Hello Fodorites- I've booked a 6-night reservation at the Citadine Apartment/Hotel l"opera in early October. I'd like to hear reviews from anyone who has stayed at this or another Citadine property in Paris.

thanks,
Stricky

Most people are quite happy with Citadines, although everybody I know seems to prefer the Citadines Bastille on boulevard Richard Lenoir.

The Adagio chain is comparable.

Thank you Kerouac- I will check out the other location and hotel chain.

I have stayed in one of the Citadines properties in Brussels and the Adagio in Rennes, and my MIL has stayed in the Adagio in Brussels. I have also stayed in Citadines in Hong Kong (two) and Melbourne twice. They are clean and comfortable. They both come with products in the bathroom (shampoo etc) but no food products in the kitchen so you consequently have to buy salt, oil, coffee, tea, cling wrap, etc. There is no carpet on the floor, just lino, but I guess that is many hotels nowadays. They vary as to daily cleaning, so you have to keep your own space clean, but there are no brooms and only a tiny sponge and a tea towel, and they vary as to how much detergent they give you. The Melbourne Citadines had cleaning, as did the HK ones, but I think Brussels did not. I think they have cleaning once a week but have never stayed an entire week there to know how good it was. We like the aparthotel concept. The Citadines in Brussels has a breakfast room but not all Citadines do; they also had all-day free coffee there. The locations of all the Citadines I have stayed in has been excellent in all cases.

Lavandula

I have stayed at the Saint Germain locations several times, Barcelona once, London Holborn and Tralfagar Sq, and Shinjuku. They were all fine, lots of room in comparison to most similar priced hotels. Ikea quality furnishings.

I stayed at the Bastille Citadines last year. All Citadines are not the same, so what they are like in a different country and continent is probably not the same, especially continent. Even within Paris, there are some that are a higher level (more like 4* than 3*). The Opera and St Germain and I think Eiffel Tower ones are the "nicest". The others are more like 3*. You can tell this by their photos.

The Citadines in Paris sometimes have carpet in some areas (indoor-outdoor type) and sometimes wood, not linoleum that I've seen. But I generally agree with mjs. I had no complaints about the staff and services.

Ipresume you know these are NOT just hotels and so you can't complain about no daily housekeeping (it's weekly, which I prefer as I don't like housekeeping daily), and you shouldn't expect them to provide you with food, supplies, etc. Toilet paper was there, as well as some dishes, utensils, etc. I don't remember about coffee, to be honest, or salt. I was thinking maybe they did provide some coffee (they provide a hot pot/kettle, can't recall if a real coffeepot or not), or maybe I just brought my own since I was prepared for that. That's all I would have used, as I don't cook when in Paris, I want to go out to eat. They did have free coffee in the lobby. Several in Paris have breakfast rooms, but it's not free. I don't eat breakfast anyway, but would rather go out somewhere anyway for something simple.

I"m not sure why kerouac's acquaintances prefer Bastille. If it's just the location, I prefer that location myself, but a typical tourist might not. If it's the actual facilities, I think the ones at Opera are a bit nicer, but I'm just going by looks.