The exceptional experience begins with the staff at the front desk, friendly and very willing to help. The location at the Tuilleries Garden and Le Louvre is great for getting to major attractions either by walking, the preferred method when in Paris, or the metro stop is just accross the street. Also great for just stolling to the islands and to the Left Bank. Rooms vary of course, the most desirable are those with the fantastic views fo the Gardens and the Eiffel Tower. Charming bar and lunch room. Also a Starbucks is just a block away. Just had to mention it. The Hotel has free Wifi. A word of caution: be very careful when walking long the Rue de Rivoli, pick pockets and gypsies are ever present. This seems to be everywhere though so don't let this stop you from experiencing the tourist location.

I spent 4 nights in August 2012 at the Hotel Regina. While the location of the hotel can't be beat -- across the street from the Tuileries and the Louvre, don't let them put you on the mezzanine level! You will have little natural light, no view, and a lot of noise if you're next to the Rue de Rivoli. A room across the hall looks over a rooftop. The hallways on the upper levels are beautiful and if you were able to get onto one of the upper floors, you should be able to see the Eiffel Tower in the distance. For the price of the hotel, I expected better. Even spoke to the manager about moving to an upper level to no avail. This was August! People I met later on had stayed very nearby at a small hotel, Hotel du Continent, very clean and much less expensive! I'll try it the next time, because the Regina offered no full service restaurant -- only bar food unless you happened to be there for lunch. So why not stay somewhere else just as conveniently located even if the other location offers only breakfast?

Having booked a 5 night stay here, we arrived with much anticipation of an enjoyable stay. This was my first (but not my wife's) visit to Paris.

The hotel has a magnificent facade, and is in a great central location (opposite The Louvre').

Upon arrival, the staff were friendly, and very helpful (offering to take our luggage etc). The Hotel interior is a delight, overall being typical of this kind of Hotel.

The room was very clean, and pleasant enough. Not large, but adequate. However......... We were surprised that the bed was only a standard double (4'6") - unusual these days, but hey ho. Much worse though, I found the bed to be so firm as to be quite uncomfortable. Whilst that is a subjective point, what isn't, is that our room was immediately next to a plant room. All through the night, we had to put up with the noise of what can be best described as sounding like a bath filling. This was very loud, and meant of the whole 5 nights, I didn't have one decent night's sleep - and at £350 per night is frankly disgusting. The room should either be not used as a bedroom, or have effected sound-proofing (can be done fairly easily). Had it not been for this, I would have scored higher. IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING THIS HOTEL, THE ROOM WE STAYED IN WAS 535 - AVOID!! Yes, we could have complained, but we didn't.

Sadly, the room had no view beyond an inner courtyard, but to be honest that didn't worry us too much. Wired / Wireless internet and room safe were provided at no additional cost, which was good (charging for these kind of things is a pet hate of mine). TV was provided (but with very limited content) - fair enough, but the usual Pay Per View movies at 14 Euros each is (in my view) extortionate. I guess though, you pays your money........

Breakfast was included, and was exceptional, and I do mean exceptional. The variety (absolutely everything you could want including "cooked" (eggs, bacon, sausage etc), cheeses and hams, cerials, fresh fruit, selection of pastries etc. The juices were freshly squeezed whole fruits. Since the format was buffet, it did mean we were able to have as much as we wanted. Everything was extremely fresh, and extremely good quality. We observed that (particularly with the pastries), they would regularly replace with fresh once they had been there a while! Tea was the ubiquitous (but lovely) Kusmi (choice of various), served in the (seemingly) traditional cast iron (Japanese style) tea kettles. We loved these, and have sourced online to purchase one. Oddly, one morning saw my (my wife preferred coffee) tea arrive in a pot (kettle) with no lid! Since I tend to prefer to eat before drinking tea, I brought to the attention of a member of staff noting that the tea would become cold quickly. My response was (not rudely, but not particularly helpful either) that they had lost the lid, in a manner that seemed surprised that I had commented thus, and what's the problem? I would have been far more relaxed about this had they at least offered to replace as soon as one with a lid became available, or something similar. How very bizarre that going to all the trouble they do with the food and freshness etc, they would serve tea in a pot without a lid!! This in itself though did not in any way really detract from the overall breakfast experience - never had better.

In summary, were it not for the room noise issue, I would have rated higher, and happily returned, but because of this definitely won't. For this kind of cost, I expect better!

Bonjour,

Regina hotel is magnificently located right in the heart of Paris, close to all the major hotspots.
We loved its charm and service, for 5 days.
The hotel has a beautiful French Parisian character; yes it's a little older, but that is what gives it character. The rooms were very clean, the accommodations were excellent, and the concierge service was second to none, very friendly, thorough, and helpful.

My only disappointing factor was that the bar was only open till 11pm on one of the evenings. After full day of tours, and walking through Paris, a nice refreshing adult beverage would be nice.

I recommend the Regina.