Name: Hotel Le Cantal
Address: 26 boulevard de Charonne,75020 Paris., Paris, Paris, Paris, 75020, France
Rating: 7

24-hour reception

Smoke-free property

Heating

Newspapers

Express check-in/check-out

Private check-in/check-out

General

Non-smoking rooms

Soundproof rooms

Cable TV

Hairdryer

Shower/Bathtub

Shower

Toiletries

Rooms

Accessibility features

Accessibility

Iron and board

Luggage storage

Services and amenities

Breakfast

Restaurant

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

English

French

Languages Spoken

No parking

Parking

Fax and copy machine

Business

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Avron

Buzenval

Nation

Theatre Bourvil

Cimetière de Picpus

Rothschild Hospital

Trousseau Children Hospital

Galerie Univer / Colette Colla

La Promenade Plantée

Lilibricole

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pere-Lachaise Cemetery

Eglise Sainte-Marguerite

Bercy Railway Station

Lyon Railway Station

Notre Dame Cathedral

Sainte-Chapelle

Jardin du Luxembourg

Louvre Museum

Dalí Theatre and Museum

Monmartre

Champs-Elysees

Eiffel Tower

Triumphal Arch

Heliport De Paris

Le Bourget Airport

Paris Orly Airport

Charles de Gaulle Airport

Paris-Saclay-Versailles Airport

Disneyland Paris

Hotel Le Cantal

Paris

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

12-beds

13-beds

14-beds

15-beds

16-beds

17-beds

18-beds

19-beds

2-beds

20-beds

21-beds

22-beds

23-beds

24-beds

25-beds

26-beds

27-beds

28-beds

29-beds

3-beds

30-beds

31-beds

32-beds

33-beds

34-beds

35-beds

36-beds

37-beds

38-beds

39-beds

4-beds

40-beds

5-beds

6-beds

7-beds

8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

When I reached Paris and went to the hotel, first it was closed. I called the company which I made the reservation form and while they are trying to figure out what's going on there was a sign on the door with a contact number in case the hotel was closed. I made a call for it and explained that I had a reservation for that day, the Mr on the other side bluntly says there was no reservation for that day and hangs up on me while I try to explain over and over that I made a reservation.

My third party company (which I made the reservation) calls me after a while and tells me to wait because someone will open the door for me. The given excuse was they made a big mess and the ownership of the hotel changed recently.

Wireless didn't work.
You have a timer for the hot water because of the heater capacity.
No reception whatsoever and if you wanted to talk with someone you had a number from an Old Couple which came by to open the door for you to enter the hotel...

Looked like a students residence overall. Photos are very deceiving in this one.

I don't recommend this hotel to anyone. And I sincerely hope this works as an eye opener for what I consider one of the worst hotels in my life.

One of the worst hotels i have ever been.

A prepaid disaster !

For fairness, these features are acceptable: Wi-Fi, shower, and inclusive breakfast.

For the rest ? Oh dear me !

Booked for a single room. Upon arrival at the bar below, as they are owned by the same person, he demanded I immediately paid the city tax, in advance ! This is the first time this has happened to me in over 50 stays in France in the past 20 years ! It was a sign of what I could expect - virtually nothing !

Given the entry codes for the outside door - as there is NO reception area - and for the 2nd floor room, I struggled up the stairs - no lift - on a very hot, sticky night . . .

Room was a shock ! Part of the roof-space, it was an attic room with the ceiling sloping at 30 degrees from the horizontal, and dropping to a height of just 89 cms from the laminated floor, at the external wall !

Worse, a hard edge transverse beam went across the whole bedroom, and above the washbasin and toilet, at a height of just 168 cms from the floor . . ! So, if you are taller than 168 cms, expect to crack your head when using the bathroom, or when standing just halfway into the bedroom from its entrance door !

The next horror was discovering where I could unpack my clothes ? Answer : on a line of 4 coathooks, suspended fom the top of the entrance door ! That was it ! No wardrobe and no shelves ! And to hang anything on said coathooks covers the " In case of fire" emergency notice !

The place was horrifically hot, only one bedroom light and one bathroom light worked ( room 204), and the fan wouldn't work as it needed water in it (!) and there was no utensil in the bathroom with which to pour any water ! The only ventilation came from two ( velux-type) flush fitting roof windows, although in the poor lighting - it was after 10.30pm when I arrived in the room - I was unable to see how to open the bedroom one until morning !

A proper hotel would provide a welcome booklet, or even just a laminated sheet, giving useful information and contact numbers. But Hotel Le Daly's is NOT one of those, so there is no such information provided in the room !

Completely fed up, I called the booking agency, who tried that night, and again the following day, to get a refund from the owner so that I could be re-booked elsewhere. But no, the owner refused that, but promised to buy a hanging-rail for me, and to move me to the only one of five attic rooms to have a (vertical) dormer window !

(He also claimed he couldn't offer me a 1st floor room - called "superior" by him as they actually have standing headroom by all 4 walls - as they were fully booked during the 11 day period of my stay.)

On day 3 of my stay, he provided me with a portable hanging-rail, with 5 coat hangers, and on day 4, upon my insistence, he allowed me to move into the ONE attic room with the dormer window ( room 201).

Other gripes : although the rooms were serviced most days, mine wasn't for the 72 hours from the Friday until the following Monday.
Furthermore, the laminated bedroom floors were neither swept nor mopped during the whole 11 days of my stay, as I could see the same clumps of hairs and other unpleasant items remaining undisturbed beneath the easily accessible occasional table, for the duration . . ! Finally, at no time was any reported broken lighting attended to . . !

It wasn't a holiday at all. It was simply an exercise in survival.

You are therefore advised to avoid booking a "standard" room at Hotel Le Daly's, unless you are desperate for a one night flop !

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