ALL Paris hotel rooms are small and the Villathena is no exeption however apart from the cramped space the hotel is great. Staff could not be more helpfull and the hotel is so so so clean and your room smells fresh. Its a great location a short walk to the Opera house where you can catch the shuttle bus to airport and the local tour bus. Breakfast in bed isn't cheap at 17? per person but it is elegantly served on a huge black tray. there is no bar and the frig in the room is only full of soft drinks, but there is a lovely cafe bar at the bottom of the street ideal for that nightcap. We will be back to stay again.

I have to admit, I feel as though I stayed in a different hotel to the one reviewed on here. Firstly, the location: this is good - near to Printemps department store, restaurants, bars and surrounding Metro stations, etc. The hotel itself is located on what I thought was a quiet road. However, I got hardly any sleep due to the noise outside. All night, all I could hear were motorbikes, lorries, etc... and we were on the 5th floor! In addition, when coming back to the hotel late at night, we had to literally cross over the road to avoid about 5 homeless people sleeping on the pavements (with full size mattresses). When we got back to the hotel, we thought we'd have a drink at the bar. However, this was empty and all we were able to have was a cup of tea (microwaved). The room itself was quite nice, bed comfy etc. The bathroom was TINY but I suppose as long as it has what you need and it is clean, you can't complain too much. The room didn't have any tea / coffee making facilities which I find very strange. Considering the fact we could only have a microwaved tea from the 'bar' I expected to be able to have something else in our room. Overall, I am glad I only stayed for 1 night as I'd either have to ask to move to a quieter room (if there was one) or even consider going to a different hotel to get some sleep.

I stayed with my boyfriend for two days Monday to Wednesday. The location was excellent, surrounded by lots of restaurants and bars in Place St Lazare. Really close to a main train station (twenty minutes from Gare du Nord on train) and was only two stops on the metro from Place de la Concorde. It was also only a five minute walk from Galerie Lafayette, a store similar to selfridges. The room was lovely not as small as some of the other reviews had me expecting, really big bed and really good shower. The people who worked in the hotel were really good to us, recommending where Christmas markets were (La Defense)and where we could find a nice restaurant (Brasserie Moulard on Place St Lazazre is excellent), even lending us a bottle opener. The room was cleaned every day and the hotel toiletries are lovely. Our room was on the first floor and although overlooking the street we were not woken up by the noise. Overall the hotel helped contribute to what was an amazing few days and I would definately reccomend it to others. Enjoy!!

My boyfriend & I have just returned from a short-break in Paris staying in the Villathena for 3 nights, I was pleased that we booked here. I had done some research before booking & was a little nervous beforehand due to some of the reviews, however I was pleasantly suprised by Villathena. The rooms are fairly small (but that's exactly what one should expect in paris unless willing to fork a fortune!! But how much time do you want to spend in your rooms in Paris?!) and they are clean, (a maid visits everyday) as well as a modern design. It is a small quirky hotel with the basic essentials- tv, hairdryer, air conditioning, shower gel etc. & we found the staff very friendly & although we spoke reasonable french they spoke good english. It has a fab location with the metro station literally a minutes walk away from the hotel & restaurants and bars of v. short walking distance. It is also not to far away from Gare du Nord as we arrived by eurostar. However there were a few teething problems when we arrived, our room was looking over the road beside & on our first night v.early in the morning there was road works were going on for hours which were extremely loud! We were prepared for noise as it is in the centre of paris & that is what you should expect but not to that extent! The next day we asked if there was any possibility of moving to a quieter room & they moved us immediately & said they would move all our stuff for us, it was v.efficient. The second room we had a slightly bigger which was good! & was not looking over the road so was a lot quieter so we were pleased with this & slept better. Just to warn you there are roadworks around this hotel currently, I heard some other guest also complaining about the noise, so might be worth bearing in mind if you like to sleep in past 6.30 in the morning!! I would agree with some of the other reviews breakfast is reasonable however it is worth venturing outside to cafe's which are around the hotel which are much cheaper, I thought the breakfast in the hotel was overpriced. Overall we had a lovely stay in paris, reasonably priced and the service v.friendly & efficient I would recommend this hotel for a short break in paris for couples, if you are interested in sight seeing and being in a central location.