Relais Saint Jacques - Paris, France     

Having looked on the website, we were looking forward to staying in this hotel, described on its website as "luxury left-bank Paris hotel". However, we were disappointed. Having paid extra for a deluxe room, we found there were no tea or coffee making facilities, despite the website stating that these would be present in the deluxe rooms. The room was small, but rooms in Paris are small and the bed in this particular room was huge, accounting for some of the lack of space. Having a 20 minute walk to Saint Michel station and the bustling streets which surround it, we certainly would not say that this hotel is "in the heart of the Latin Quarter", as its website claims. The staff did speak excellent English, but it became marginally annoying having to buzz for a receptionist to let us in when the hotel doors were locked before 11:30 every night. The room was nicely decorated, and there was plenty of hot water for the shower and bath, but we would definitely say that it was overpriced, even at the special internet rate which we paid.

We can only say great things about this hotel, rooms were not huge but very comfortable,clean and very parisian. The staff were very friendly and spoke fluent english making it a very warm and welcoming hotel, location on the left bank superb, you can walk to nearly every must see sight eg: Louvre, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and of course the Luxemborg Gardens etc with the exception of the Sacre Couer which is where the RER comes into play as there is a station within 500 metres. The best recommendation is that if we were flying into Paris tomorrow we would have no hesitation in staying there for another 5 nights.