“Inexpensive, if you don't mind taking the train and don't care about night life.”

The hotel Kyriad Villeneuve La Garenne is a very nice hotel in a not so good neighborhood. It was clean, inexpensive, the people were wonderful but it's not close to the metro and is in a neighborhood where a foreigner really would not want to walk around at night. There is a bus stop 1 block away and several others within walking distance. We stayed there over New Years Eve because it was inexpensive relative to the hotels in Paris. We thought it was a 15 minute walk to the train station, which might be true, but you wouldn't want to do it at night. And the problem is that in Paris, cab fares double at some point in the night, so a cab ride back to the hotel from central Paris was about $40 each evening. Even with that though, it was less expensive than staying in the city. When we took the cab, the drivers never could find the place without help from us. One of them got lost a couple of times on the way to the hotel. Of course, we pay the fare when they do that. So here's when you would want to stay in this hotel. a) On business with your own transportation b) Traveling cheap when you don't mind walking to a train or taking a bus and have plenty of time. c) On your own if you don't mind urban environments Keep in mind there is no night life close by and very few places to eat. Thier breakfast was awesome, however. The room was very clean but really small. The bathroom was exceptionally clean and recently refurbished. Overall, nice hotel and people, bad location.

“Good Budget Hotel”

The hotel staff were very friendly and helpful. Their English was certainly better than our very limited French. We must have had the same musty room that one of the reviewers for this hotel stayed in. However the twin room that my kids across the hall had smelled just fine. Both rooms were clean and neat. The room rate didn't include breakfast though we took that option during our stay as the hotel is not that close to another restaurant. However the buffet-style breakfast was quite good considering it was 8 euros per person. For sightseeing we parked the car for free close to a Metro station and just hopped on-off the trains in Paris. We would stay at this hotel again and it's location being north of Paris is handy for the return to Calais.

“Pleasant Stay”

It may only be a few miles (straight shot) from the hotel to the center of Paris, but you have to take a bus AND the metro to get there. Hotel staff was very friendly and very helpful!

“Good budget hotel”

Room on lower floor with door to outside rather than window, which meant when door was closed room was dark and a bit musty. Toilet looked like it needed a clean. Otherwise very good value for money. A bit of a trek to get to centre of Paris (need bus then metro). Would still recommend as good budget hotel.

“Only recomand to those who are planning a long stay with a VERY tight budget in Paris!”

we arrived at the CDG airport 1pm and asked the information desk of how to get to the hotel (this turned out to be the biggest mistake! we should have trusted our research results more) and they gave us a wrong direction! so we got off the wrong underground station and couldn't find the bus stop. we asked locals for direction and ended up walking more than one and half hours in sub-zero degree. had to find a taxi because it was just too cold and we couldn't count on anybody to give us direction anymore. finally arrived at the hotel which already 4pm (since we only here for three and half days so the first day was wasted on finding the hotel!) the rest of our stay was fine, the room was clean etc and the hotel staff was really helpful. but that doesn't matter, if you are not on a good location it doesn't matter what you do. everyday we had to plan our journey and spend a lot of time traveling especially waiting at the bus stops. therefore i would recommand everyone, if you are in paris on a short trip, do not leave anywhere outside zone 2! preferably zone 1 because that will save you a lot of time, seriously. if you are planning to stay in paris for week and have an extremely tight budget then this hotel is possibly a good choice.

“good if your on a really tight budget otherwise not worth it”

Overall quite dissappointed. We arrived tried and hungry, the hotel advertises a resteraunt however that is just for breakfast! That was pretty mediocre and the bread was covered in flies which nobody seemed to bothered about. If you take the bus 177 outside Kyriad, two stops away there is a supermarket where you can stock up on food. Customer service was good when we could get hold of someone but reception was always deserted. The room was ok but there was a strange smell around the whole block which was quite horrible. The hotels idea of cleaning was to tidy the beds and put the rubbish in a neat pile on the side. The wi-fi connection was joke so dont expect much if your taking your laptop! Its a good option if your on a budget, I only went for 3 days I still managed to see all the major sights and get back to the hotel at a good hour. With regards to the surrounding neighbourhood, its better described as a "hood" however it wasnt as bad as I expected.