This hotel has a rather large bed bug infestation, which I did not notice until after sleeping there. The sheets are spotted with blood and the bugs were all over when I woke up early. I didn't know what they were at the time, but looked them up after the fact and was very upset that they didn't note the signs, which should have been very clear to the maids and those doing laundrey. Do not stay here!!!

If this were a hostel then I would probably give it a 3-star rating. However, it's not, it's a 3-star hotel..... I spent 4 nights here (150 Eur per night, published rate). I'll start with the good points, but it'll be short:

+ pleasant, English-speaking receptionists
+ (tiny) patio out the back for an evening smoke
+ very close to the metro stop, Line 1, so only 20 minutes if that to the centre for tourists
+ flat panel TV oppposite bed so no need to get a stiff neck watching tv from bed
+ room a touch larger than the Paris centre average, but only a touch (I had a double room, not sure if this makes a difference)

And now the bad points:
- area is pretty grotty (including the Paris soup kitchen, worthy be its cause, doing its business round the corner attracting hordes of Les Miserables)
- room run down, out of date
- no safe in room, you have to rent a safety deposit box in the basement for an extra 4 Euros a day
- breakfast (extra 10 eur /day) nothing exciting. Very small breakfast room and buffet space
- coffee was quite good, being freshly ground in the automatic dispenser machine. However, the whole process takes several minutes and in the meantime a queue builds up behind you. This wouldn't be an issue normally if the queue didn't necessarily block the whole modest breakfast buffet space
- pavement outside hotel looks like a tank drove over it, not good in the rain....
- not the sort of locality you want to go for an evening stroll, you're better off taking the metro a couple of stops nearer the centre and civilisation

This would be a very comfortable hostel. Unfortunately it's a not very pleasant hotel.

We had 3 rooms with our party, ALL rooms were very dirty. Carpets were dirty, sheets most probably used as they had hair on them. But to top it, my wife woke up screaming as her pillow was infested with lice. They moved us at 2 AM, and the person doing the night shift was very apologetic. Terrible, terrible, terrible.

Basically an old well maintained property located close to Porte De Vincennes Line 1 Metro station /RATP bus 86/Night bus Noctilien N11 bus stop with free wifi, optional breakfast (at 10E pp you could get better options) and 24hr reception manned by helpful English speaking staff offering small sized rooms with basic amenities. Although the rooms were done and the towels changed daily , the WC was not cleaned even once during our 4night stay. The Housekeeping staff also insisted on separating the beds although we were joining them every night .

With train line renovation works ongoing at the CDG airport terminals getting to this hotel can be cumbersome- here are some tips. The cheapest option if you are travelling light between 0530-2030hrs is Line 351 from CDG Terminals 1,2 and TGV stations and get down at Porte Vincennes stop (although road works in this area might result in being dropped off further away from property). The option of taking RER train requires changing to Metro at Chatelet Les Halles station involving long walks and navigating stairs guided by confusing signs. During the night, it is better to take Night bus Noctilien N140 or 143 to Gare d' Est (7.2 E pp) , get to Gare D' Lyon utilising N2 or N1 and change to N11 to get to Porte De Vincennes. Noctilien Information centers at Gare D' Est and Gare D' Lyon are manned at night . A costlier option if traveling with luggage between 0600-2200hrs is to take the Cars Air france Line 4 bus to Gare D lyon . You could also take the relatively cheaper Roissy bus to Paris Opera and change to Metro. More details from www.aeroportsdeparis.fr , www.noctilien.fr, www.ratp.fr.