Bob Hotel

Great hotel close to Montparnasse station, complementary coffee machine all day, and a nice court yard to sit in. Good value for money.

👍

My room, though very small, was clean with good bed pillows, linens and towels. The bath towel was good sized, and both shampoo and conditioner were provided. The heating/cooling worked well, and though only two floors above a courtyard, overall the room was quiet. The suitcase rack was torn making it difficult to balance my bag on it, and I would have liked a bit more shelving. I think two people in this particular room would have been uncomfortable. Overall, the breakfast was good, several hot items, pastries, yogurts, breads, cheeses, meats and juices. The staff was efficient and mostly friendly, a bit of that French aloofness. The hotel is located in a quiet part of the city with many little cafes and shops for necessities, food and drugstore items. It’s near a train station and a block from access to the metro line that can take you to many of Paris’ most popular areas directly or with only one change. And the price is very reasonable for Paris.

Ok

The hotel has unfortunately paid more attention to design than to functionality or cleanliness. My room had a standard keycard-operated lighting system: slip the card into the mechanism and the lights turn on. Unfortunately, the mechanism was broken and the lights kept turning off after 5 minutes. Additionally, the electronic lock on the door was entirely non-functional, so it was impossible to secure the room. Lastly, there was a human fluids stain on the velour runner decorating the bed, which the housekeeping staff covered—with the bath towels—as though one would want to use a towel that had touched whatever was deposited on the runner. When I alerted the reception staff to all this they said that they could not move me to a new room as the hotel was fully booked. (Who knows.) They then put off finding a “solution” till the next day once the management was consulted. After saying they would reach out to me, I was the one who had to follow up. They offered me two glasses of champagne (!) as compensation. Since I don’t drink, I said that I wouldn’t be able to accept. Later that day, I checked back and they now offered me a bottle of champagne. Turns out I still don’t drink (!) so once again I said that I could not accept. I was then encouraged to write a review, if I wanted. Here we are. Strip away the niceties of design (which, incidentally, are starting to look shabby), what you’re left with is a two-star experience in the most generous assessment.