Austin's Saint Lazare Hotel

Located next to one of few larger railway and metro stations. Direct service of Verailles area, for example. Short walking distance to Monmatre, the ‘art feeling’ district of Paris, moin Rouge etc. Room was very clean, albeit really small, but since we used the hotel for sleeping only - nothing more expected.

One can feel a bit of the French snobbism. The first question we were asked at the reception - you do not speak French? And then there was this look-‘ok, pity you’. Small nuisance really, not much of a problem, but nothing of the ‘welcome to Paris’, ‘where are you from’ type of ‘standard politeness’. When checkong out they wanted us to pay, and it took some minutes to persiade them we actually had paid when booking. I felt that this was intentional ‘negligence’ rather than genuine misinderstanding. Overall - the hotel is a good sleepover place, but do not expect a nice/above average attitude from staff.