Member Review: Paris
The location is pretty good. A little far to walk anywhere, but that’s to be expected. The hotel we chose with your help was the PULLMAN PARIS CENTRE-BERCY which is about 400m to the nearest Metro station – a 5-minute walk. In the area and between the Metro and the hotel is a pretty cobbled street filled with various eateries – burgers to sushi so not hard to find something. We ate in 3 of them and apart from them being expensive – again as expected – the food was good. There are also a few shops on this street, which were good. The other attraction of note is the local cinema, which attracts customers from all over Paris. Whilst we were there, there was a premiere performance by a new rapper! On the subject, there was also a temporary exhibition giving visitors the chance to preview and play on a yet-to-be-launched- video game, X-Box, I think. One word of caution; the cobbled street that everyone uses is okay but the one behind it, running parallel and towards the Metro, is uneven.
Walking slightly further away, there is a really cheap restaurant on the corner of Rue Joseph Kessel and Rue de Bercy, called ‘La Terrasse’. They are great value, but are least good at speaking English. There are also a couple of supermarkets in the vicinity. The Parc de Bercy is also worth walking around, and you can walk through the park and pick up the Metro at the far end, at Bercy station.
The hotel was really nice. Check-in was simple and all on reception spoke English – actually to the point of replying in English when I spoke to them in French (perhaps my French isn’t that great!). It’s an informal desk, kind of looks like an internet point really. After checking in they gave us a tour of the ground floor so we knew where to go for breakfast, and then showed us to the lift. The lift is secure, needing your room card to activate it. The boys room was on the 2nd floor and ours was on the 9th. Their room was fine, though there were one or two small things which irritated them (but not us): the room wasn’t serviced one day; they had lights that didn’t work; TV menu didn’t work; door lock failed on the day of departure; coffee/water not replenished one 2 days. There were twin singles and a convertible couch which formed the 3rd bed. Our room was very comfortable, and there were no issues other than them not replacing the water one day and the TV reception being a little unreliable. There was free Wi-Fi. Breakfast was excellent. Self-service, there were hot drinks and cold juices, cheeses and cold meat and salmon, a hot breakfast, fruits, cereals, nuts, yoghurts, breads and pastries. We didn’t have dinner in the hotel as it was a bit pricey, but in reality we were out and about most of the time. Lastly there is a fitness suite as well. I intend to give them a good review on Trip Advisor
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