Hôtel de l'Exposition République — Hotel in Paris

Me and my girlfriend booked this hotel for 3 nights and it was uncomfortable to say the least.

The good: The price was very reasonable and the location was great. The rooms were a modern design, and the breakfast was ok. The wifi was amazing ONLY in the lobby

The bad: The room was terribly warm. Even when the heating was turned off and window open, it was still uncomfortably warm. The bathroom was odd to use as getting out of the bath was difficult (for larger or elderly individuals it would be very difficult.) The entrance leading to our room was in complete darkness with no light. We would have to turn on our torch to see where our room was located. There was also no internet in our room. We received a 10 gb wifi code. However, it was basically useless as the internet never reached our floor. We also had an unpleasant experience where we were placed in a room with two beds. It was completely fine, just unexpected. We placed some clothes and portable chargers on the spare bed. As I was traveling with my girlfriend, we valued our privacy and had the do not disturb on the entire stay. During the 2nd day of our stay, we returned from exploring Paris to find our items thrown onto the floor and the bed replaced with a chair and table. We asked why they did this and said they needed the extra bed for another guest. The receptionist was very nice and told me that he would inform the manager as he was the one who took the bed. What was most annoying was how scattered our items were and management not apologizing at all for the treatment of our personal belongings.

That experience completely ruined any good faith we had...

First the good: The location is perfect. Great neighborhood and convenient to everything. The beds were relatively clean and comfortable. Some staff were friendly.||The rest of the hotel, the bathrooms, stairs etc are dark and dingy. I don’t know if I would call them filthy, but much was dirty, and certainly weren’t very clean. The shower curtain doesn’t fall all the way to the floor so water gets everywhere, every time you shower. ||There is a nasty little sign taped to the bathroom mirror warning you about being charged 25euro for stained towels. These sad, thin, thread-bare little creatures had to come from the dollar store so I’m not sure what the obsession with the towels is about.||The elevator was broken from check in to check out. Four days in the middle a hot Parisian summer with no elevator. With a room on the 6th floor. No elevator makes this a definitive one-star hotel. Not a 200 euro a night 3-star as advertised. Outside of the multitude of excuses and the odd apology, nothing was offered to make up for the marathon required to return to one’s room. Not a discount, not a different room on a lower floor, not a free breakfast, not even a bottle of water to take with you up the 100 degree stairwell. Awful hospitality.||Would not return and would caution you to be extremely careful before booking here. Only okay if you don’t mind staying in a...

First the good: The location is perfect. Great neighborhood and convenient to everything. The beds were clean and comfortable. Some staff were friendly.

The rest of the hotel, the bathrooms, stairs et are dark and dingy. I don’t know if I would call them dirty, but they certainly weren’t very clean. The shower curtain doesn’t fall all the way to the floor so water gets everywhere, every time you shower. There is a nasty little sign taped to the bathroom mirror warning you about being charged 25euro for stained towels. These sad, thin, thread-bare little creatures had to come from the dollar store so I’m not sure what the obsession with the towels is about.

The elevator was broken from check in to check out. Four days in the middle a hot Parisian summer with no elevator. With a room on the 6th floor. No elevator makes this a definitive one-star hotel. Not a 200 euro a night 3-star as advertised. Outside of the multitude of excuses and the odd apology, nothing was offered to make up for the marathon required to return to one’s room. Not a discount, not a different room on a lower floor, not a free breakfast, not even a bottle of water to take with you up the 100 degree stairwell. Awful hospitality.

Would not return and would caution you to be extremely careful before...