Hotel Villa du Maine - Paris

The description+ pictures on their website were misleading. Our room was very small and looked shabby. It was a scary green throughout and with internet too weak to use email. The bathroom was tiny. It was quite a walk to either metro station. We have paid less for a MUCH better hotel right in central Paris in the past (sadly that one was booked out)

Première chambre attribuée : chauffage ne fonctionnant pas. Chambre donnée en remplacement : téléphone défectueux, impossible à joindre depuis la réception - le réveil demandé n'a pu être effectué, d'où retard au rendez-vous à l'hôpital voisin. Personnel sympathique mais peu informé et réduit : le client fait tout lui-même , monter ses bagages et redescendre avec pour récupérer la nouvelle clé, et monter sur une chaise pour raccrocher les tentures tombantes ! Meubles vétustes, dessus de lit pas très net mais salle de bains propre. Circuit télévision : une seule chaîne à peu près visible bien que voilée (les autres ressemblent à une mosaïque !), peut-être un problème momentané dû à l'opérateur mais qui, ajouté aux autres, n'arrange rien. Il paraît évident que les problèmes relèvent d'une direction (nouvelle, paraît-il) nulle, laissant employés et clients livrés à eux-mêmes. Donc, expérience générale très mauvaise : hôtel à ne surtout pas conseiller aux touristes !

Big holes in the carpet, half torn blinds that couldn't be pulled together at the window... minimal comfort and very expensive internet connection

The location is not great. It's fairly far from the Metro and no one seemed to know how to give directions. Even some of the taxi drivers near the closest metro didn't know how to get there, so I walked, at midnight.Most of the desk staff weren't friendly or helpful. This is the only Venere hotel that I don't recommend.

Overall it was the hotel was alright. Staff were helpful and friendly, particularly the one who helped me with some essential French phrases. Kudos to her. However, the location is really not so great as it is pretty far from the city centre and even the metro. It took us 15-20 minutes walk on average from there to the metro. Alternatively you can take the bus, but as it only goes in one way, you also have to be very clear what stop you need to get off. Also, it wouldn't be such a great idea for female travellers travelling on their own to stay here. The walk from the metro to the hotel isn't always brightly-lit and there can be some dodgy people on the metro especially since it's the 2nd last stop on the line no. 4 and the coach tends to be mostly empty. The room we got was a bit stuffy with the windows closed, but if you opened it, it was quite noisy at night.

For the price, the Villa Du Maine was excellent value. It was a room for one person and was basically wrapped around the elevator shaft so it was loud. But, if you are a single traveler, not in the hotel room much and able to sleep through elevator noise, and noise from other guests it's okay. The hotel is far from the closest metro stop so I would only recommend it to people who don't mind walking or taking the bus. It is not in a vibrant part of Paris and if single women are hesitant about walknig on a quiet street late at night I would not recommend this hotel.

Hotel bon rapport qualité prix pour une nuit mais situé un peu loin des métro tout de même avec des petites rues pas très rassurantes au milieu de la nuit...

My main issue was with noise. The walls were so thin, that you could hear any door in the entire hotel being shut, and i was woken up during the night many times by noise from other rooms.

The hotel gave us Room No. 22. This room is specially horrible, with no space to walk, humidity, dark, etc. We complain about this and the hotel gave us a new room. This one was good, no humidity and space to walk. I wouldn't recommended this hotel, it's so far from the downtown, and most of the rooms are not confortable.

We stayed here in early October, sadly my wife broke her ankle, the staff were very helpful with arranging nursing help, taxi's and changed our room to the ground floor. Overall our impression of the staff was that they went out of their way to help. The surrounding area is a good walk to the metro, and a very quick walk to great food places. We would recommend this hotel to our friends, and would stay here again.

Had a room for four persons. There were just 2 quite small beds to sleep in, however in two very small separate connected rooms. Haven't slept so bad for many years. The wall were quite poor, the bathroom minimal. But it wasn't dirty, we didn't see any bugs in the room and there were no criminal activity going around nearby the hotel. So it was quite good.

We had very nice stay there in Villa du Maine. The surrounding area was nice and everything such as supermarket, restaurants, cafes, bakery, phone and internet shops and transportation was handy and easy to access. The employees were really helpfull, friendly and English speaking. The price was reasonable considering the quality of hotel and its services.

Very good reletion between price/quality. We stayed in a double room for seven nights (58 Euro for two persons per night). The hotel is placed in a quiet district. We had no problem in getting any kind of information from hotel staff (generally in english, but suprisingly one of the recepcionists speaks also polish). The room was a bit small, but most of the time we spent visiting Paris, so it wasn't so troublesome.

We were three people and stayed for 5 nights in one room. As young people and tourists that were in Paris to see and experience as much as possible, it was not significant to have an expensive and high quality hotel. The hotel staff is friendly and speaks english. The elevator didn't function on the first and on the last day of our stay. The hotel has 5 floors. We were three people accommodated in double room. The first two days there were two beds and one mattress. On the third day the mattress was changed with a bed. The bathroom was OK. At the second night the light in our room didn't work. Good that the TV and the light in the bathroom worked. The hotel staff needed 3 days to repair the light, they said the technician came not although they informed him about the problem. Like true tourists we came late in the evening to have a sleep and went out in the morning, and the lack of room light was not a huge problem. The room was clean. The hotel offers a breakfast in the morning, but I bought always croissants from the neighborhood bread shops at the way to metro station Plaisance. They are very delicious! This metro station is about 7-10 minutes walk from the hotel. The hotel is OK and would recommend it to young people who pay not much money for the stay and are in it to sleep and have a bath.

We stayed there two nights. Our room is twin bedded...may be this room is for double bed room... It has no space. shower room is also very small. The plice is very economic, but it is just for sleap.

I spent 2 nights on my own for a Rugby game during the world cup. Would be embarrassed to bring my girlfriend away for a weekend here. Fine for a bloke just looking for a place to keep your stuff and get a few hours sleep if away with the lads for a night or 2 max. You get what you pay for. The room was very simple to the point where I would question even its 2 star status. I got a room just off the lobby on the ground floor so could be noisy and with full lenght windows, opening them for a little air at night would give anyone to the rear of the hotel access to the room.

Impossible have to the television because the command missed and thoses gave by the person did not work !

The hotel is very far from the metro stations (4 and 13).

Nice hotel, rooms are simple, little dusty but cheap. Good deal for a cheap and reliable bed. Appr. 10 minutes walking from subway station P.Orleans

A bit far away to the centre but there is a metro station 10 min walk, a bit noisy this hotel

Room was pretty small but location excellent and the staff friendly. everyone spoke good english. lots of young germans at the hotel.

Pretty good situation, affordable price, quiet room...but a little bit scruffy, despite the first general impression of the lobby and the kindness of the receptionist.

Nice area full of bars and shops very quiet and safe, use the metro at pleasence though its closer. Rooms abit cramped and place could do with a touch up but for a nights sleep well worth the money.

It was a very nice hotel. Nice staff, very good service. A little bit difficult, because they can only speak french, but at the end I did understand! It's nearby the Metro, so you are in 15 min. in the centre of Paris. In the neighbourhood are very much nice shops, restaurants, pubs and supermarkets and there is a nice sphere. It was a quiet hotel, only I slept behind the very old lift and it maked very much noise so I didn't sleep very well.

Very small room but overall it's ok!

This was a great spot for an overnight stay or for someone who doesn't plan to spend too much time in the room. It was very small even for someone on the small side like me. The neighbourhood is very nice - quiet, leafy and residential but with plenty of restaurants and other amenities on nearby cross streets. I recommend Les Artistes around the corner on Didot. Montparnasse Station is a short Metro ride away - I recommend using the Plaisance station as it is a shorter and more pleasant walk than Alesia.

Charmantes, kleines typisch französisches Hotel im Süden von Paris unweit der Porte d´Orleans. Das Hotel ist gut mit der Metro erreichbar. Die Gegend ist ruhig mit einigen Brasserien, Cafés und Restaurants. Die Zimmer sind sehr klein aber sauber. Bie Bäder im Verhältnis dazu geräumig und neu ausgestattet. Das Personal war freundlich und zuvorkommend. Preis- Leistungsverhältnis sehr gut. Insgesamt ein hübsches Hotel, dass wir wieder aufsuchen würden.

Great price and very close to convenient metro station. Bathroom was exquisitely small and French, single-bed room was a little small. As advertised, except a little bit noisier than I would've liked. Staff was friendly. Clean.

Rooms are really very small - if somebody have claustrophobia, should think about it. About municipal communication - in hotel description is suggestion, that metro station Alesia is the suggested communication point. Better is to use new tram line with a stop Didot (3 times shorter distance, than from Alesia). General overview - nice tourist hotel in quite district of the city.

Instead of a twin room, we got a room with four beds, which were the only furniture - no table, no chairs. The paint was flaking off the walls. The best of the room was the bath room, which was clean and ok. The hotel is quite far away (5-10 min walk) to the next metro station. I would recommend this hotel for young people looking for a cheap accommodation. Though, compared to other 2-star hotels in Paris, this one was clearly the worse I've seen.

A little far from the city center, but just 10 minutes less walk from the metro station. Quiet, clean but a bit small. Anyway, worth the price.

Very small room, very small bathroom, towels with holes, walls with holes, the zapper didn't work, the building is very noisy, the location is far from almost everything. BUT the staff was welcoming, friendly, there's an elevator, the price (even though it is expensive) was correct compared to many other hotels. Will I will stay in this hotel again? Maybe, if the price is still correct.

Tje room(No.10)where I stayed was very clean. The employees are very frendly and helpful. But I heard much noise from next door and so on. And also there is a small smoking corner (a ashtrey on the wall) just next to the door of my room, so if someone smoke, smoke gets into the room, which is horrible and stinky!

I loved paris; hotel villa du maine is not in the heart of paris but you can take a tram, metro or bus at any time. villa du maine is more than enough for visiting paris for some days (private bath, eating and a clean bed) i got sick and all the staff was very friendly. i would recommend this hotel specially for young people and couples or single travellers. enjoy Paris;)

I added an extra night and they charged me twice as much as I payed for the reservation i made on line. The staff was not very helpful when it came down to asking questions about the city and transportation resources. The front desk staff made comments in French about us thinking we did not understand. They were a bit rude.

Only relationship price/quality for the breakfast is poor

The hotel is situated in a quiet street off rue didot,plenty of restaurants in rue didot and very reasonable and there are two supermarkets very close by, also on a thursday on bulevard brune you have an open air market with fresh produce, 6/10 minute walk to metro 10/15 minutes on metro to the centre of paris,saff were very polite and helpfull.

The room was literally a shoebox. The women who worked at the hotel were exceptionally nice and le petit dejeuner was quite good. However, compared to the pictures, we were expecting something just a tad bit bigger.

L'hôtel est par lui même agréable, lieux communs sobres et agréables. Au niveau de la réception, nous avons pu prendre possession de la chambre en milieu de matinée avec un accueil charmant. Chambre un peu étroite, mais comme le but n'est pas d'y séjourner cela ne pose pas grand problème.

The check in and check out time seems not flexible enough, most (but not all) of the staff are not friendly and helpful enough. The price for the hotel's a bit tricky, either it's because Venere.com didn't quote the exclusion of tax in the price listed on the website or the hotel didn't provide such information.

Good relationship between price/quality. Great election

There is only one big problem with parking, no place reserved for the visitors of the hotel

LA CAMERA CHE CI HANNO DATO ERA MOLTO DIVERSO DALLE FOTO CHE AVEVAMO VISTO SU VENERE, MA PURTROPPO MOLTO MOLTO PEGGIORE (18 1 PIANO). PER IL SECONDO GIORNO ABBIAMO CHIESTO DI CAMBIARLA, PER FORTUNA CI HANNO ACCONTENTATI, LA CAMERA ERA DECISAMENTE MEGLIO MA SEMPRE LONTANO DA QUELLE PUBBLICIZZATE SUL SITO. lA ZONA E' TRANQUILLA E BEN SERVITA, MA SINCERAMENTE NON CI TORNEREI, VISTO CHE DANNO UN IMMAGINE DEL LORO HOTEL CHE POI NON CORRSIPONDE A VERITA'. SE SCEGLIETE QUESTO HOTEL FATEVI DARE LE CAMERE NUOVE. BUONA SOGGIORNO A TUTTI E "IN BOCCA AL LUPO"!!!

Petit Hôtel sympathique. Chambre correcte. Bon accueil. Insonorisation et rideau côté rue à revoir = bruit des voitures qui passent et entrée de la lumière dans la chambre embêtant. Bon lit bien dur et douche correcte. Je n'ai pas passé qu'une courte nuit dans cet hôtel mais je garde l'adresse pour un éventuel séjour. Rapport qualité/prix raisonnable.

Ottimo rapporto qualità/prezzo anche se al costo indicato sul sito abbiamo dovuto aggiungere una piccola somma in più a cusa di alcune tasse. la metropolitana non è eccessivamente lontana dall'albergo, in generale non abbiamo avuto problemi di nessun tipo.

No volveremos

Noisy for the room at ground floor price is competitive nice frontdesk staff 10-15 mimutes walk to the nearest two metro stations

Very friendly & helpful customer service. Our triple room was quite small, but is was still good value for the price. The only negative was the parking facilities that are located a few blocks away for a cost of €22 per day. Unfortunately, we weren't informed by staff that we could get reduced rates if they stamped our parking voucher. Overall, this was a very pleasant experience. Great customer service and excellent value.

This was a thrifty hotel which was very disappointing. We expected rooms looking like those in the pictures but we got a tiny, shabby and musty room. We had a tv with no working channels, broken hairdryer, and a bathroom the size of a cubicle. The guy in charge was unwelcoming and condescending. We were told to check out at 11 (usual time 12 for most hotels) after a rude call (at 11!). The metro was far away and took 20 mins to the hotel from there. You will get better hotels with air conditioning paying a bit more (this one was burning hot in summer).

We just stayed in this hotel one night as a stopover. The room was small, but had a nice large window and a really big bathroom with a tub and shower. The people working at the front desk were really nice and helpful.

- Pb : très très faible débit d'eau pour la douche (surtout le matin lorsque tous les clients prennent leur douche au même moment) - Il faut que vous précisiez sur votre site le prix du petit déjeuner (qui vient en supplément du prix indiqué pour la chambre)

L'accueil est tres sympathique et chaleureux, en revanche les chambres sont petites. Murs et sols sont couverts de moquettes plus vraiment de la derniere fraicheur ; dommage ! Cela reste néanmoins un rapport qualité prix relativement correcte. Prévoir 5-10 min de marche de la station de métro Plaisance à l'hôtel.

Difficile a trouver une place pour la voiture

Staff is unfriendly...kind of rude and sarcastic. room is very small barely fit with the luggage...not close to things so you will have to learn how to use the busses and metros.

I was fairly happy overall but felt the hotel lacked facilities.

Good relationship qulity/price. The Hotel has a nice location, near to 2 metro stops. The room was a little bit small and not always very clean. The furnitures were old. I suggest it if you look for a cheap accomodation not far from the city centre.

We were offered a breakfast for 7 € and as we said "no" we were offered the same breakfast for 5€. We took it but it was not worth even the 5€. They called it buffet but it was simply yoghurt, cornflakes and jam + one croissant and a very dry roll. Coffee/Tea/Chocolate were o.k. Room o.k. for the price.

We reserved a double room with two separate beds, upon arrival we were presented with an extremely small single room (# 31) with a queen size bed, the reaon was that it was fully booked. The room had a been in extreme need of rennovation for a good decade, it had a nauseous smell, and the wallpaper was coming off the walls. With the outrageous price of 140 euros per night and the arrogant staff, this is, without comparison, the worst hotel hotel I have ever stayed in in Western Europe.

VOLVERIA OTRA VEZ , PORQUE ES LIMPIO , CERCA DEL METRO, SILENCIOSO Y BUENA RELACION CALIDAD PRECIO

The staff is really friendly and they try to make your stay enjoyable. the rooms are quite small (especially the singel room) but clean. breakfast is good for french standard, you get croissant,breadroll, egg, juice, coffee, cheese, jam. overall i enjoyed my stay and would stay here again.

Accueil excellent - Déco chambre laisse à désirer - Propreté chambre impeccable - TV ne fonctionne pas bien - Cloisons trop minces

Cheap & Cheerful, exactly what we wanted, staff spoke English & were very helpful. Would stay there again

Ein preisgünstiges Hotel mit ordentlichen Zimmern und sehr hilfsbereitem, teilweise deutsch sprechenden Personal. Alles im Allem eine gute Wahl, wenngleich das Frühstück etwas dürftig war und es etwas weit von den Sehenswürdigkeiten entfernt liegt. Diese sind dennoch mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln gut erreichbar.

The staff were very kind with me, except in the night. The room was acceptable. I loved quiets rooms. The localization was not very well, cause it is far away from the Aléxia tube. But in general It was good

Hôtel bien situé dans Paris. L'accueil est très agréable. Rapport qualité/prix très intéressant. Je reviendrai.