For those of us old enough to remember the 50%26#39;s, there used to be a particular yellow color that they put on appliances and Rambler cars that was sort of a bright yellow. After spending 9 days at the Paris Hilton I realize that they must have cornered the market on this paint. We stayed on the 9th floor in the %26quot;Executive%26quot; floor which allows you to eat and drink in the Executive Room on 10. The halls are all this yellow which is weathered. My $500/night room had a nice view of the Eiffel Tower but it was very weathered for an Executive Room. The only thing executive was the signs which they obviously have to put on the rooms doors to impersonate executive. The saving grace for the hotel is the concierge and front desk staff. Nice people and helpful. The Pacific Restaurant in the Hotel is a good place to eat and look at the Eiffel Tower and the foie gras is some of the best I%26#39;ve had. Due to its location, you can easily go to a great neighborhood shopping area called Rue de Cler. Worth walking to just to eat at the Cafe du Marche%26#39; or to walk around a buy ham and cheese and bread to eat on the park bench on the grassy area by the Eiffel Tower
Bottom Line: Hilton, redo this hotel. I%26#39;ve stayed here over the years several times and know it is in the right location. Just needs some new wallpaper and carpeting and fancy beds like your other properties.
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Perhaps the Executive room in which you stayed has not been recently renovated or refreshed.
We stayed at the Hilton Paris last September (in a %26quot;regular%26quot; room) and everything was brand new, including the bed (king) and the bathroom, which was gorgeous. The room was enormous. Best, we paid $120/night with Hotwire.
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I quite agree. We stayed on the 6th floor in
August 2008 and found the wallpaper peeling
and things looking %26#39;tired%26#39;.
As we were paying just $141 US through
Priceline I really can%26#39;t complain... I
WOULD have been complaing at $500 a night!
Of the 4 hotels we stayed in during our 2
weeks in France this was the only one with a
CRT television... the others had LCDs.
Not that we were there to watch television
but it showed me that the hotel is behind
many others in updating. It%26#39;s amazing
how less intrusive an LCD screen is in rooms
that are not huge to begin with!
I wonder if the property will remain a Hilton
as I heard a doorman tell a regular customer
they were likely to change in 2009...
Rob
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DJK... you must have got lucky and had a room
on a floor that had been renovated as our floor
was definately on the shabby side.
Rob
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Indeed we saw peeling paint also and mildew in the shower. Where is the Hilton inspection team? There shouldn%26#39;t be GOOD rooms and old rooms in a 4 star hotel
The view of the Eiffel Tower is fantastic, the location is fantastic. Very nice neighborhood and full of interesting restaurants.
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They are selling it to Accor on Jan 1st so you can expect no renovations at all and that would explain the neglect at well. No reason to invest when they are getting rid of it.
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Aha! So the doorman was right!
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I wonder what the story is with Hilton. It is selling the Nile Hilton in Cairo on Jan. 1st as well.
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Does Hilton actually OWN all the properties with their name on them? Or are they like Best Western or Ramada who don%26#39;t necessarily own all
the hotels?
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