Grand Hotel Magenta Paris  

Nice hotel, only 2 mins from Gare du Nord station. I've stayed for 3 nights, the room is spacious, being clean everyday and the heater working perfectly. Worth for the money.

Having read some reviews on the easy book website I felt like I was taking a bit of a gamble coming to this hotel. The day we were due to check in I phoned the hotel to check our reservation the staff member who answered humoured my limited French and confirmed my booking for me, other half and three kids. Upon arrival (which was quite late due to problems on the euro star) the check in was easy and quick, we went up to the 3rd floor with all our luggage in the lift and entered our room. The room was clean spacious and had plenty of storage.

The Hotel Grand Magenta is definetly not so grand! Location is good as it's only 5 mins from Gare Du Nord Station. Plenty of eateries nearby, but also plenty of hobos & beggars! Terrible stench of urine on streets in this area with not much cleaning going on to remedy this. Upon arrival we were greeted by a concierge who either didn't speak English or pretended not to- common complaint in Paris, who had little or no useful information. The lift was tiny and could scarcely accommodate 2 people. My family numbered 5 adults and we had a double room with bathroom on the first floor overlooking the noisy major intersection. The rooms were nothing like the advertised photos on the web site! We had only 3 towels for the 5 of us available and had to ask for 2 more, which somehow disappeared the next day?? No free wifi available, only an internet desk in foyer which you had to stand to use and no printer available.The heater in one room leaked water over our daughters' rucksack and damaged her camera which now doesn't work! When we reported this to the concierge at reception his reply was what do you expect me to do about it? in a very rude and arrogant tone! I am now trying to recover cost of replacement of our wrecked camera. As this was my 7th trip to Europe and countless hotels, I have to say that the Grand Hotel Magenta was a very disappointing place to stay and I would definetly not recommend it to anyone. Antony B - Australia

Pros: Fair price, good location close to gare du nord
Cons: Bed and pillows very uncomfortable, button for elevator on the 5th floor didn't work, scary and narrow elevator actually, cables in the bathroom uncovered, old and broken furniture, tv only with french channels (not international), room very small and outdated, dirty shower...

Pros: Location is excellent, close to gare du nord and making access to everthing straightforward. room size was perfect for a family of 5 with adjoining rooms. hotel needs a lick of paint etc but is perfectly adequate for a family stay if like us you just want to see the city sights.

Cons: Never stayed at grand hotel magenta as they never had room for which i had confirmation from you for

Pros: For the price this was good value for money, 2 minutes to grand north station so transport options all very close by, has a lift, small supermarket directly across the road, huge food market 5 minutes walk away, we were a party of 5 including children and our 'room' was actually two rooms with much more space than weve had before in paris rooms,
Cons: Bed cover on one bed was stained but all other bedding and towels were fresh and clean

Pros: Nice staff

Pros: Service was x.lent .wonderfully close to gare du nord and so easy to walk into paris.basic accomadation but that is all i needed .graet for the price

Pros: Good location, 2 hour walk to the eiffel tour.
Cons: 3 euros for a shower! very very noisy at night. some staff dont speak any english

Pros: Good location close to gare de nord, walking distance to seine and also monmartre
Cons: Bit of damp/mould in bathroom

Pros: Pleasant staff, central location
Cons: Poor decor. upholstery tatty. bathroom in need of redecoration.

Pros: Location was good, near the international train station and paris metro.
Cons: Streets were noisy, making sleeping difficult. windows could not be left open on warm nights for ventilation. bedspreads and carpets were dirty. beds were old, soft. towels were ratty. bathroom plumbing was antiquated, worn. bathtub was mouldy. would not recommend this hotel to anyone.