TRIBE Paris La Défense Esplanade

Just returned from a weekend break in Paris, we chose this location based on cost and easy access to the Longchamp race course. ||First the positives, the area felt very safe and it was easy to walk (3 miles to the arc de triomphe) or get an Uber within minutes. The rooms are well equipped and the breakfast buffet had plenty of options and was of good quality. ||Sadly the overall feeling though is that the guests are a bother to the staff, the staff working over breakfast lack any interest in guests and one individual was damn right rude on a couple of occasions. When I asked if I needed to show my room number or be ticked off a list at breakfast I had ‘what?!’ barked at me then ‘no’ snapped with an eye roll. As all vacant tables were still stacked with dirty plates/cups and food crumbs i again politely asked the same man if a table could be cleared to which he simply glared and ignored me. On other occasions when getting a drink and at checkout there was a lot of waiting at the desk before a staff member approached. Staff who work the evening shift were much more polite & welcoming. ||Bar prices are steep, you expect to pay a premium in a big city but they really are something else. €4.50 for a can of coke to takeaway, then €65 for a small bottle of water, 2 baileys and a rum & coke. We paid significantly less for drinks in several bistros right in the centre of the city so felt like we were being ripped off here. ||Lastly we’re covered in bites, 3 out of 4 of us staying, 2 in particular have had our ankles and calf’s ravaged by something. Not pleasant.