Aberotel Montparnasse

The owner/ front desk is very nice and amazing hospitality. He is also very helpful and kind. I will stay again in this place

The hotel is in a pretty nice area of Paris populated mainly by locals. Check-in went well. We went up to our room and immediately noticed our sink in our tiny bathroom (even by Paris standards) wasn't draining at all. Called the front desk and he himself came up to fix it with a little tool - and was very familiar with the issue, it seemed like it happened a lot. As soon as he left, my friend tried to take a shower and discovered the cover on the drain was closed and wouldn't open. We ended up prying it off and leaving it off for the rest of our trip. About 30 minutes after we got to our room, we heard VERY loud shouting from a man and woman from across the courtyard. It sounded like the man was hitting the woman and then she was screaming back at him. Soon their children also started crying. We called down to the front desk in concern for the woman and her children and were immediately told it wasn't a family staying at the hotel, but a local family that lives across the courtyard. Apparently it happens a lot. We heard the domestic fighting several times a day during our stay (whether our windows were opened or shut). People smoked a lot in the courtyard (both cigarettes and marijuana, which is illegal in France), so we couldn't ever have our window open and get fresh air. Essentially, the hotel staff was great. The hotel was ok. The environment of the neighbors and chain smoking at all hours was not. Neither myself nor my friend would recommend staying here.

It was what I expected.

Very bad attitude from the lady at the lobby, always confronting and not able to help, room was super small, beds hard as floor, and bathroom was ridiculous small, toilet was right under the sink, need to be very thin to be able to use it (see pictures). The carpet wasn't clean, my wife had allergies because of that. The only good thing was the breakfast.