We booked here because it is across the street from the Gare de l'Est, from which we were taking an early train the next day. The desk staff were friendly and efficient, the room was spacious, immaculate and well equipped, and the hotel's front door is 100 feet from a metro station, with places close by to eat. The hotel was undergoing interior renovations on the lower floor, but the staff took pains to contain the noise and the dust. Everything was clean and we could hear no noise in our room. Checkout was easy. I would stay here again.