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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.
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.
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July 2004
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Noisiest, Dirtiest Shithole on earth This is by far the worst accommodation we have found on our trip!! The website portrays a very lovely hostel but the reality is all but! The room are dirty and tiny (door to bathroom will not close as the bed is in the way) ... You couldn't swing a cat in the bathroom and you can hear every single step someone takes on the 6 flights stairs. I thought someone was taking the piss at first when someone walks up or down. The toilet makes a flushing sound every 2 minutes and the shower lasts 19 seconds. The people behind the desk are as unhelpful as possible. Before we had even stayed one night we had rebooked into another hostel and cancelled our booking here for following nights! Let's hope we don't get bedbugs as previous reports have mentioned these!!! Stay away!!! — Anonymous , Australian (2012-01-16) Perfect location but a bit dirty The location is absolutely perfect, it's close to Sacré-Coeur & Jules Joffrin Metro Station. If you love to stay in a place with many late night food in a backpackers village atmosphere, then this is the best choice. You can use your wifi-enabled gadget with free internet access. The front staff was good & helpful. The free breakfast was not bad, but the lady at the back never smiled during my 3 days stay there. The "NO" is, like some others said, yes it was a bit dirty. — El , Indonesia (2011-08-03) BEDBUG ALERT!! We were really hoping to love this hostel, but instead were forced to flee in the middle of the night and wander through Paris with our luggage trying to find another place to stay. We always check for bedbugs but it can be very hard to tell. We should have known something was up when we saw them hand over bed linens to several other people checking in before us, but told us our bed was already made when we checked in. Hmm ... think they didn't want us to find the bugs? We did look under the mattress, and there was an old dirty quilt. I thought it was weird, but at first didn't see the bugs. Now I know it was a pathetic attempt to serve as a barrier between the bugs and the mattress. In the middle of the night when I was laying wide awake (because we had to leave the window open -- NO AC and VERY loud street noise, btw), I thought I felt an itchy bump on my hand. Sure enough, when I turned on the light, there was a bedbug right next to my pillow. We immediately packed our things and went to the front desk. Of course, they had no other rooms. Fine by us, we wouldn't want to stay there anymore anyway. But we did want our money back. They guy working claimed he could not refund my credit card for the amount of 150 Euros which is what I paid upfront for two nights and he had no explanation of why. He tried to tell us to come back the next day for our money! I insisted he refund us in cash and at first he tried to give us only 65 Euros! He said that is what the computer was telling him I had paid! Um, that wasn't even the price for one night so why would I have only paid that?!?!? LUCKILY, I still had the receipt in my purse and was able to prove how much I paid, so he did give us our money back. But he was completely unapologetic and acted like he had never heard of bedbugs?! YOU WORK IN A HOSTEL -- YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE!! YOU TRIED TO HIDE THEM FROM US!! Now, we know why they ALSO told us when we first checked in that we'd need to change rooms for the second night ... they didn't want us catching on to the filthy condition of that room ... which was all the way to the right on the 6th floor, by the way -- BEWARE!! Don't stay here!!!! — Anonymous , United States (2011-06-29) The place to be! Good value for a hostel, you'll find cheap accommodation or private rooms, the Staff is amazing and very friendly, they help us to have a pleasant stay in Paris, the breakfast is nice, we'll return for sure! the wifi is free with your own computer, or for 1,5euros, you have internet access in the lobby. — Dylan , US (2010-12-18) Thoroughly enjoyed my time here!! Friendly and helpful staff, great location close to Sacre Coeur and 2 min walk to Metro -- best way to get around Paris! The room was adequate (I got what I paid for), loved the no curfew and used it fully!! Only managed one free breakfast -- due to late nights and it was fine, yummy fresh croissants and rolls, cereals, hot & cold drinks. Hung out with some amazingly cool people from all over the world who I was very sad to say goodbye to (including one of the staff). Definitely recommend this place for people who are not expecting the Ritz and want to enjoy the beautiful city of Paris on a budget. — Diane , New Zealand (2010-10-09) Good place for reasonable price We stayed 4 nights in double room..and I cannot say anything bad about this hostel, even my GF liked it (she has her standards) It's not a luxurious one -- but come on -- its a hostel, not a Hilton. I booked cheaper room without facilities, we found that shower and sink was in the room anyway -- just toilet was outside. Hostel was cleaned daily -- toilets, showers, floors -- everything ok. One of two windows in the room did not seal very well, but temperature in the room was ok. Breakfast is included, 1 great croissant, small baguettes, butter, jam, cornflakes, milk, coffee, juice -- seemed you can take as much as you need and there is always opportunity to speak to other travelers while eating it. Area near to reception is quite busy place, don't leave your stuff unattended there. One girl got stolen her little backpack -- most probably by somebody who came from a street. Luggage room should be safe for your bags, its locked and you get your luggage back just against a receipt. Hostel neighbourhood is nice and seemed to be safe even at night. Sacré-Coeur is just 10min walk far, city center 20 min by metro - or you can use bus no 80 to enjoy the Paris more. Receptionists and other staff were always kind and helpful. I have to say we had a nice stay in Montclair hostel. Many thanks to receptionists, breakfast ladies, and other staff who took care of us. — David , Czech Republic (2010-02-03) Terrible The worst hotel and hostel I have been to. Everything from breakfast to the room is of extremely poor quality. I got ill after being there for two nights. I am itching all over my body. It is old, the hygiene is extremely bad. Please stay away from this hole that will most probably make you sick. I don't think the word cleanliness exists in the vocabulary of the owners of this hotel. — Ardi , Norway (2010-01-12) 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. — SK , American (2009-02-25) 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. — Jimmy , English (2008-12-07) 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. — Maya , Czech (2008-11-12) 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. — AB , uk (2008-07-28) 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. — shakester (2007-11-05) 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). — Patrick , Hong Kong (2007-08-22) 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." — M & J , USA (2007-05-29) 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. — Paulo (2007-03-10)