HI - Paris - Le d'Artagnan Hostel

Horrible! The worst ever!
I had received a recommendation about this hostel from a guy in Brussels at the hostel we stayed at there, so we booked it over the internet. My three friends and I (two guys, one girl) arrived on a friday. They let us into our rooms, let me make sure you see the part it was rooms. We thought it was a little weird that we had been separated especially since we had booked together. So we brushed it off and went off for the day. When we got back, the girls in the guys' room freaked out that they would have to share a room with guys. Us girls had no problem sharing a room with our guy friends but the hostel would do nothing about fixing the situation. The first night we were there people rudely came in and out all night long. The doors slammed all night long. There was no security on our floors, all I saw was a guy sitting at the desk downstairs. There was only one outlet for the nine beds in our room. Things just kept adding up! In the morning, we went downstairs to check out the breakfast. There are illicit instructions of what each guest was allowed to have. I couldn't fit the orange that I wanted on my tray so I decided that I would come back to it later. When I tried to come back later, I was yelled at by the cook. I tried to explain myself but she kept yelling at me so I just took my orange and left. That night when we got back from our adventures, I tried to talk to the front desk about fixing our problems. The girl at the front desk could have cared less about my complaints. I explained to her that they had a zero noise policy and that I expected them to abide by it. That night a crazy, naked women starting screaming in the hallway at 4 a.m. waking me up. I went to get the security and got no reaction from them. The rooms were disgusting. They were greatly unaired. There were two small windows. The rooms smelt like a dirty locker room. The room we stayed in had nine beds, only one outlet and the bathroom that was attached to the girls' rooms didn't have a working shower (the temperature could not be regulated). The security is a joke! They are just some guys in white shirts that just sit around. The breakfast is horrible. Using the internet is way too expensive, 2 euro for a half hour, seriously. The hostel is super far from everything and in a very scary part of town. I almost forgot about the kids. They were everywhere! And they were rude, getting into everyone's way with no regrets. I will never recommend this to anyone and plan on filing a complaint to my credit card company!

I stayed at this hostel for a week with a school group of seventy-eight, so it was nice that we could all be on one floor, and I liked that the elevators worked. There was a Grocery Store nearby, which was nice, and the metro was decently nearby. However, it's in a pretty sketchy part of the city, and the rooms are a little drab, with dust everywhere, garbage on the shelves, and the floors were filthy. I didn't mind the food, but the washing machine prices were ridiculous, as well as the phone cards prices. I'd suggest buying one beforehand. Our fourth night, we got back at around 11 and found that all the girls' rooms had had their stuff rifled through, and moved. As far as we know, all that got taken were a pair of earrings, but the staff say they had nothing to do with it, and no one had access to our rooms. I'd only suggest this hostel if you have a really large group that prefers to stick together, otherwise, not the best choice.

One of the worst hosteling experiences ever. The location was far away from everything in a dark sketchy neighborhood (which is what I'm finding with HI -- and I used to be such a fan of the chain!). The interior was dirty, the bathrooms insufficient for the number of people. Worst part -- I got robbed when the camera bag (camera, jewelry, money, music, film) was left under my pillow while I stepped away for a shower for five minutes. Staff did absolutely nothing to help, or direct me to the right place. Just dismissed it with "it's not our fault." I'd say avoid anything by HI, or at least research in advance, maybe there are good exceptions.

The worst I've ever seen! I was forced to stay there during a week long bus excursion to Paris with my classmates. Everything is disgusting about it. Absolutely nothing positive. Extremely rude staff, rancid food, filthy beds and facilities. Crappy neighbourhood as well. Very noisy streets at night in terms of screaming and shouting in African languages. Staff robs your belongings if they get the chance. Bring anti-bugspray -- you will in fact need this. It was so bad, I have had serious considerations to leave the excursion group and return home by train on my own after one night there. One of my friends kept me from doing this however. Do not stay in this hostel!

This place was the worst hostel I have ever stayed at. I booked a package for two people from Australia, but when we got there they put us in two separate multi-share rooms, and wouldn't even find me a key for my room. The staff were extremely rude, even when I attempted to speak French to them (my French isn't the best, but I don't know the language so I tried), and I had to keep coming down to reception to get them to open the door to my room every time I wanted to go into my room. The bathrooms were dirty, and there were lots of kids running around everywhere all the time so it was really noisy. We stayed for three nights and on the second night we came back to our rooms and my partner's stuff had been removed from the room with no explanation, and he was moved to another room. When we questioned this the staff ignored him and didn't seem to care about security for his personal possesions he had kept under the bed (which they left behind). We then had to pay extra for storing nearly all of our luggage in the lockers downstairs because we didn't want a repeat of that incident or anything stolen -- what a rip off. For my money I would pay a little bit extra and go to a cheap hotel rather than go through the sh*t we did at that horrible place -- they really ruined our trip to Paris.

I stay in this hostel with twenty-three other classmates, apart from the cenimas and the bar -- with i must confess has a wonderful bar man -- nothing else work there, the staffs were arogant and very rude.

I stayed there two nights in November. It was OK . The room for three was big enough, In fact you can lift you mattress and put all your stuff secure this way, I mean backpack and all. The bathroom was extremely clean, the lift worked. The staff were friendly and helpful. Breakfast wasn't that good and the people serving breakfast not friendly at all. The short walk to the metro seemed to me a bit too long. There was a convenient small supermarket next door.

This place is dirty, especially the bathroom! The personnel at reception were not very pleasant. But because of the bar there is really a good environment, especially thanks to the barman with piercings, who really plays varied good music. And he at least has a smile!

This place sucks. It's noisy all the time. My bed was overbooked three times and I had to go down and talk to the unfriendly staff for 30 minutes to explain the problem to them. A lot of kids all around. The Internet is expensive and they even charged me higher than what they post here. The room was clean but the check in and out times are awful. You can't check in before 3 p.m. The place is in a very dirty and unsafe area in Paris and far away from everything. I stayed there for five days and they didn't change my sheets at all. The bathrooms sucked; they were dirty and cold. The security staff were rude and unhelpful.

Hey guys!! I was in that hostel in February. I was there with my class, for a class trip. I think the hostel is in the dirtiest surroundings in Paris and there are many creepy and strange people hanging 'round there. Keep your money always near your body! On the evening when my friend and I wanted to drive home (alone) on the Metro, some really very scary old men wanted to talk to us. They had blood in their faces and we were very frightened!! (Obviously, they were drunk) A young nice woman told us just to get out at the next station and she went out with us. That was creepy!! Before I forget: look in your beds before you sleep in it! They are very disgusting; I had brown hair and a condom in mine. The shower is SO dirty. I couldn't believe what I saw! I think they never cleaned them!! But the toilets were more disgusting!!! The waste bins in there were overfilled and stank. But there are many positives, too! The people there (who haven't got blood in their faces) are very nice and help where they can and are very open. And I think they like to speak German. :). The Champs d'Elyse is exciting, and don't forget to go on top of the Eiffel Tower!! In the hostel there is a billiard table (2€) and every evening there is a disco. The food there is ok!!

I didn't like the hostel, it was very dirty and there were cockroaches everywhere!! I couldn't sleep because of the bugs in my bed (well, actually I thought they were there). I was robbed of my telephone and 300 — it sucked!!! I know that the staff did it, but they didn't give it back!! But otherwise it was nice in the pub, a lot of fun and very nice people, at the bar the staff were kind! I'd really like to go back to Paris but I'm not going back to this hostel, SORRY!!

We spent one week in this hostel and we had a great time. Okay, the food wasn't so great and the bathrooms and bedrooms weren't that clean, but we had a laugh. We met a lot of people at the bar and everyone was very friendly. There were a lot of Canadians, which was good because we could speak English to them. There was also a good off-license down the road for additional drink, but someone in our group ate some dodgy beef.

The hostel is not so bad, but it's not the best. The bedrooms were quite comfortable and clean, but the bathroom was quite awful. The breakfast was poor, and the worst thing is that it's so far from the city center and from the underground.

I stayed here for four nights and it was the best hostel I was in. The atmosphere is unreal, and it is really young and vibrant. I met loads of people in the bar, which is a really good idea. Plus happy hour was savage. Pitchers are just the best value, trust me. The only thing was that there were no other Irish people there, but other than that it was unreal.

This was a great place to stay at. We were close to a Metro station, so everything in Paris was 15 minutes away. I met lots of great people and I'm definitely going here again. The social area downstairs was great. There were lots of comfortable seats and a happy hour at the bar. And no one cared if we brought our own booze downstairs. This place is within walking distance of Jim Morrison's grave, which is a MUST. Morrison's grave was the least cool grave in the whole graveyard, which was unreal.