I spent two nights at the Hotel Saint-Louis Bastille and found it to be just right for what I was looking for. The neighbourhood is great....close to the Marais and all the nightlife around Oberkampf. There are fantastic local shops around the corner for bread, cheese, wine etc and you feel like you're in a real neighbourhood instead of a... More

Thanks to the snow the year before and very delayed trains from London to Paris we got a free return trip from Eurostar to go back withing 12 months (thank you eurostar!!!). So we took the opportunaty to visit Paris in the warm (and it was very warm!) and booked the same hotel as we were pleased the first time.... More

We got to Paris after Christmas, and we stayed at the Saint Louis Bastille for 3 days. Its a very informal hotel, but need and cozy rooms. Breakfast was simple, with pastries and baguettes. The reception hosts were helpful, and they even booked a shuttle for us, which was very handy as it was rainy. The hotel is very close... More

We got a room on the 5th floor, no street noise at all and clean and tidy room/bathroom. The mattress was really firm/hard, but that was pretty much the only bad thing about the room. Avoid, though, if you like a very soft bed. Location is okay, between the Place Bastille and Republique, close to the metro and easy to... More

When using Tripadvisor I like to take all reviews with a grain of salt but in this case I wish I would have paid more attention to the negative reviews. On arrival we were given a room on the third floor in the back which I thought would be great, not so. The lift can hold two people that's it,... More

I was very disappointed when we settled in our room...I went into the bathroom, turned on the lights to find bugs scattering into the shadows. Not cool! The tissue paper holder didn't have any tissues and there was black mold growing in the crevice of the tub, and mildew in the tiles of the shower...gross! The beds were so uncomfortable... More

Just returned from France and our stay at the St. Louis Bastille Hotel. Lovely room and bathroom. Clean towels and beds made every day. Tea and cookies in room. We were on the first floor in the back. No problem with noise at all. One night people above us seemed to be moving furniture but thats not a hotel problem.... More

We stayed the first week of September and we had a great time, always clean, quiet (3 rd floor), even when the room faces the street and on some days of the week there is a food market on the boulevard, really charming. Good location, 2 blocks from Oberkampf metro station, quite a few cafes in the area. Staff very... More

Reasonable hotels in Paris can be diabolically hard to secure and anything reasonable at the budget end of the market will be sold out months and months in advance. You must book early! Like the UK, hotels in broader Europe appear to be a bit of a rip off. You pay a whole lot and get very little in return.... More