Des Victoires (Emeraude Hotel)

( 3 stars , Paris , France )

Overall Comments The hotel is close to several points of interests, museums, restaurants, some shopping, metro stations. Other points of interests within walking distance.

I love this hotel. The location is excellent for every activity in Paris. The breakfast room is the best room! They were very knowledgable and friendly (rare for France).

Good Location, Close to tourist attractions Staff was excellent and helpful. Hotel was within walking distance to most points of interest. Would recommend and stay again if given the opportunity to go back.

Recommended Excellent location, but still quiet. Rooms are compact but comfortable. You may have to collect your own coffee/tea and plastic mugs from the maid's trolley - they were not always replaced. Reception staff are very good and helpful.

Nice hotel in a good location.

Excellent Hotel in Louvre District There is a boulangerie and supermarket just round the corner where you can get stuff to make your own lunches. There are also a couple of very friendly bars just around the corner.

Not very impressed The street below is quite loud and walls are so thin that we could even hear people just talking in next room. Not recommended!

This is a very nice hotel. The rooms are quite small but the location can't be beat. You are close to several Metro stations, the Louvre and shopping. The hotel has a lift and wireless internet access. Highly recommended!

My wife and I stayed at hotel Des Victories in July 2005 for one night. Overall we were very happy with our stay. The room was clean and comfortable. Certainly not a 5 star hotel, but we weren't expecting that for the price ;-) The bathroom -- a major consideration for my wife when she travles -- was clean and had rather new fittings. Cold and hot water supply was good. The best thing about the hotel was the service. We dealt with two staff members at the reception and both were amazingly friendly and helpful. It is such a contrast from many other hotels we've stayed at. I cannot recommend it enough simply because of the staff who seem genuinely concerned to provide good service. In terms of location, it is excellent. Around a 7-minute walk from the Louvre museum metro stop. Not difficult to find. Our room faced the road but was quite quiet because this was a quiet side street rather than a main thoroughfare. Initially, I had a bit of a concern about going home late in the evening as I wasn't sure if the neighborhood was safe. But it ended up being fine. still, as a visitor i'd think twice about walking back home alone at night anywhere in paris... There is an elevator. Somewhat slow, and not very practical during the morning rush. We ended up taking the stairs. The hotel offers an optional breakfast deal, but it seemed rather expensive and there are lots of alternatives in Paris, so we chose to go out for a real breakfast... TIP: the lobby has a computer with internet access 24hrs a day. you can buy coupons from the reception (5 euros each)to access email, etc. we found this very useful. Overall, I highly recommend this hotel. It is good value for the money. We travel widely and have stayed in many, many hotels in most parts of the world. Within the price segment for this hotel, it is one of the best.

Very good! just two things. Breakfast not included was not specified and...staff for breakfast was a nightmare: we arrived at the lounge at 9.45 (closing time 10.00) and we were not served until 10.05. Lady was shouting from one table to the other informing that no bread was available. We asked for hot milk and we got it cold after 8 minutes. Asked for juice and got it after 10'. Table close to us asked for cheese and were answered it was finished (we gave them ours). Any kind of food was not available (covered) at 9.45, so we asked for ham and we were given it straight from the plastic box.Very unkind, and absolutely not enough for the price we paid...it would have been much better if she had informed us it was too late...but it wasn't...she seemed to have a lot of to do in the kitchen, but that's not a customer's problem.Awful! for the rest...great position and very quiet. Nice rooms and kind receptioninst.