Hotel Corona Rodier Paris

“Nice location....staff are strange and rude!”

Arrived at this hotel after a long delay on the Eurostar, female receptionist was lovely and welcoming. Gave us a twin room (me and my sister travelling) and explained that as we were on the ground floor, we had to lock the windows when we went out. No other rules were told to us, nor did we have t… more

Arrived at this hotel after a long delay on the Eurostar, female receptionist was lovely and welcoming. Gave us a twin room (me and my sister travelling) and explained that as we were on the ground floor, we had to lock the windows when we went out. No other rules were told to us, nor did we have to sign any T&Cs. We had a good night's sleep despite the lively terrace cafe next door, and went out, and did so again for the next day too. Breakfast was ok but lacking in protein so as long as you are happy with beige food then you're fine! We did have a problem on Day 2 when the lady from reception burst into the room because she thought we had gone out without locking the window, but had she knocked before opening the door we could have confirmed we were there! My poor sister had just gotten out of the shower and had quite a fright! The issue was Day 3 - we left the hotel as usual and were walking to the Metro when we heard shouting behind us. An older man whom we had never seen before was shouting at us to 'leave our key'. We quickly realised he must work at the hotel. He kept saying if we didn't leave the key he would charge us 50 Euros if we lost it. I explained that no one had told us to leave the key, and as he was a strange man in the street and his attitude was rude and intimidating he wouldn't get getting the key. He pointed at us and then threw his hands up and stalked away. We complained to another male reception staff when we arrived back, who rolled his eyes and joked 'it wasn't the first time' as though there had been run-ins with this member of staff before. He told us to write a note for the Manager (Florence) and he would give it to her. We went to dinner, wrote the note, and when we went back to give it to him THE SAME MAN claimed he had no idea what we were talking about and even then pretended like he couldn't speak English, despite doing so about an hour beforehand! Honestly, it was all very suspect and the staff seem very strange. All a bit dodgy really!

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“Okay experience, not great not horrible.”

If it was an option, I would probably give it around 3.5 stars but not 4 stars. I think you get what you are paying for with this hotel - this is basically in the centre of Paris (very close to metro stations, lively bars and restaurants), and in the heart of Montmatre. It is cheap for what it is!… more

If it was an option, I would probably give it around 3.5 stars but not 4 stars. I think you get what you are paying for with this hotel - this is basically in the centre of Paris (very close to metro stations, lively bars and restaurants), and in the heart of Montmatre. It is cheap for what it is! The room was okay, it smelled very strongly but I think it might have just been the area we were in. The beds were okay, not fantastic. The walls were very thin and you could hear other patrons who were up until the early hours - even with noise cancelling headphones. The bathroom was not sealed very well and it was flooding, therefore do not leave any clothes on the floor whatsoever. We had to ask for more toilet roll and towels twice, because the cleaners kept coming in and taking them, which we found a bit weird. The hotel held our bags which was nice, but again they weren't tagged. Overall, an okay experience. It is a very budget option but the only hotel in the area that had three beds for this price.

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