Hotel Flor Rivoli

The staff is terrific and the young man who checked us in and out was a great info source on the RER and the construction going on. It's a comfy, warm small hotel in the absolute heart of Paris. I'll stay again.

There is mold all over the shower to the extreme (actually smelling it and the spores), missing tiles on wall, hard bed, and you hear everything through the walls like listening to someone else's slumber party of family giggling or worse. Ceiling peeling paint, hole in seam of ceiling and wall. Just a horrible place from top to bottom for that much money, and a bathroom you cannot hardly move in beyond the mold.

Wonderful location. Small but adequate room. Clean and tidy. Nice staff. Only problem was the noise from other residents - especially the rattling of their keys going in and out of rooms. I could also hear phone conversations from other rooms during the night.

Pros: Linens and room very clean. Small elevator for bags at check in and check out. Very convenient to dining and shopping, Chatelet metro stop around the corner. Our RER B train from the airport exited across the road from hotel entrance. Convenience store next door with good selection of wine. Cons: quite noisy at night, our room faced the street and aforementioned train exit, and it was busy fairly late into the night. Partiers quit about 2-3 am then the streetsweepers start up at 6-7ish. Not a problem for me with earplugs, but my husband had some issues sleeping. Could not figure out how to program the safe in the closet, but didn't try that hard or ask the desk staff either, so that was on me. Desk staff polite and spoke good English, helpful with directions and willing to lend a corkscrew :)

Great hotel, steps from the metro at Châtelet les Halles, Rue du Rivoli, Le Louvre....so many things. The rooms would benefit from AC for sure as we stayed in 30 degree weather, but the hotel itself is a perfectly good base for a romantic stay in the city of love 😘