Auberge de jeunesse Hi Paris Le d'Artagnan

One of the staff members was really friendly and helpful. The rest seemed pretty indifferent; a couple gave the impression they would rather be somewhere else. I did not enjoy my stay at this hostel. The main problem, and it's a major one, with this hostel is the amount of noise at night. The hostel is in a noisy neighbourhood to begin with; loud groups of people seem to pass by all night, along with cars and motorbikes revving up and down the street. Much of the noise however comes from the hostel guests themselves. The place seem to cater for many groups, some of whom are not well behaved, and there appears no effort to enforce any regulations regarding late night noise. Worse, to my astonishment, one night the basement bar area was hired out to some organisation holding an all night party. I was on the first floor and got all the noise; sleeping was impossible until about 0500 when the bar finally closed. As a result I slept late and missed the hostel breakfast. A loud all night music venue is NOT compatible with a hostel where guests are expecting, as a minimum requirement, to be able to sleep! The location is manageable but not particularly convenient; all the Paris sights worth seeing require getting on the metro, which is a good ten minutes' walk from the hostel. Also be warned; a street sign on the street corner that is supposed to indicate that the hostel is on this street, instead points straight down the main boulevard! As a result I continued walking quite a long way before realising I needed to backtrack. This sign needs to be fixed or simply removed.

53%

besoin de quelques rénovations côté sanitaires, ainsi que les lits

80%

Good staff, personable, spoke French.

100%