Hotel Claret

Convenient location and very helpful staff

What a charming and reasonable price for our Paris experience. The breakfast was included in the price of the room and made the start of our day a lot easier. The restaurant owner was quite a character and very hospitable. Doing all the Paris and surrounding tourist sites was made all the more easier by taking the metro located right outside the hotel. Excellent experience and would definitely stay there again. Tanya

a strong 3 star hotel

The good: clean rooms and comfortable bed - good size bathroom with tiled walls, floor and large tub - free decent breakfast with good selection - area quaint - within 50 feet of subway line - no more than 10-15 min journey to almost anywhere in Paris The bad: rooms small but expected - showerhead mount at level of thigh (having to hold showerhead with your hand above your head makes showering unpleasant)- no shower curtain (floor gets wet and slippery) Overall I feel establishment offers very good combo of price and quality - the good easily outweighs the bad - would recommend to friends and family

Great room for the money

Nice room

Good room for the money

The staff was quite helpful. The room was small, but comfortable. A room on the front of the building is noisy (street noise). We were on that side for part of our stay. The back side of the building is very quiet. We spent the latter part of our stay on the back side. There is no air-conditioning. However that was not a problem for us in late September and early October. The temperture was just perfect.

Excellent value.

This was my first experience booking a hotel through the site. I was overwhelmingly pleased with the location and service, as well as the price.

Rooms

We were told that we would have access to roll away beds. The front desk had no idea what a roll away was. A full size bed is actually a twin bed and a queen bed is two twins pushed together. Small room, great location to train station and to the subway, and convention center. extremly far to the city... cabs cost kill you.

Very convenient for Metro goes

A hotel a bit off the beaten path, but you save and the Metro is Literally in front of the hotel. For those new to the city that was an unbeatable perk to this hotel. Staffers speak english, which was a bonus and the breakfast in the morning really saves you some money. Very good. Small, but that was expected.

Good Hotel for the Price

Yes the room was small and the bed was hard but hey that;s europe. This hotel was clean, the staff was friendly and helpful and the breakfast was the best during our entire trip. The Metro stop was right outside the door and that can get you anywhere you want to go. We even went to Versaille by train starting at the hotel. don't be afraid to use the Metro and stay here. My son and I really enjoyed te entire experience. We don't speak french and that posed no problem at the hotel. Great bakery just around the corner and lots of restarants too.

too far to travel to central part of paris

far from everything, need to travel 20min to 1hour to reach the main part of Paris

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A little out of the way but a decent stay...

The hotel is not so helpful with booking tours and is a bit of a distance from the major sites but the staff will help you get to where you want to be as Paris' metro system is very efficient and easy to manage. No a/c in the rooms we booked but a very satisfying breakfast was a nice touch.

A Fine Hotel

Our stay here at the Claret has been comfortable and enjoyable. Neither of us has traveled abroad much; so we're not quite sure what to expect with hotels in other countries. Here are some specific observations that might be helpful. 1. The room and bathroom were very clean and adequately spacious. 2. The staff were very accomodating and friendly. They speak English well too. 3. The breakfast is adequate. 4. Semi high-speed internet (up to about 50k/sec download max) was available and relatively stable in our room, but not always consistent (small periods of diminished reception). This has been frustrating for me during Skype internet business phone calls. 5. The hotel is not close to city attractions, and is situated amongst many roadways and railways. To reach the more romantic streets of Paris, one needs either to take the metro (an unromantic means of travel) or walk through bland and sometimes unpleasant streets. I say this to properly set your expecations. The hotel room has somewhat of a romantic feel to it, but the surrounding area lacks this same appeal. So, if you're looking for a romantic location, this isn't it; but if you're practically minded and okay with traveling to get to the romantic areas, this should work excellently for you. 6. That leads me to the next point... proximity to mass transit. As other reviews have mentioned, the Bercy Metro Station -which has easy and quick access to the city center, is right outside the front door (literally). The hotel is also close to the Guar de Leon train terminal. 7. Now that we are familiar with the area and Paris (and are more practically minded people), we would likely stay here again.

Great Price. Terrible Location

Pay a little more and stay somewhere else. We spent most of what we saved on cabs.

Great value for Paris

The subway terminal is literally right out side the front door (Bercy station on the 14 or 6 train). For the price we paid and knowing the Paris is a little more expensive we were satisfied with this pick. Breakfast was free and our only problem was we had a tub instead of a shower and not all rooms were like ours. However, this would not keep us from staying there in the future.