URGENT AS I AM LEAVING IN TWO WEEKS!ANYONE OUT THERE STAYED AT THIS PARIS HOTEL RECENTLY?? REVIEW DESPERATELY NEEDED. CAN ANYONE RECOMMEND A GOOD BUDGET HOTEL OTHER THAN CHAMP DE MARS, GRAND LEVEQUE, HOTEL MOGUETTE OR HOTEL DE L'ALVRE AS THEY ARE COMPLETELY FULL FOR SEPT.
THANKS

Hotel la Serre has very mixed reviews on Tripadvisor.com:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev...de_France.html

Try these two:

Hotel Amelie * * http://www.hotelamelie.fr/#go
5 rue Amelie 75007 Metro: Latour-Maubourg
Twins 102E / cont brk 7E
Haven't stayed there myself, but it's on my backup list.
listed in A. Sawday's "Special Places to Stay"
no comments on Tripadvisor, but some on Paris.org
http://www.paris.org/Hotels/hotel.cg...09057775707077

A budget favorite of another poster is
Hotel de France (Invalides) * * http://www.hoteldefrance.com/
102, boulevard de La-Tour-Maubourg Metro: Ecole Militaire
Twin 92E / Buffet brk 8E
good comments on Paris.org
http://www.paris.org/Hotels/hotel.cg...18077775707077

Hotel Malar * *
29 rue Malar 75007
http://www.eiffeltower-paris-hotel.com/index.html
Twin 95-105E / brk 7E
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...de_France.html

Hotel Royal Phare * *
40 avenue de la Motte Picquet 75007
http://www.hotel-royalphare-paris.com/index.html
Twin 85E / cont brk E
Mostly good comments, one disgruntled customer
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev...de_France.html
http://www.paris.org/Hotels/hotel.cg...05207775707077

thanks for the recommendations! however, was hoping that someone who stayed there this year would respond to my msg. anyone stay at Motte Piquet recently, is it worth the 140E per night???

I recommended those hotels because your note asked for names of other good budget hotels...
Here are some resources for you to read that are from 2004 or 2003...

A person on this thread said 'rooms were adequate, staff was rude'...
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34406867

This customer liked it quite well, from June 2004:
http://www.igougo.com/planning/journ...re&t=Hotel

There are a lot of comments on this site, some recently, going back into 2003. For the most part, comments are favorable, some users apparently didn't know what to expect from a budget hotel.
http://www.hotelinnparis.com/english...id=77&re=1

Sounds to me that it will be fine if you know what budget hotels are like, if you are an independent traveler and don't require much support/advice from the staff, and if you know there might be some street noise early in the morning because you are situated on a market street. It doesn't sound like there is that much to worry about, hope you agree after you read ALL of the customer reviews.

The above links were for Hotel la Serre.

These links are for Hotel de la Motte-Picquet. This user has photos of the room and bath, and discussed how very small the room was, and described a misunderstanding about double-booking with Hotels.com
http://www.igougo.com/planning/journ...;EntryID=12419

At any rate, maybe my responses will 'top' this so someone else can give a review of la Serre or Motte-Picquet.