Hôtel Victoires Opéra — Hotel in Paris

We (two adults) stayed at the Hôtel Victoires Opéra at Rue Montorgueil in Paris for one night on July 10th – 11th. Expectations were high since the hotel is located on the oldest street in Paris, near just about everything, had four stars on the booking page and seemed – in pictures – to be worth every Danish crown. ||||Unfortunately, looks online are deceiving and at this particular hotel hospitality seemed to had been left in the far reaching history of the surroundings. As such, we entered the lobby with our bags to check in and were met – not greeted – by a man who could have been part of any sketch on stereotypical rude Frenchness. Both of us have visited Paris and France several times before and have not meet this cartoon figure before but here he was. ||||Loud sighs and little patience with a difficult credit card payment of the city tax seemed to be only part of this man’s troublesome work life. You would think he himself took care of just any task in the hotel since he didn’t find the strength to inform us on where the bar in the hotel – promised online and not seen or heard of since by any of us – was, when breakfast was served or you know, just wishing us a pleasant stay. ||||French stems in great part from Latin, but the hotel director (as he presented himself on the phone when taking a call while speaking to us) must not have done his research on the origin or meaning of “hospitality”. ||||Oh well, then on to entering the room! The friendly interpretation would be that minimalism is in style around here. The “already annoyed with the hotel director”-interpretation is that this room and hotel is a tourists’ trap offering more online than what you get. There was a bed, two nightstands, a TV, a fridge and one Nespresso-machine. Oh, and two power outlets hidden under a table with only one actually working. ||||Missing was a chair, a suitcase stool, a toilet brush, any type of shelf in the shower and a non-leaking tap by the sink. The latter made everything wet in a second and left you underimpressed. ||||We did not meet any other guests since we never fund the maybe-there-maybe-not bar and did not feel the need to join the mysterious breakfast. You could hear just about any little noise coming from the hallway and everywhere else. There was absolutely no need to even put your ears against the partially torn wall paper. ||||Luckily, our stay was short. Maybe due to this shortness our cartoon-ish friend in the reception had not yet gained strength since us checking in and did not feel the need to wish us a nice travel home or just ask if we enjoyed the stay. ||||Paris is wonderful. The French are much better than their reputation. ||||The Hôtel Victoires Opéra is not wonderful and you should go somewhere else, pay less and have a smile from the reception, somewhere to place your suitcase and maybe even a toilet brush in the bath room. ||||Goodbye and no “au revoir”, Hôtel...

We stayed for 3 nights (July 16-18) on a last minute booking after an issue with our vacation rental property. Just a short stay in Paris after two weeks in the Côte d’Azur. Our 4th visit to Paris, with myself, my wife, our 6 year old son, and my sister-in law. Visiting from Canada.||After booking in a rush, and during a summer heat wave…we were a bit concerned based on a couple of other recent reviews. However we had a fantastic experience at Victoires Opéra and would not hesitate to recommend it. It’s not a Fairmont or Four Seasons, but it’s a very nice hotel, wonderful location, clean rooms, crisp linens, and more than anything… extremely friendly and attentive staff.||We stayed in two adjoining rooms on the top floor (501/502) which are actually up half a storey from rest of the 5th floor and I think the highest rooms in the building. I would say that does make a difference as both our rooms were quiet. The one at rear of building was dead silent, while the one at the front was fine, but could still hear some white noise of the bustle of the cafes and restaurants on Rue Motorgueil below. I think if you were on the front of the building on perhaps the 3rd floor or below…it WOULD be quite loud until about midnight. But for us was perfect and silent.||The elevator is tiny but never had to wait much for it. The dark brown carpets throughout the halls and the suites is getting a bit worn but otherwise the hotel was very nicely appointed. The bathrooms were spotless, the bedding and linens immaculate, and lobby area very nice and always staffed. The location in the Bonne Nouvelle/ Sentier neighbourhoods is fantastic whether traveling by foot, metro, or taxi/Uber. The restaurants right out the door are fun and lively both directions, if you go a couple of blocks further north or east you get a more local vibe for both shops and culinary options. Really wished we had checked out Tigermilk. ||Lastly, as I note above (and as I’ve noticed in other reviews) the staff were great. The gentlemen at the front desk were always friendly and helpful (especially one who always had a high five or a petit madeleine for our little guy, making his day), they asked us about and arranged our taxi to airport which arrived early on our departure day, room service staff which we used a couple of times were very friendly, and housekeeping was excellent (we had a card issue once and she came running to help rather than us heading back downstairs…) and every day after cleaning our son’s stuffies were set out on his neatly|made bed doing funny things, wearing sunglasses etc that he got a kick out of. The service was top notch and I would put THAT aspect of the hotel up against even higher end North American properties.||And…considering the 40 degree heat in Paris, the Air Conditioning worked just fine, even though we were on the top floor. Gave us a nice haven on our...

My husband and I booked 10 nights at this charming hotel. It is well located on the Rue de Montorgueil, an ancient cobblestone street packed with markets of all kinds selling items such as fruits, vegetables, wine, chocolate, pastries, and bread. There are loads of cafés and small restaurants filled with both families and young singles. The scene is fun and inviting. ||We chose this hotel on a recommendation from my husband’s colleague. While the room was small, the bathroom was large and modern. But the best part of our stay was the unfailingly friendly and helpful staff. We ate breakfast here every day, and it was delicious and substantial. We were able to choose from fresh fruit, omelets, a variety of fresh bread, juice, yogurt, cereal, and steaming hot café au lait. Our waitresses always seemed happy to see us and anxious to please. ||One of the front desk staff was especially helpful the time we realized we had left our wallet in our departing taxi. We dashed into the hotel lobby in distress, and the man who was at the front desk used our taxi receipt information to make some phone calls. I am happy to report that the taxi driver showed up a couple of hours later to return the wallet. I think the man at the first desk was almost as happy as we were.||I’m writing this review on our last night, and am feeling sad about leaving this charming place and these...