ibis Paris Canal Saint-Martin 3 stars

One of the people in the reception was not polite, other aspects okay.

Family of four plus my mom traveled to Paris. We liked the location and price point. It was close enough to metro stations. And had a good breakfast option.

I've given this a five as you get everything you pay for. This is a fair priced hotel, in a great location right by the Canal St Martin. It is everything you would hope from a basic chain hotel, it is clean, has everything you need for a stay, lovely reception staff and surprisingly very quiet. We ate out for breakfast.

Room was hot, was told that there is no aircondition during the month of April, and just to open the windows

This was my first overseas trip since the pandemic lockdown. I have made several short leisure trips out to Paris and travel by Eurostar. I like staying in Ibis hotels. I have a loyalty card for them and they suit my budget. I try to stay in a different one on each trip to sample different locations. I have stayed in the Ibis hotel further to the North on the Canal St Martin but this was my first time in this hotel. It is only a short 15 minute walk from the Gare du Nord and you can walk along part of the canal to reach the hotel. It is in a fairly quiet part of the city. My initial impression was a little poor as when you reach the front door it appears to be locked with no way of entering. It seemed to suggest that you could't book in till around 14:00hrs and I was there a fair bit before this. In the end I pressed a buzzer and the door opened up, presumably by someone on the reception desk. Once inside it was a fairly quick and simple registration process. My room was a few floors up and reached by lift. The room was fairly small and very average for an Ibis. One window had an uninspiring view out into a closed courtyard. Overall the room and bathroom was clean and I had no complaints about it. The shower was good in the bathroom with plenty of hot water. WiFi was available and worked well. Like I normally do I had paid to have breakfast each morning. At previous Ibis locations this has always been extremely good offering a wide choice to select from in a buffet format. Here the choice was a little less. There weren't even any cornflakes on offer in the limited choice of cereals. A small variety of hot choices were available. To sum up I would say that the hotel is perfectly adequate for a short stay. It would provide a place to sleep and facility to start your day but apart from that it was just an average budget priced hotel in the city.