Hotel du Nord et de l'Est

The location was the only truly good thing about this hotel. It is very close to the Place de la Republique. However, garbage was stacked in bins right outside of the main windows, and the sidewalks and the street were extremely dirty. We have lived in Paris for ten years, so we know the difference between Paris clean and Paris dirty. This was dirty.

The staff (female portion) was incredibly unfriendly and totally refused to help with anything. Upon arrival, the woman at the desk did not say good day, or anything nice. Instead, she stated that my card did not go through (before I even got there and with a booking that said I would pay at the hotel) and that they had cancelled our reservation, but would see what they could do. She gave us a tiny room and never smiled once. We were staying for a longer time, so we asked if we could be moved at some point into a larger room. She stated back...what do you want 55 square meters? What an insult. We kindly asked for something larger, and she answers like that. In the breakfast room they count every roll one takes, or coffe or tea one asks for. We have traveled the world for forty five years and this was perhaps the worst place we have stayed in.