Me and my girlfriend stayed at the hotel from 29 of august until 3rd of september 2006. The stay was booked via accorhotels.com. First of all, I was the first to arrive at this hotel in Paris. It is close to Gare de l'est and Gare du Nord, and it is close to the metro stations Louis Blanc and colonel Fabien. It is therefor very central if you need fast access to the metro. First of all, this hotel is not very huge. But at the webpage at accorhotels.com, they said that we would be served a welcome drink to the hotel. They never offered any welcome drink! I was also the first to arrive at the hotel before my girlfriend, and I was a bit early before the room was cleaned. But here the bad things started: The chair in the room was damaged so I almost fall down on the floor. So tried to call the reception. The phone did not work at all, so when we complained about this, it was not fixed at all. But the hotel had wireless internet. Good for that, even it is not free. So when I placed my laptop on the table, I sudden discovered small housefly. It was not only ONE, but at least 10! And they where all over. After some days, the small flys was all over the bed, the clothes, the drinks... you name it. The last night I really needed to itch all over my body, because I felt to have all this small animals over my body. So thanks good that I leave the hotel. I WILL NEVER STAY AT THIS HOTEL NEXT TIME!