Le Montclair Montmartre

More than adequate, clean, hassle-free, average location
Stayed here for a total of six nights in October '07. Stayed in a double without facilities -- it had a sink, clean bed linen, firm beds. Very adequate rooms. the shared bathrooms were kept quite clean (and never had to wait in line). There's no curfew or lockout. The breakfast lady was not an ogre or monster, even if indifferent. never bothered with our multiple helpings. Baguette rolls were fresh. there was juice, cereal, hot chocolate, butter, jam, and these little toast like things (packaged) that were good. Free breakfast, no complaints. It's three minutes walk from Jules Joffrin Metro, and maybe ten minutes from Marcadet Poisonnier (which we used more). there's enough boulangeries around, and a grocery shop as well. Other than that I wouldn't call it very montmartre in its location -- at least, not the touristy Montmartre you would expect. Two or three computers for internet access, with 2 euro login for thirty minutes that you can use staggered. There's an internet shop right next door as well, if you need shorter, cheaper access. All in all, decent value, no hassles, decent location.

Close to metro, little breakfast, and broken kitchen
The hostel is situated at a street which is two minutes' walk to metro station. But the hostel is quite far away from most of the tourist attractions around central Paris. My room is in the front street. It was very noisy at night with lorries, buses, cars drove by, and humans shouting. The washing facilities were very environmental friendly, you needed to press and hold the tap to have water. If you had shower with hot water but stopped pressing for more than thirty seconds, the water would start from cold again. The breakfast was free. You could have two hard rolls, one orange juice and one coffee or tea. The kitchen was inadequate. The microwave was hard to use -- the stove was not function properly. We put ice cream in the fridge and it melted. The good things are, the staff and people are helpful and nice, the place is clean, and internet needs to pay to gain access (prevent long queue).

Nice room, bad noise, bad breakfast!
We stayed in a private room with a bathroom -- it was obviously newly remodeled, sparse, and clean. Good shower despite the tiny size and push-button. Neighborhood was not the trendiest, but had the basics and was very close to a Metro stop. I have two complaints, one in their control and one not so much. The "free breakfast" is stale baguette rolls and coffee/tea/juice that will have you longing for that Soviet gulag you used to live in. There really is a mean lady that will give you dirty looks and even yell at you if you take more than your allotment of juice. Prepare to bring some supplements of your own or go out afterward. The other complaint is the noise level -- walls were paper thin and you can hear everything. the place was full of noisy, rude, ignorant, American college students that wouldn't be quiet. After they finally died down, we were awakened at 7:30 a.m. each day by the shrieks of thousands of children at the neighboring elementary school. I would still recommend this hostel, as long as you aren't too attached to the idea of sleeping late or eating a decent "free breakfast."

This Hostel is the most horrible Hostel I have ever been to. It stinks. The breakfast is just not enough (sh*t, really sh*t!). There is a lady in the back of the breakfast balcony that just won't let you take two (tiny) cups of (horrible) orange juice! The rooms are small, and they don't have any kind of lockers. So you leave your things there, and may God help you, because many people have already reported thefts and burglaries there. The bathrooms are also bad. The staff is horrible -- very impolite and not very patient, although I speak french. Only the brazilians that work there were nice to me. Horrible. Stay away from this.

Le montclair montmartre hostel is a sh*t from breakfast to bathroom. if you are 1.80 cm high you'll never see the bathroom -- it's too small. The rooms are dirty.

This Hostel was average at best. The rooms were small but sufficient. We had booked a room with a shower, but that was useless because the shower didn't have a mount on the wall so you were forced to hold it while washing up. The walls are paper thin, but the people there were not too loud so it wasn't a problem. The staff was awesome. Breakfast was ok, a roll, coffee, and juice. (beware of the breakfast crazy woman, not too friendly). Don't be afraid to take another cup of OJ or coffee. They don't have too many rolls so you are only allowed one. I am a twenty-four-year-old male, and my wife is twenty-three, we are your young average travelers. The beds were ok, comforter was a little beat up. Basically, this wasn't something you would write home about. Oh yeah, it is about a twenty-minute metro ride from the Chatelet stop in town to the hostel.

I stayed at the Montclair Montmartre in October 2005. As a forty-something North American woman travelling alone I was little apprehensive about being too old for a hostel, but this was a very positive experience. The communal kitchen offers the lone traveller an opportunity to connect with others and I was very glad I had chosen the hostel route over being isolated in a hotel room after a day of sightseeing. The facilities were clean and well maintained and the staff were friendly and helpful. The neighbourhood was charming and even the sound of the schoolchildren playing in the yard nearby was pleasant and can only be heard sporadically. As October approaches again I am nostalgic for Paris and thinking about returning and I would definitely chose to stay at the Montclair Montmartre again. Get up before sunrise and climb La Butte Montmarte to watch the sunrise over Paris from Sacre Couer.

We stayed in the Montclair in august 2006 for four nights in a double room. For its price (25€/person/night), the hostel is great. Really good location (only 200m from the next metro station), and what is much more important, the hostel itself is also absolutely acceptable. There is no curfew, so you can go in and out twenty-four hours the day. For every guest, the breakfast is included. In the evening, you can go in the kitchen and cook your own meal, what is very practical for the people that walk the whole day through Paris and return in the night to the accommodation. The rooms are relative small, but at any rate sufficently. All in all, the hostel is very clean, even the toilet on the hallway. Our room was in the back of the street, so we could sleep (the very few hours) without any noise. But the best thing is (what I hadn't expected) that you can meet so many people from all over the world. The multiculturality is great! In these five days, we (from Germany) got to know people from Canada, England and Mexico. For people who don't expect a big comfort and don't want to pay much money only for the accommodation, the Montclair is a really good place. I can recommend it and would come again every time.

I stayed in this hostel for one night recently. I woke up to find that all my belongings had been stolen in the middle of the night. Passport, wallet, keys, and cash. Be very careful with your belongings. The staff were exceptionally unfriendly and unhelpful. I have my doubts regarding their honesty.

I've stayed in many hostels in my time and this place was above average. The location is excellent, just around the corner from the Metro station and near to shops/ restaurants etc. The staff were friendly, and although the breakfast was small, you didn't have to pay extra for it. I stayed in a double room which was clean and comfortable, WC/ showers were new and clean. The only complaint I would have is the stairs, as there are six floors and no lift! So try and book on a low level if this is a problem for you. Overall, a good experience.

I stayed in a twin room in this hostel and it was very clean and warm. Our beds were firm and comfortable. The staff were adequately helpful - not going overboard but certainly not being exceptionally difficult. There was an argument between the breakfast lady and a hostel dweller, but this is France, do as the French do and you shouldn't get in to much trouble (unless speaking French poorly he he he). The kitchen isn't well equipped, but if you have a swiss army knife and are in bread and cheese and tumblers mode you should be okay - there is a brilliant proper cheese shop open late down the road and lots of little markets/meat/deli/pastry/bread shops to pick dinner things up from - and nice cheap wine. (The grocer closest to Metro is more expensive than ones further up the hill) The showers are a bit funny - good pressure, but teasingly warm. That wasn't an issue in the two days we stayed, especially not as the rooms are so toasty warm - you don't go to bed cold wet and miserable with a half blanket delicately positioned! I also didn't have a problem with bed lice - something I was worried about from the posts. The linen smelt like it was bleach wash which was a good sign. The location is superb for getting everywhere with the least hassle. Its not dangerous to dash out of the metro at whatever hour and walk 1 min to hostel. Montclair is close to all the things I was after - flea markets, old Paris, convenient transport, Eurostar station, cafes and so on. I would definitely go back - and even take my parents there if they were on a budget.

I stayed here for four nights this October with my 13-year-old daughter and found it perfectly adequate for the price. In fact, it was fairly pleasant! We had a small, twin-bedded room with en suite shower and loo (and an ill-fitting curtain!) The facilities are basic (just the beds and a table and chair in the room) but warm and clean. A towel, sheets and a blanket are provided (but no pillowcase!) We had a room at the back, so street noise wasn't a problem. I guess the amount of noise from other guests depends on who's staying there whilst you are and how considerate they are — so we must have been fairly lucky as it wasn't too bad. A simple breakfast of toast or rolls, butter and jam with tea, coffee and orange juice is included in the price and set us up nicely for the day. The kitchen is available in the evening for preparing simple meals but isn't terribly well equipped. The location in Montmartre is great and everything is easily accessible by Metro. Although this is a hostel I was not the only guest there with children (although not very little ones) and I'm guessing it is a slightly quieter, more hotel-ly hostel than some. All in all I would recommend it as providing good value for money and being a good place to stay (especially with a teenager) for a taste of travelling and Paris life.

We stayed here in August, in a double room with en suite. The location is great, within walking distance to Le Sacré-Coeur and the Metro. Also there are many bakeries and grocery shops about. The kitchen downstairs was ok, but only available at night (we snuck down there a few times to grab drinks out of the fridge, etc., sometimes it was ok, other times we were told off). Breakfast was "included," we didn't get the choice of not having it, although the receptionist was quick to point out that it wasn't free. Bread rolls, jam, juice, and coffee. Our room was small, but it and the bathroom were clean. Overall, a decent place to stay, but definitely not a 5-star hotel, so don't go there expecting the best.

Don't ever stay here, it's awful. It's so dirty, it smells, the staff are slack and they don't even bother keeping credit card details secure. I've seen a lot of hostels and this is the worst by far. When I stayed here I ended up with head lice. This was the worst hostel experience I've had in over ten years of travelling and I strongly recommend that anyone thinking of staying here pay a few euros extra and go elsewhere.

I can't recommend this hostel. I stayed in this hostel for 14 days. When I first got there they had screwed up my reservation. I had booked a bed in a 6-person dorm room, and they had given my bed to somebody else. Since they had no vacant beds in the dorm room, the woman in the reception told me she was going to put me in a room for 3 persons the first two nights. All of the remaining nights of my reservation, she said, I would stay in a single room. Since it was their mistake, I would only pay the fee for the bed in the dorm room. I thought this sounded great and I happily accepted this arrangement. After two days in the single room, they changed their mind. Now they said I had to pay the full price for the single room. To me, it seems like they found out they actually had some vacant beds in the dorm room, and the promise they made me didn't matter. I had to move to the dorm room. Don't get me wrong, I had no problem with the dorm room. I actually liked it better than the single room; it was what I paid for and all I expected. What I do have a problem with however is the staff not keeping their word. If you make a promise, you keep your word. PERIOD. On all of the Web sites describing the hotel they say there is a guest kitchen. What they don't tell you is that it's closed for more then half of the day!!! Is it only me or isn't it very strange that the guests are not allowed to use the guest kitchen when they need to??? It is very simple, if you have a kitchen for your guests, the guests should be allowed to use it! That's what it is for! There is also a lack of kitchen utensils in the kitchen. There are a lot of worn-out Teflon casseroles that make cooking hard. What about putting down some paper towels so people can clean it up after themselves? No wonder the kitchen is dirty when there is no cleaning stuff there. When I had stayed there about a week, the stove in the kitchen stopped working, making the kitchen almost useless. When I left the hostel a week later, the stove had STILL not been fixed. They are indeed very slow to fix things; the door hinges in the dorm room were very screechy, waking people up whenever a door was used. Someone in the dorm room reported this to the staff and we all hoped it would be fixed soon. It wasn't fixed within a week. How hard is it to put some oil on a few hinges??? On my last day in Paris, I packed my bags and put them in the luggage storing room. I needed to eat something before my flight. Because of their kitchen policy, I knew I could not use the guest kitchen to prepare a meal. Instead I went out and bought some bread and vegetables. To cut my bread, I needed a knife, I had one but it was packed somewhere in my bags and I really did not want to unpack them. After being a guest on this hostel for 14 days, I thought I could be allowed to borrow a knife from the closed kitchen for a few minutes. I wasn't, I had to use my own knife. A lot of unnecessary work of dragging bags, unpacking and then repacking. Which could had been avoided if the staff had been just a little bit service-minded. I know this is a cheap hostel so I don't mind the worn-down feeling of this place, the cold showers and the shower doors that usually are hard to move. But I do very much mind the staff not keeping their word and not being service-minded at all. (This is not the case for all of the staff, some were nice.) This could be a very nice hostel, if they only fixed up a few things that wouldn't even cost them anything, like being more service-minded and giving guests access to the guest kitchen during reasonable hours. Next time I go to Paris I will not book this hostel and I will discourage friends and family from staying there when they visit Paris. Thanks for reading.