Hôtel Richmond

one night layover before train to London. Best is being close to Gare Du Nord just across the road. Got stuck in the little elevator between floors for 10 min and my wife is claustrophobic, emergency alarm and phone did not work! Not Good!

All was good, except for the elevator was down. We had to carry up 4 big luggages thru the spiral stairs. Tq

Staying there just 3 nights, The neighborhood is not nice and somewhat loud. The positive part is its location, it is in front of the Gare Du Nord train station.

The hotel room was nice albeit smaller than expected considering I opted for the superior room thinking it would match the pictures on this site. Very bare amenities offered. The location was convenient to get to. I didn’t really appreciate when I tried speaking in French initially, the check in guy switching to English and then translating what he had said even though I started the conversation in French. I knew what he was saying. I’ve studied French for 5+ years and so did my friend that visited me who was told to just speak English. But that just might be some unwillingness I found with some of the French to communicate with any difference in accent or pronunciation. It was off-putting and made each time coming back into the hotel all the more awkward with me no longer have the confidence to say my room number in French and just opting to speak to the guy in English. It just wasn’t the best for my first knack of communication for my first arrival in France and lowered my confidence in speaking French further. Luckily I had opportunities elsewhere.

Not accommodating to our stay. The receptionist was very hateful to my friend and basically kicked us out of the hotel, leaving us to book another hotel in the middle of the night. We arrived late due to our train being late and did not let us check in.