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"I can't say enough about this little hotel. The staff..."
was absolutely superb!! My 86 year old father and I took a trip together to Paris. We each spoke a little French, but when it gets down to details, English is what we needed. Miriam at the front desk was beyond words when we needed help. From helping plan our outings, arranging transportation and finding a doctor when my father became ill, she was there in every way to help us. The hotel staff was excellent! Our room was always clean upon our return from breakfast or lunch. It is 2-3 blocks from the Metro and the Louvre and extremely (!!) quiet on little Rue Moliere. A great location, the rooms was quite large with a safe, minibar, tv etc. The shower/tub was large and worked well. We spent 8 nights and I really can't think of anything we needed that wasn't there. Don't tell everyone or we won't be able to get a room the next time!! Craig and Jack, San Francisco, CA USA
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"A Correct Hotel"
It isn't the Ritz, but it's five minutes from the Louvre, and I'm a slow walker. That means you're only fifteen minutes from standing in front of Titian's (Giorgione's?) Concert Champetre, Vermeer's Lacemaker, Rembrandt's Susannah or Leonardo's Virgin of the Rocks.. With such proximity, these almost become part of the hotel.
The less expensive rooms are small, all right, but if you take the 175-euro ones, which are quite adequate, you're still several hundred euros ahead. The neighborhood is 2006 Paris, not the Paris of Gigi. Most people I know seem to prefer that.
My wife and I found the breakfast and the room it was served in exactly what we want. Yes it's small, but this is a small hotel-- how could it be otherwise? The croissants and coffee were delicious, the hotel's complimentary newspapers are Le Monde, Figaro, L'Equipe and the Herald-Tribune. Hey, it's breakfast in Paris! Drink up. Slowly.
I notice that one of the other Trip Advisor correspondents found the staff uncivil. Of course, I wasn't with him at the time, and so I cannot say what I would have thought of the incident. But I have noted over a half-century of visiting France that a lot of my countrymen think of the French in general as rude, while I find them almost --but not quite -- invariably courteous, and I mean MUCH more courteous than my fellow New Yorkers, or Londoners or Berliners or Viennese for that matter. And I have never found the staff of the Moliere less than "correct," meaning not in the least servile, but exactly as gracious as the situation calls for.
There are many memorable restaurants right around here. For a splendid meal of moderate cost I recommend the Pig's Jowls Cooked for 7 Days (I hope I've got the number right) at the Michelin-listed Dauphin in the Place Andre-Malraux. For a lunch-time blow-out, try prix-fixe at the three-star Grand Vefour, still within the five-minute radius. But then, there many of those starred prix fixes within easy reach.
I would recommend this hotel to anyone going to Paris for its art and its daily life. If I were primarily interested in shopping -- and of course Paris IS worth visiting for its shopping alone -- I'd prefer to be over near the Place Vendome or the Place de la Madeleine.
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