Hotel Mercure Paris Gare de Lyon TGV

I stayed in this hotel twice in late July, in transit to/from the Eurostar and trains south from Gare de Lyon. As a transit location, it's great - when you arrive at Gare de Lyon, follow signs to Hall 1 where the TGVs go from. There's no entrance from inside the station hall, it's on the outside of the station building. Our first stay was pretty good - the room is very small but it has everything you need, and a good sized bathroom. There were some extra pillows in the wardrobe to make the bed a bit more comfortable. We had a room which faced on to the roof of the station so pretty quiet. The aircon was reasonable. The second stay was not so good. We arrived very late on Saturday night due to a heavily delayed TGV and so were given what I assume was the last available twin room in the hotel. It was nearly opposite the lifts but the main problem was that it faced out of the front of the hotel, on to the square. One of the pubs or clubs nearby plays thumping music until at least midnight so it was pretty awful. There were no extra pillows in this room so all in all not a very comfortable stay. Overall I would say it is overpriced for what it is, but you are paying for the location. I would go elsewhere rather than stay in one of the rooms at the front again. The staff at reception were very nice on both occasions.

We pre-paid and arrived to check in at this hotel. We were told we had no booking as our room had been cancelled due to our having arrived after 6pm, close of check in. We'd arrived at 6.30. They told us we should have called to let them know of our late arrival. This is absurd! The staff member then made up a story about that being how hotels in France operated. By chance the hotel wasn't full, and they were able to rebook our room, but only after a considerable delay and consulting with the duty manager. Too much of a risk to take. Hotel best avoided! As if that wasn't bad enough, when checking out we thought it would be a simple matter of leaving our keys and going. However they accused us of having cancelled our own booking and then rebooking. We walked out at that point, and, unbelievably, they ran after us and asked if we'd paid. Never again!! Hotel good in other ways but not worth it.

Muito bem localizado, ao lado de estação de metro e trem. Não gostei do fato de não ter nem um cabideiro e não ter secador de cabelo.

Hi all, Stayed there 3 nights. Overall fine. Staff at the checkin was nice and fast. The room was clean, not spacious but fine for a short trip in Paris, horrible view on the next building (I was on the 1st floor) but well, fine since I was out day time. Bathtube starts to be a bit old but still pass. Small cafe on groundfloor. I didnt try the breakfast. + Clean + Location (especially if you take the TGV, RER and Metro) + Food options around - Disappointed on checkout day. I asked the staff to keep my luggagea few hours. He routed me to automatic machines and paid 8 Euros (which is fine) but found out later thar they do have a room to keep luggages (saw people collecting their luggages to leave the hotel). Not really fair... Good for short trips/ business trips. Enjoy!

We arrived much later than planned and the accumulated stress dropped almost immediately Check in was easy and the room lovely Everything worked - aircon (it was 34C), internet, shower (big-up for the shower) etc Despite the temperature we had a decent nights sleep Check out was simply putting the room key into a bowl We had an early train the next day meaning we couldn’t enjoy the lovely area around Gare de Lyon - la route verte and numerous good restaurants We chose the hotel as an alternative to staying in London overnight and then catching a very early Eurostar thinking why not go over the afternoon before and have an evening in Paris We will do this again and hopefully without the various delays