I've been to Paris many times and always tried to stay at the Astor. It tucked away down a narrow little street, Rue d'Astorg in the 8th Arr and is 3 minutes walk to the Elysee Palace and 6 minutes to the Champs Elysees. Best tiem to go, in my opinion, is Christmas because they put all the lights up along the Champs [in the trees] and the hotel is just so convenient. It is also beautifully decorated in a Regency style and it just feels so comfortable. A 4 star hotel that has intimate little sitting areas, a little library, lovely restaurant and typically fabulous French food. The rooms are a delight, and I've stayed in a few of them, so which ever one you get you shouldn't be disappointed. The concergie service is first-class and I normally phone ahead to get them to book a restaurant if it's a Friday/Saturday evening. Highly recommended and the front of the hotel is worth a lovely photograph. Beautiful in the evening.

For my first trip to Paris, I was wanting a reasonably priced yet still elegant Hotel. This was definitely the place to stay! Great location, fantastic staff and wonderful room! The service is superb! I will definitely stay there again!

Very small room and not good beds ,carpets are stained and frayed, paint is chipping, .Good location for walking to all the main tourist sites. Wireless internet very bad.service is not good ,hotel with no iron in room.
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We stayed at this hotel for a week in mid December. This hotel is on my company's preferred hotel list as we have an office in Paris so I expected it to be acceptable but I was blown away by how nice everything was starting with the very friendly and helpful staff, beautifully decorated lobby and restaurant and great location. We had a large first level room (#112) facing the garden with no one on either side of us to it was very quiet. The bed was extremely comfortable, the bathroom was roomy, modern and clean. It is in a very safe neighbourhood and we walked or took the different metro lines to go see places. Our favorite walk was to the Christmas Market on Champs Elysee in the evenings. We really enjoyed the breakfast buffet which included hot and cold items, great pastries and breads, different fruit salads, cereals and even smoked salmon (my fav!). Did I mention the staff was very helpful? We were able to purchase tickets at the concierge so that we did not have to line up at the Louvre. Highly recommended!