Bastille Hostel

The property was clean and our room was fairly spacious. Close to a metro and some cute little shops. Their is breakfast ‘included’ but it’s pretty basic and you still have to pay so we didn’t get it.

Our room had a disgusting view of bird poo and a dirty old roof top when the photo on the website of our room showed a balcony overlooking the street. The shower smelt of mould and the construction was loud in the morning. No towels/soap/any extras included they are all at a cost. Staff was most of the time unorganised and blunt. You have to hand your key in every time you leave which is very inconvenient on return when you have to sometimes que up to get your key for about 5 minutes. You are unable to be in the hostel between 11 am and 3 pm due to ‘cleaning’ but our rooms were never made up they only changed the bin. Even when I forgot something in my room they were reluctant to let me back in to get it. About a 10 min metro ride into the centre of Paris so not the best location if you are older or have kids. Also I was getting bitten by something in my bed every night and now have multiple bites on both arms. The bed cover smelt of body odour as well. Bed extremely squeaky, safe in our room broken, only ONE coat hanger provided and there was no wear to dry our towels so they were damp the whole week. Only ONE PowerPoint in the whole room and bathroom which was on the opposite side of the room to the beds. Also we couldn’t get wifi in our room which was on the first floor so I can’t imagine you would on any of the other floors.