The worst part of our stay at Hotel Armstrong was that the bathroom smelled like a sewer the whole time we were there. I wasn't sure if it was due to a plumbing problem or lack of cleanliness, but it made us feel incredibly uneasy about our stay right from the beginning. In addition, only two very small bath towels were hanging in the bathroom and when I asked for another towel we were grudgingly issued a third one on which to dry our hands - and then we were told that was absolutely the max number of towels we could have.

As many reviewers have stated, this hotel is not in a great part of town. However, I saw several families and single women walking in the area, so it can't be completely unsafe, but we made a point to be inside well before dark.

The young man working the front desk on the morning we checked out was incredibly helpful. However, during the rest of our stay the staff was decidedly indifferent and cold.

The amount of mixed reviews on here is crazy. The hotel itself is fairly nice, well decorated, clean, and the staff seemed friendly enough. The room was fairly small, but clean, and comfortable enough, although the thin walls were extremely annoying when you have to listen to other people talking or showering during the night.
The surrounding area however, pretty much ruins the experience. The closeness of the metro is the only good thing, but even then we never really felt safe walking there. There are homeless everywhere, crap(literal) on the pavements, people looking through trash, or trying to sell you stuff on the streets, and we were even obviously followed by two men... if we hadn't got to the main road we would have probably been mugged. And this is only during the day. We avoided staying out too late as it was evident it would be even less safe.
So, I would not recommend staying here, solely based on the terrible location. The hotel is perfectly fine, and it's very good value, but I can see now see why.
Pay extra and book a hotel nearer the centre so your experience of Paris isn't ruined as well.

I stayed at this hotel for a work trip for 3 nights last week. I was with five colleagues (all female). Some of the group had read the reviews here on tripadvisor before we travelled ( the hotel was booked by another party on our behalf) and by the time we arrived we expected the worse. However, I have to say that we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the hotel. The hotel is extremely clean, the staff are very friendly, helpful and efficient and the area is fine. The breakfast was good value and the drinks at the bar were reasonably priced. The hotel also provides free internet access, which was a great bonus. We went to a lovely restaurant nearby. The metro station, which is a two minute walk from the hotel gets you into the centre of Paris in 10-15minutes. There is also lots to see and do in the local area. I thought that it was such good value that I will be staying there again.

Several of the reviews draw attention to the poor location but throw in a lifeline that the metro is near. Some even say it has good eating places around! To be clear the location is appalling, it really is a run down area, and we never saw anything that remotely made us consider eating out here!

Its cheap and its rooms are clean and there is a functional breakfast for 8 euros. By functional I mean it will fill you up as you can eat as much as you like and with Paris prices thats not such a bad quality.

The walls are thin and you can hear the people next door very easily. However the room itself was very clean and bed was comfortable with lovely crisp linen sheets.

If you are looking for something special then forget this and even if you're not you should probably give it a swerve as well.

We had a great time looking around Paris but returning to the area of the hotel at night was a downer.

Staff are pleasant but they don't break into a sweat to help you out.

We wouldn't stay here again but you can't really moan at the price.