.

Hotel is located near the metro (cca 2 min by walk), many shops and restaurants in neighbourhood (including cheaper fast foods and supermarkets). Cca 30 min to the city center and 45 min to airport. Pleasant staff at hotel, clear room, modern equipment. Very good price for hotel like this in Paris.

Hotel is located near noisy street, mainly in the morning it is annoying. In room we missed toilet brush and one day there wasn't toilet paper. The staff doesn't speak english very good.

Nice hotel, staff was helpfull, room was small but efficient and modern, breakfast was oke! Metro was close and the centre of Paris was only 15 min away.

Wifi was not working most of the time. The temperature in the breakfastroom was not comfortable (cold). It could take quite a while to open the door to the room, as the pass was not always working properly.

It is very clean and comfortable. There are many good restaurants surrounded.

It is not close to the city centre, but you can easily take the metro. Staff are not very friendly.

The room was clean, the bathroom nice and the shower excellent- very hot and powerful. The room size was fine too.

Bed was comfortable, room was clean

In the morning , I heard too much noise outside of my room shower canalisation output was not in open state

nice location,near metro

The distance between shower and bed....like 30cm , nice shower ,instructions for everything was written in a hand book in room

fact that you have to pay for breakfast..no AC...not so clean floor in room...too much noise from outside

Small room and elevator, but this is the norm in Paris.