Tryp Blanche Fontaine - Paris, France 

"really nice hotel"
Posted: Mon, Nov 23 2009
just returned for a four days stay at this hotel. everything has been good. from bedroom(looks like on the photos provided by the website) to the breakfast. staff was friendly and helped in everything they could. pros: just a really short walk from moulin rouge(100 metres) and from a metro stop(blanche). a 15-20 minutes walk from the opera.wich is nothing, beacause taht way, we have the chance of knowing streets and people of paris. all hotel staff, spoke or understood spanish, which is great thing for me and my wife because our english or french it isn´t as good as we wished cons: although breakfast was good, maybe it was a little too expensive for a three stars hotel(16 euros per person and day). pillows were small and not very comfortable. but these are two minor things because we´ve enjoyed hotel and above all PARIS

Renovations
Posted: Fri, Jul 04 2008
This hotel is going through renovations. We made very early booking from hotels website, and even at the day of our check in day in end of May , there were no information about renovations at hotel?s website. We arrived Tryp Blanche at 13 (1PM) to check in. There were three of us and two separate bookings. At the reception, staff made a mistake saying first that our rooms are not ready, then she gave to our friend a room which was already in use by another guest. Our friend came back to lobby saying that there are some belongings at room, the room is occupied. For us the receptionist said, "we have made a terrible mistake." My spouse said to me when staff speaked both spanish and french that they are talking about broken room and renovations and hotel is overbooked. Staff said that we could wait at the lobby. After 30min staff came back saying that "hotel is overbooked, do you accept a family room?". We denied that right away, it would have been inconvenient for three adults to share the same room. Then she went back and came later to tell that " you can deside which one of you goes to another hotel and who stays in here". She tried to tell to my spouse that "there is bigger bed in the room" as I didn?t realise that she was actually saying for two of us, that you two stay here, your friend gets a single room from another hotel. I asked if the room is from the same hotel chain, she replyed "yes" and said "it will be Tryp Francois". And when I asked about room rate she said "it is the same as you have booked here." I desided that we go to that hotel and our friend stays at Tryp Blanche. As our friend hadn?t travel for a long time, we came every evening to our friends room to drink some wines and to plan next day?s sightseeing together. That?s why I can write a review and my friend confirms this review. Room was bit outdated and shabby. Toilet sink had holes in it, bathroom needed upgrading, room walls were dirty here and there. However room was very silent, there were a big bed which was kingsize as that is rare in Paris hotels at this room rate. And roomw was bigger than we had in Tryp Francois. However we liked more about Tryp Francois as our room was smaller but it was much cleaner and more comfortable and with better location which we liked. You may click my username to see my review from another Tryp hotel in Paris. PROS: + Lobby area, hallways were nicer than in Tryp Francois. + Althougth we had mixed feelings about reception service, she arranged us free taxi ride to another hotel from the same hotel chain with the same roomrate as we had booked. Good service, thank you! + Still reliable hotel chain in overbooking situation, despite our experiences. + Close to Mouling Rouge and Picalle. + Not too much street noise near hotel. CONS: - Renovations going. Guests have to use maitenance lift as main lift was closed. - Reception gave an occupied room to our friend. - A staff member could have recommend and said to us more directly and clearly that to stay in this hotel. As for a hotel is always better to accomodate two guets in one room than just one guest. As we always took extras from the hotel: breakfasts, hotel services etc. Our friend didn?t took any extras from Tryp Blanche. - Our friend?s doubleroom was a bit worn down, however bed and bedlinens seemed to be fine. And our friend had a good night sleep in room.

Joan Hallissey
Posted: Wed, May 14 2008
First time in Paris and would go back again but not stay at the Blanche Foinatain only because of the noise levels. The hotel was spotless and the staff very helpful. The other guest we met were American and really nice, told us that anywhere they ate the food was lovely even if it looked a bit suspect. Our room was just above the forecourt and guests tended to congregate there in the mornings from 7.30 onwards and we could hear everything even with the pillows over our head. Really annoying as we had been to the Moulin Rouge the night before and needed a sleep in. The breakfast was great and location ok. Very near Metro Stop Blanche but there were a lot of people sleeping in Doorways near the hotel. None of them bottered you when you passed and they said hallo and few times when we passed but there was 6 of us. just be aware that they are there. The Hop on Hop off Bus is great to see Paris but it takes ages to get to places Check what time it finishes as we missed the last bus twice and had to get the metro back to the hotel. Metro much quicker if your only there for a few days. Be aware of the queues for everything. Definatly going back to paris but not to this hotel.

New Years Eve on Paris
Posted: Tue, May 13 2008
This is a great deal if you are looking for a good “value for money” in Paris. Not a luxury Hotel, not on Champs Elysees or Montparnasse, but it is clean, near the metro (10min to center Paris) and safe. The staff is very helpful, no problems with English language and helped us some occasions on the 7 days tryp in wich we stay on Tryp Blanche. The breakfast have some quality and have a great variety, but it’s extremely expensive, just order if you have a Melia Chain loyalty card.