Hotel De L'Ocean

Too expensive

Way too espensive. The hotel was clean but very dated - for the price. Even for Paris. Breakfast not included - the charge was 13 Euros/person = $18.07!! Needless to say, we didn't eat there!

Not for us...

The front desk upon arrival included a very friendly individual but the evening staff was miserable to the extent of answering any question you had with a disgusted stare and grunt (clearly not a people person). Most of the hotel was full of a heavy chemical cleanser smell. It was so bad within the very small room that we actually had to leave. All in all the location would work for some but clearly not for us, the noise on the street from the nearby park and wandering the area were enough for us to not enjoy our stay.

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Typical Paris...

As much as we paid for this hotel, I would expect more, but it's Paris. You just don't get a big room unless you pay outrageous amounts of money. The room was clean. The elevator was slightly scary; when the 3rd person steps in or out, it feels like it's going to plummet to the floor, though it doesn't of course. There are no shower curtains at all. The bathroom floor ends up soaked. There is plenty of hot water. Both of the rooms I reserved had two twin beds side by side. I'm beginning to think this is the normal thing for Europe in general, as a hotel in Munich was the same way. One of the front desk staff we talked to was very nice and helpful, another was polite, but not very forthcoming with information. Both spoke English pretty well. Breakfast came with my Hotels.com price, though I would not pay extra for it. It wasn't great, but could have been much worse. Coffee, OJ, cereal, pastries, and a few other choices were available. This hotel is two metro stops from the Paris de l'Est train station, which is nice. I believe it's also pretty close to the Gare du Nord. The stop isn't right out the door but not even a 5 minute walk. There are quite a few places to eat within an easy walk, including a nice McDonald's. Overall, I'd say it's a decent place to stay in Paris. I'm not sure about parking for the hotel, we took the ICE train into the city. If possible, I would definitely suggest going to the Paris metro site before a trip and buying a multiple day metro pass to get around, driving would be a nightmare, as well as parking.

Good Location

The hotel is one and a half blocks from the Metro (line #7 Cadet Station) and an 8 minute walk to Gare Du Nord Train Station. There are restaurants and shopping within a short walking distance too. A clean decent hotel for that is not expensive.

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Not bad for the price

We were trying to travel on the cheap through France and Italy and after reading some of reviews of the hotel, I was really worried. But I was pleasantly surprised by both the location and condition of the property. The staff was extremely friendly and helpful and the room was clean and the A/C worked well. It is less than two blocks in either direction from a Metro stop, in walking distance of Sacre Coeur and the Montmartre neighborhood and about 20 easy minutes walking from Gare du Nord. The elevator was even big enough for two people with luggage. We had been traveling throughout For the money, this place was on par with the best we had encountered over two weeks in Europe.

Really just okay with some not so nice issues...

All in all, not even close to what we expected and our least favorite of 5 hotels we stayed at between UK, FRA, ITALY. Cons: Tiny room, slightly dingy. 85 degrees when we walked in (even thought they had AC in the room, it didnt work well). Cockroach trap on the floor by TV. No shower curtain or stall so everything got soaked. Staff was just OK. Elevator continuously stopped working and even closed on my wife's arm on our way out. Literally shut on her arm and could have seriously injured her. Staff didn't have any idea about the surrounding area and told us nothing would be open at 11p when we wanted to go for wine. There is a charming cafe opened till 2a a block away! And two more across the street from that! Day we checked out there were 30 TVs scattered on the floor of lobby all day. We think there was breakfast included but were never told and just happened to see this hidden breakfast setup around the corner as we were checking out. Pros: Nice restaurants in area. Great location to the train. THATS IT! This is an honest review. We're not hard to please and don't need much to make us happy. This place just flat out doesn't even give you that much.

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Great Stay!!!

I stayed at the Hotel De L'Ocean for one night. Traveling from the U.S., I don't speak much French, but when I arrived the multi-lingual staff were very helpful. they even assisted us with tour tickets. The room was small, but about what you can expect for European hotels. The nearest metro station was only 2 blocks away and the neighboorhood was relatively quiet. My only quibble was the fact that the hotel didn't have air conditioning. However, I have come to learn that is common for many European hotels. Overall my stay at Hotel De L'Ocean was amazing.

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Needs improvement

I had a room with loud pipes that made racket every 15 minutes or so. The elevator behaved very stangely and closed prematurely on me twice. The location wasn't bad but I've stayed in better places that's for sure....

"Needs Improvement"

Going to Paris for the first I wasn't expecting much, I heard hotels were overpriced and uncomfortable. Here's my take on this... 1) The service was awful, the front desk is extremely unfriendly. Staff in the evenings and at breakfast were rude. 2) Elevators would break quite often. 3) Showers were of normal size but no real curtains or door so the bathroom get entirely soaked. 4) Overall - the room was of ok size, not the best hotel for the price, could use lots of improvement especially the staff. The upside is that there's a great bakery nearby and it's near the Cadet station and the Gare'de Nord.

Nice hotel

Good price for a reasonable hotel. Helpful staff, close to metro. Easy to get to major sites. Bakery nearby was good too.