ibis Paris Maine Montparnasse 14th Hotel 3 stars

Went for a business trip. Good location, however the heating system was not really good, either cold or very warm. Mattress not really comfortable nor the pillows.

Only a one-night stay, but a super location, friendly staff and really good croissants included at breakfast, despite COVID restrictions.

We cannot get to the hotel by car as the street at night was only for pedestrians, would be nice to know it in advance. Parking was too small and we had to look for another (not to far but expensive). The room was ok, maybe smaller than expected (Rooms on top flors has no elevator but i. our floor was ok). The worst was the interactions with the staff attending the late shift, we did the checkin and asked to had another key ready after parking the car, 15' min after we got to the lobby and the receptionist was still looking a tv show and the key was not done (no other guest around and was late at night 00:30, we was expecting more. On check out, we ask for luggage concierge to have breakfast, service was ok, but we expect a little higher hygienic measures due Covid.

I have stayed at many Ibis and this hotel was the worst one. The window of the room did open - but as we were on the first floor and beside a flat roof it did not feel safe to keep it open at night. In the middle of a heatwave this was unfortunate. The "air cooler" on the wall only went down to 19 degrees as the coolest funtion - this is about 5 degrees warmer than my bedroom in Scotland even in summer - the air cooler also was in an awkward position above the bathroom door and the "breeze" never managed to hit the bed area. The decor in the bedroom was outdated and the colours and paint looked very old. In retrospect we should have asked Reception if another room was available but we were only staying one night and after travelling you are tired and don't want to pack and unpack your bags again. On the back of such a hot stay we cancelled a 2 night stay in a different Ibis on our return to Paris a week later and instead booked a different hotel with decent air conditioning instead - for the same price.

The staff is very friendly specially Laeticia & Josè. The hotel is well located with eady access to diffetent buses...i will certainly use this hotel on all my visits to Paris. Rooms are small but very clean. Excellent breakfast.