Aloha Hostel — Hotel in Paris

tl;dr this was a great, clean, comfortable hostel in all respects in a fantastic location in Paris - perfect place to set up as home base for a roam in Paris. I found it slightly pricier for a budget hostel, but it was well worth the price. I would absolutely stay again and recommend to all travelling to Paris. ||||I will discuss several categories that are important to me regarding my stay at this hostel. They are BEDS, BATHROOMS, STAFF, OTHER.||||BEDS - 9/10||The rooms and the beds were fantastic. I had a room of 4, which I found spacious, well lit (two windows with a view onto the streets and natural sunlight), and welcoming. The beds/pillows were suitably comfortable and clean linens and blankets were provided. The room had ample charging ports for each bed and then extra, a sink/mirror within the room as well as two chairs and a small table. Very pleased. The only problem with the room was that the top bunks didn't have a side railing, so if you toss in your sleep it's possible to fall off the bed (!). That wasn't an issue for me or anyone in my room, but just a thought...||||BATHROOMS - 10/10||Best bathroom situation I've experienced in a hostel. For every 4 rooms, there was: 1 private toilet/sink, 1 public sink, 2 private showers (and of course you can go to any facility in the hostel if the one closest was occupied). Bathrooms were clean and modern and well lit. Showers were spacious. There was a shower curtain that separated the private stall into a "wet area" and a "dry area" and there was a stool as well as hooks for clothes. It was good for me to be able to wash comfortably and then also wash my clothes as well. The shower itself was like the showers at a swimming pool (in Canada), where you push the button and water runs for 10 seconds and then you have to push again. No way to control temperature, but it was a comfortable temp for me. ||||STAFF - 9/10||Wonderful, accommodating, and helpful staff at the front desk as well as cleaning/breakfast. I had no problem getting help when my room key didn't work when I returned to the hostel at 1AM. ||||OTHER - 10/10||Location is phenomenal. Just minutes walk from the champ de mars and the Eiffel tower, as well as the Champs Elysees. Perfect base to go late night roaming from. If you're a cat lover like me, there's a cute cat cafe literally just down the street! And the hostel is also a days walk away from many other top Paris attractions. I believe the hostel is also along the path to an elementary school - when I woke up in the morning and looked out the window, the streets were bustling with parents walking small children to school. It was not disruptive to sleep but it was a very nice to feel like you're simply existing in the middle of Parisian life. To me, it's a perfect home base for a stay in Paris. ||Free wifi was excellent and reached the room I was staying in well. The hostel also has public computers you can use in the lobby.||Breakfast is included and the breakfast I found to be quite excellent. The kitchen is also very quaint and a lovely place to get to know other travelers and enjoy the free breakfast. It added a very nice touch to the end of my stay at...

2024/Sept|I recently stayed at this hostel and it was one of the worst I've ever encountered - if not the worst. See all the comments on Google/trip advisor and draw your own conclusions. Here are the negatives and positives:|- Negative points:|. Internet with a weak signal, which gets worse when you are in the kitchen or in the rooms on the second floor. I needed to use the internet on my cell phone on several occasions|. There is no elevator and the spiral staircase can be dangerous if you have mobility problems or for the elderly|. Old structure (needs to be renovated as soon as possible)|. Unlike most hostels in big tourist cities, they charge for every thing that is given for free in other hostels: to rent towels they charge the rent + a deposit amount and even if you return the towels in good condition as expected, if you do not present a tiny receipt paper that you hand in at the entrance, the deposit amount is not refunded.|. Unlike most hostels, there are no bathroom options inside the dorms, just a shower.|. Room keys stop working whenever they are near electronic devices (I had to "reset" my room access card twice in three days... never seen this in any other hostel). So if you leave your room at night to go to the bathroom, sometimes you can't open the door when you return)|. Unlike most hostels, there are no sockets near all the beds (if you are on the bottom bunk, for example, you will have to charge your devices away from the bed)|. The alarm went off at around 4:45 am and all guests had to go downstairs and wait at reception until confirmation that everyhting was ok. I imagine it must happen often|. Rooms with very cramped showers and no cloths on the floor, leaving everything always very wet|. Unlike other hostels that have a cleaning team to do this after checkouts, they want you to hand over the sheets at checkout. This is usually the hotel's obligation and no one asks for this: you have to go down the cramped stairs (because there is no elevator) with suitcases and still carrying sheets to catch early flights/trains||- Positive points:|.It is well located in a relatively safe area of ​​Paris (with a 30-minute walk you can reach the Trocadero/Eiffel Tower, for example).|. There are many useful shops nearby: franprix (a market 100 meters away), a laundry 50 meters away and numerous restaurants around (pizza hut, typical french boulangeries etc)|. The public bathrooms appear to be regularly cleaned.||To sum up: there are countless other more modern options in Paris with fair prices, further away than this hotel from the most central arrondissements, such as Generator and Le Village (which I recommend). This can be worked around, as the Paris metro system is very strong and you can find a station on every corner. The only thing that makes this hostel stand is the location, and even then it's not worth...

2024/Sept|I recently stayed at this hostel and it was one of the worst I've ever encountered - if not the worst. See all the comments on Google/trip advisor and draw your own conclusions. Here are the negatives and positives:|- Negative points:|. Internet with a weak signal, which gets worse when you are in the kitchen or in the rooms on the second floor. I needed to use the internet on my cell phone on several occasions|. There is no elevator and the spiral staircase can be dangerous if you have mobility problems or for the elderly|. Old structure (needs to be renovated as soon as possible)|. Unlike most hostels in big tourist cities, they charge for every thing that is given for free in other hostels: to rent towels they charge the rent + a deposit amount and even if you return the towels in good condition as expected, if you do not present a tiny receipt paper that you hand in at the entrance, the deposit amount is not refunded.|. Unlike most hostels, there are no bathroom options inside the dorms, just a shower.|. Room keys stop working whenever they are near electronic devices (I had to "reset" my room access card twice in three days... never seen this in any other hostel). So if you leave your room at night to go to the bathroom, sometimes you can't open the door when you return)|. Unlike most hostels, there are no sockets near all the beds (if you are on the bottom bunk, for example, you will have to charge your devices away from the bed)|. The alarm went off at around 4:45 am and all guests had to go downstairs and wait at reception until confirmation that everyhting was ok. I imagine it must happen often|. Rooms with very cramped showers and no cloths on the floor, leaving everything always very wet|. Unlike other hostels that have a cleaning team to do this after checkouts, they want you to hand over the sheets at checkout. This is usually the hotel's obligation and no one asks for this: you have to go down the cramped stairs (because there is no elevator) with suitcases and still carrying sheets to catch early flights/trains||- Positive points:|.It is well located in a relatively safe area of ​​Paris (with a 30-minute walk you can reach the Trocadero/Eiffel Tower, for example).|. There are many useful shops nearby: franprix (a market 100 meters away), a laundry 50 meters away and numerous restaurants around (pizza hut, typical french boulangeries etc)|. The public bathrooms appear to be regularly cleaned.||To sum up: there are countless other more modern options in Paris with fair prices, further away than this hotel from the most central arrondissements, such as Generator and Le Village (which I recommend). This can be worked around, as the Paris metro system is very strong and you can find a station on every corner. The only thing that makes this hostel stand is the location, and even then it's not worth...