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Le Montclair Montmartre

Paris (18Ã¨ - Montmartre Area)

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Address	62 rue Ramey, Paris (18Ã¨ - Montmartre Area), ÃŽle-de-France, France Map
Price	Dorm beds from US$24.95. Private rooms from US$29.00/person. Price may vary by season - Check Current Prices by Date Here

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Their Description

Features

24 Hour Free Hot Showers
Lounge / Common space
Kitchen
Free Breakfast
Phones (public or in room)
Travel information provided

The Hostelz.com Review

Le Montclair Montmartre is located in the Montmartre section of Paris. The closest Metro station is the Jules Joffrin station. Once you get-off the Metro and exit, you'll find youself in front of the city hall of the XVIII district, which will be on the other side of the street. Take Rue Hermel (on the left of the city hall), then turn left on the Rue Ramey (which is an street on a angle). You will find the hostel on the left side of the street at number 62.

The area around the hostel is nice and quiet, with the exception of a school in the area. There are a few bakeries, cafes, and small grocery stores in the area. Sacre Coeur is a short, uphill distance from the hostel.

The reception is right at the door. You can leave your bags in a room near the reception, but they are not responsible for anything that gets stolen. The lounge area is in the same area. It consist of a few sofas and a small TV in the corner with basic TV and a few high tables and chairs in another area with a beverage machine and phone. There is a kitchen in the basement that serves breakfast in the morning for 2.50 euros. It is not much, so it would be cheaper to find a bakery for breakfast. The kitchen can be used at night to cook and eat dinner.

The dorm rooms are clean and some have a small watercloset and shower in the rooms that are clean. Make sure to completely close the shower door or you will get water on the shower room door. There are several showers, sinks, and waterclosets located on the bottom floor of the other building. The mattresses are soft, but the beds sags due to the wire supports. The hostel provides a towel, blanket, and sheet for your stay. There are no lockers in the rooms. There is no curfew but there is a lock-out in the afternoon to clean the rooms. There is only one key provided per room, so the last person to leave locks the door and turns in the key. There is one computer for internet access that cost 1 Euro/10 minutes.

Overall it is a reasonably decent hostel in a good location.

— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
July 2004

Ratings & Comments

3 Average from 49 Ratings

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Comment by SK, American

February 2009

Not so bad
After reading about this place online, I was worried. However, don't believe it all. I was amazed by the staff--they spoke English well and helped us when we needed it. The location is a minute walk from a metro station so we used that a lot. The area is very pretty during the day, but at night, it was a bit shady. The room was small, but clean. We had a private room with a shared bathroom. Not very many hangers in the closet. The shower was small, dirty, and you have to press the button every ten seconds for water. The street is noisy, and the walls thin so sometimes sleeping is difficult. The breakfast was small, but a nice free way to start the day.

Comment by Jimmy, English

December 2008

Adequate
No problems, breakfast was average, we seemed to be allowed to take as much as we wanted. Staff were helpful enough, but nothing special. Location is great if you like the Sacre-Couer and Montmarte, bit of a trek to the rest of the sites, but hey that's what the Metro's for. Rooms were sufficient and seemed clean enough.

Comment by Maya, Czech

November 2008

Good locaton, but dirty
This hotel is situated close to metro and Sacre Coeur -- very good. The staff were friendly, very kind people. I have read about problems with breakfast, but in the time of my visit here everything has been ok -- kind chef, hot chocolate was very good, fresh rolls, no limits. But very very dirty room, much of fluff with chunks of hairs under the bed, greasy walls, and bad smell. All the night we heard very noise and early morning the peal from the near school.

Comment by AB, uk

July 2008

We had a lovely time!
I had a lovely time staying at this hostel. We stayed here in between xmas and new year 2007 and found the staff to be extremely friendly and helpful. We had two private rooms and although ours did not have a bathroom in it, only wash basin area it was clean and nicely laid out. It was at the front and over looked the street with a big french window just like in the movies! I though breakfast was fine, didnt find a rude lady serving, she just kept herself to herself! no problems with amount of breakfast you had, we took as much as we wanted and no one told us off! There's no curfew which was great and so we could come in whenever we liked as we were there to stay out at night. We used the kitchen a couple of times in the evening, and managed ok, although a decent oven or cooker would have been better. Met some friendly guests doing the same. I would stay there again, the only thing was it is a little way out of Montmartre but the metro was accessible.

Comment by shakester

November 2007

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.

Comment by Patrick , Hong Kong

August 2007

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).

Comment by M & J, USA

May 2007

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."

Comment by Paulo

March 2007

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.

Comment by De Petris

February 2007

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.

Comment by Joe

October 2006

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.

Comment by Linsey

August 2006

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.

Comment by Yannic

August 2006

We stayed in the Montclair in august 2006 for four nights in a double room. For its price (25â‚¬/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.

Comment by Cearbhaill MacAonnraÃ

June 2006

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.

Comment by Annie

April 2006

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.

Comment by Sarah

December 2005

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.

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