le meidien montparnasse
 

Has any one stayed here or can recommend a good restaurant[ that kids are welcome at] in the Montparnasse [14th] area.

We stayed at this hotel for six days last July. We paid around $180 U.S. dollar per night for a double bed (2 adults & a 6 yrs.old). The hotel was just okay. I wasn't too happy about the bathroom, especially the toilette bowl (had kinda like ring around the collar). The hotel is close to the metro and bus stops about 5 minutes away. The hotel has a restaurant (Justine) the food wasn't that great either--we even found a big spider crawling on the chair.

Marko <BR>Do a Search on this forum for Paris hotel and you will find many many suggestions if you want to keep exploring. <BR>Or try websites like <BR>these <BR>www.hotelboulevard.com includes comments from past guests on the hotels <BR>www.paris-touristoffice.com <BR>www.paris.org/ also has comments from past guests <BR>www.adx.fr/hotels/anglais.htm <BR>www.france.com:80/travel/hotels/phg.html <BR>www.france-hotel-guide.com <BR>www.paris-hotel.com <BR>Once you book your hotel, there are many places you can dine with the kids, including no-name neighborhood cafes <BR>in any neighborhood. <BR>

We stayed at Le Meridien last November and I thought it was horrible. We were on a Convention for a week. I couldn't wait to get out of there and on my own! It is huge...the rooms were not clean and so small and the staff was rude. We had a superior room too!! The food was poor and the waiters awful. You can do so much better....try Le Tourville. Write me if you want more details....Bev.

There are much better hotels (and neighborhoods) to stay for far less. Check out the websites mentioned above. No matter where you stay, you'll find a variety of restaurants in every direction.

We stayed there a couple of years ago (convention), and I would not do so again. It was not convenient to much of anything and we had to take the Metro everywhere. We switched to the Grand when the meetings were over, and what a difference - in all aspects. The room was much nicer, the bathroom was huge, we walked everywhere, etc. <BR> <BR>Elsa