Just returned from an 8 day stay here. The St. Jacques stop is currently closed, but the Denfert Rochereau is PERFECT to get around, especially for travel to the airport- no transfers. Be sure to find the elevator- made the trip practically effortless. The Glaciere is slightly more convenient when it is cold and rainy, but don't take it if you are carrying luggage because there are too many stairs.

The executive lounge is perfect for breakfast: hot eggs, cold sliced ham & turkey, nice french pastries, cereal, variety of yogurts, and fresh cut fruit. I enjoyed cubed pineapple and oranges each day. The evening hors d'eouvres are practically a meal. Daily offerings from 5:30 to 7:30 included beef kabobs, poached fish, shrimp couscous, or roasted duck. The 7:30-9:30 dessert were very good. Served in little shot glasses, we enjoyed chocolate, raspberry, and chestnut mousses. And cookies, granola, and chips 24/7. The best was a delicious chocolate ganache tart- but was only offered once during our stay. We also took extra botttled water for our room. If you have access and enjoy their food, you will save lots of $$ using this feature. There are 3 computers with access to a printer. Nice.

Note that some posters mentioned free beer/wine: it actually is 4.50 euro per glass and it is an honor bar. The concierge attendants are very friendly and asked our name the first night (and then greeted us thereafter). You will feel like a shmuck if you try to cheat so do your honor and fill out the sheet each night.

Upon request, we were given an upgraded room, which for us was a 17th floor room with a gorgeous view of the city, slippers, a robe, and a few extra toiletries such as bath salts and emory board. We were given two bottles of Evian and two bottles of carbonated water in our fridge each day. We were celebrating an anniversary, and on the first night were gifted a 1/2 bottle of wine and two boxes of macarons delivered to our room. It set a very nice tone to our stay.

The only downside was that housekeeping became very slack towards the end of our stay- no toiletry replacements the last THREE days of our stay. We were totally out on the last day and I had to call at 10pm to request replacements. They were prompty brought up. Still, it was a bit annoying.

The Restaurant Italienne 1/2 block away towards the Glaciere is great for pizza. There is a nice little brassiere on Glaciere (across the tracks from the Glaciere station) called L'allouette. The lounge attendant recommended it and we saw a few other hotel guests eat there.

Near the Denfert Rochereau station (exiting from the purple line) is a street with lots of restaurants. You won't see it if you always exit that station from the blue line. My husband and I had a perfect meal at a neighborhood brasserie- not touristy and extremely good. I don't recall the name, but will post again with it.

The concierges were a mixed bag- mostly very helpful. Phillipe was great. On other efforts, we had one guy give us Metro directions to our anniversary dinner at Le Coupe Chou that had us changing trains 3 times for a 55 min trip. On the return, we figured out a way to get back on one train in 15 min by walking about 10 minutes to a different station. BTW- if you want a reasonably priced, atmopheric, cozy, gourmet meal: Le Coupe Chou is it.

As a Gold, I was offered free internet access. There is a 24 hour code, so was told to call each day for a new code. We only used it one night.

Although with my husband, I've also travelled solo a lot and am safety conscious. On previous comments abt "seediness" nearby: while walking from the Metro we noticed a few apartment buildings with people loitering who appeared a bit rough. It is nothing to be worried about. We saw much worse on certain Metro stops. Just be aware of your surroundings. Worse was walking to the Metro on Sunday morning and seeing the barf outside the Apollo Bar adjacent to the Denfet Rochereau Metro. Not unsafe, just gross.

I would definitely recommend this hotel. Although it takes a bit longer to get into the tourist parts, it still is convenient and a great value for using points. We used 5 nights on points, and paid the weekend rate for the others.