Hotel des Nations Saint Germain

The location, friendly staff, and the quality of breakfast

Typical Parisian 3 star hotel. Nothing very fancy or bad. If you expect big room - forget it. Standart rooms around 3 star hotels in Paris usually are quite small. The breakfast is quite simple, with limited choice of food: scrambled eggs prepared from powder, sausages and baked ham; one or two types of cheese; jams; cereels; pastries of several types, but not freshly made (warmed up); three types of juices; coffee machine and tea; VERY limited choice of fruits (two bananas - not every day, several apples).

The location is exceptional, all the receptionists are very welcoming and friendly and the room was the perfect size for a solo traveler! I was lucky to get a double sized bed! Metro station line 10 is just a 5 mins walk away and there are also two bus lines near by! The hotel is literally central you can get anywhere easily and the area is clean and safe.

We knew as soon as Mustafa greeted us to check in that this was going to be a good stay. Super friendly, knowledgeable staff with good tips for where to head for dinner and any other questions we had a long the way. Shout out to Ahmed and Nour too who were also really friendly and helpful both when we arrived and with the questions I had in advance (we needed twin beds so reached out to them). All had exceptional English on reception too. So many reviews mention the rooms being small but this is a beautiful, old building in Paris. This is my 4th trip to Paris and all the hotel rooms are this size and more than adequate size for a base in this beautiful city. The room was really comfortable with great mattresses and air con on what was a hot summer’s week. We had windows facing the pretty street so could look out of Juliet balconies from both the room or bathroom! The location is perfect and the favourite of all my Paris stays. 2 minute walk from two different metro stations on different lines (7 & 10), bus stops near by & the lovely Place Contrascarpe 2 minutes walk away with a great area for food or drinks and steeets leaning away from it. You can walk to the Pantheon in 10 minutes or Notre Dame and river in under 15 minutes. We were there for the Olympics and there was a fan zone in the arena de lutece opposite which was great too. Breakfast was good and the kitchen staff really helpful and friendly despite more limited English. It was served until 10.30 but if you walked in at 10.25 they kept it out until you finished which I thought was exceptional service! We can’t recommend this hotel enough - the staff and location are just perfect.

Perfectly located place in quiet and peaceful Latin Quarter between two metro stations so you can reach every place in Paris very easily. The staff were nice and polite. Cleaning was done every day. The air conditioning worked perfectly. The room was exactly like on the photo with a cute little balcony. The bathroom had a shower rather than a bathtub which is exactly what we wanted.