Not so “soft” Soft Hotel
Posted in General | By tim |
I was in Paris this last couple of weeks – something I hope to do more of in the near future as I work with a new part of our business.
I stayed in the “Soft hotel”. This is an anti-recommendation.
All “mid-priced” hotels in big cities tend to be terrible. London and Paris are no exception. But the soft hotel managed to be “just shit enough” in a number of areas to warrant me actually blogging this “don’t go there” message.
The Soft Hotel happens to be closest to the office where I was working. It was cheapish and someone else had already stayed there from the company. She said it was “ok”.
First experience: standing on the doorstep for 15 minutes, waiting to be let in to the hotel. They very nearly didn’t get me as a guest, only the punitive cancellation policy stopped me from walking to find an alternative hotel nearby. I had phoned them once (no answer) before I was finally let in.
The staff were decent, if apologetic. Reception was being renovated. I felt like I’d arrived in Beirut.
The room was tiny. Close to the minimum that would classify as a “hotel room” in my mind. The bathroom was miniscule. It smelled of damp.
The wifi network worked in the chilli lobby downstairs. It did not work in my room. Nor did they fix this in the 3 days I stayed there.
Lift was like a carpeted coffin. For one person only. Buried alive when the cable finally rusts through.
Breakfast was in a tiny guest room (in lieu of the reception/downstairs being renovated). Horrible.
Don’t stay at the Soft Hotel, Paris.
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