Fraser Suites Paris La Défense

This is our very first time staying at the Fraser Suites La Harmonie since we always stay in town. We stayed at the Fraser Suites in Osaka, Japan in March and really enjoyed it so we thought we try La Harmonie here at Esplanade de la Defense.||We booked the 2 bedroom suite with 1 bathroom, full kitchen (minus oven), living room, and dining table. In the master bedroom, we had 2 twin beds pushed together to make a king and the mattress was very comfortable along with the many pillows. The secondary bedroom had a queen size bed, again with a very comfortable non sagging mattress. Both rooms had lots of closet and drawer space along with a safety deposit box. Both rooms also had doors that open to allow fresh air which we really enjoyed.||The kitchen has a full size fridge with freezer, microwave incorporated with a grill function but there is no oven. We would have liked to have an oven so we can bake for some of our meals and there is a dishwasher with a Nespresso coffee machine. The kitchen is very well equipped with 6 small and large plates, coffee mugs, espresso cups/plates, large toaster, colander, a few small casserole dishes, and cutlery. ||Almost every evening (not all), a lady would ring the doorbell at dinner time to ask if more coffee pods, sugar, tea bags are required. ||If you are expecting your sheets changed every day, then you will need to go to a proper hotel and not a semi self serviced establishment. The sheets are changed every 3 days but they change your towels and take out garbage, and vacuum every day if you accept or decline. it is your choice. |To be honest, everyone at home would not change bed sheets every day so why would one expect to have it changed on a daily basis while on vacation. For us, every 3 days is great but every day, they will tighten and straighten out your bed linen if needed.||Given the euro being so high compared to our own Canadian currency (1.50), we saved some money by cooking most breakfasts and dinners at home while eating out at lunch. ||In the lobby is a machine that provides filtered water as well as carbonated water for you to refill your own bottles which was brilliant so we do not need to lug back litres and litres of water from the supermarket and on the metro. ||On level one is a laundromat with 3 washers and 3 dryers that already has detergent preset but it just needs a “jeton” (token) from the front desk. Since we stayed 26 days, all our washing was free otherwise each token is 5 euros. There is also a little gym with one of everything so very convenient.||The hotel is a 3 minute walk to Line 1 subway station at the Esplanade de la Defense station and it is a 12 mins walk to La Defense from the hotel if you do not want to take the subway. |From our hotel on line 1 into Chatelet (centre of Paris), it takes 15 minutes. It is actually very convenient. On sunnier days, we actually preferred to walk to La Defense out in the open where you can see L’Arc de Triomphe, La Grande Arche, and also the Eiffel Tower. It is a beautiful short little walk. At the Grande Arche, there is also a BNP Paribas bank with many ATM machines. ||For all our shopping needs, we went to La Defense Au Chan because it is a huge supermarket with everything and anything…not just for groceries. They have clothing, household goods, beauty products, and etc. We usually wore our 2 backpacks and put our groceries in them and take the metro back to the hotel.||At the La Defense mall, there is also a store, Normal, which is like a higher end of a dollar shop but if you need say Colgate toothpaste, it is only 1euro along with many other bargains. There are 2 separate shopping units at La Defense—les 4 Temps with all the main stores and CNIT with Monoprix and Decathlon. We really enjoyed shopping at these 2 malls whenever because the hotel is so close.||For us, the Fraser Suites La Harmonie felt like our second home and the minute we are in our unit, we felt so serene, quiet, and calm, away from all the noise stimulation from Paris centre. | |Fraser Suites La Harmonie shines in their awesome customer service. We really felt so well looked after like a “family”. Everyone bends forwards and backwards to help and the staff are all STARS. There are a few outstanding staff members that went out of their way to always look after us and their exemplary service needs to be mentioned here: Edwin at the front desk was so patient in resolving our reservation; Francois in Security who went out of his way to help us find trustworthy transportation; Aziza, in housekeeping always did a fabulous job in keeping our unit well stocked and clean; and lastly, I do not know her name, but a taller, heavier set blonde lady in housekeeping who always ask if we needed anything whenever we saw her in the hotel. ||I want to thank Mr. X Lamont for an awesome job leading his team in making Fraser Suites La Harmonie such a wonderful abode for us! We appreciate Mr. Lamont’s and all his employees hard work on a daily basis. ||We will return to La Harmonie in 2026! Thank you so much everyone at Fraser Suites La Harmonie for looking after us so well!