Public transport to the hotel from CDG
The best option is to take the Roissy bus to Opera. From there, the hotel is about a 5 minute walk.
The next best option is to take RER B to Chatelet-Les Halles. All trains from Roissy/CDG head south into Paris so no worries there. Some go express all the way into Paris (Gare du Nord, so Chatelet-Les Halles is the second stop); others are locals, in which case there are a lot of stops; some are half-express, half-local ... but all stop at Chatelet-Les Halles; and there is no point waiting for an express because it is rare if ever that an express will overtake a local. So get on whatever comes first. At Chatelet-Les Halles, transfer to RER A for one stop to Auber (which is joined to Opera station). You will be heading westbound, toward the termini St. Germain-en-Laye/Poissy/Cergny. You have to go up the stairs and back down for the Auber-bound train. Do not race across the platform for the RER B because that will be heading eastbound, to Gare de Lyon, Nation, Vincennes (and, depending on which one you get on, eventually Eurodisney!) The walk from the Auber exit closest to the RER stop takes about 10 minutes.
Public transport to the hotel from Orly
Take the Orlyval train to its end at Antony, then switch to RER B to Chatelet-Les-Halles and continue as above. In this case you can just cross the platform from the RER B to get the RER A headed to Auber.
Breakfast
The breakfast at Cafe Jeanne is free for Globalist members but is 40-50 euros per person otherwise. A modified but still very good version of this buffet breakfast is also available in the room and is also free for Globalists. Tips are not covered but then again the theory in France is that the service charge is in the price.
Museum tickets & pass from the concierge
You can buy "skip the line" tickets to the Louvre or Orsay for 18€ each, which is higher than the regular tickets via the Louvre & Orsay websites. But being able to "skip the line" obviously adds some value. They will also sell you the two day Paris Museum Pass for 55€. That is a 7€ markup.
Phone/data recommendations:
Lebara worked really well for me. What you need to do:
• You must unlock your phone (you can do this for free online with ATT through their website if you are out of contract)
• Order free SIM card at Lebara.fr a few weeks before your trip. I don’t think it took more than 2 weeks for my SIM card to arrive
• Activate SIM card at https://www.lebara.fr/activate-sim-detail?isoCode=en_GB or search “activate SIM” at Lebara.fr
• Load your SIM card with what you need. I paid 10 euro for 3G of data, unlimited SMS and local calls for 10 days (this should be plenty for most tourists)
LeFrench Mobile did not work so well for me: I paid 20-30 euro for local and international calls for my sister but was only able to make local calls and SMS
restaurant recommendations:
Nearby:
(We're here on 1 Oct 2021 and it appears this restaurant is closed permanently ...) Le Cap Bourbon- good, inexpensive, our server was nice and attentive (by French standards), great local crowd, menu has English translation
We ate a local Thai restaurant - Yo - its about a 5 minute walk from the hotel and very busy. I had a guinea fowl green curry - a first for me. Very good food and friendly service.
Other:
L'Avant Comptoir is a wine bar with great,relatively cheap eats and a great atmosphere and friendly, English-speaking staff. Standing room only and tight.
Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme REVIEW - MASTER THREAD (Aug 2011 onward)
Service was very good and always friendly, but with the occasional minor issues that probably shouldn't happen at a property of this caliber (phone not answered (twice), housekeeping forgot to restock coffee, forgot to deliver welcome amenity).
Kudos to the hotel for doing a great job with the room/property refresh. Something similar may work for the PHT.
Welcome to posting and have a wonderful 25th wedding anniversary in Paris.
I hope they treat you very well and congratulations on your 25th anniversary.
Park Hyatt Paris - Vendome
5 Rue De La Paix Paris, France FR
30th anniversary stay (3 Photos)
Park Hyatt Paris - Vendome
We hadn't stayed at this property before and wanted to book somewhere special for our 30th wedding anniversary. I had hoped that there would be some recognition of our special weekend but apart from the 6 macaroons that were brought at about 7PM - nothing.
Our meal at Pur' was very good but overall the Park Hyatt didn't wow us. If I had to compare it to another PH it would have to be the PH Melbourne which is in my view not worthy of PH status. Its a real shame as the hotel has some good features but the bedroom did not deliver a five star experience.
Check In
Room not ready when we arrived - quarter to three. Told it would be ready by 3 30. At after 4 we went back to reception. It appears they had forgotten to tell us our room was ready. No apology. Only mention of Globalist status was offer of late check out. Unfortunately on the last day our keys stopped working at midday. Again no apology.
We went to our room and no luggage. Phone down at 5PM - they would send up our luggage. Phoned again at 6PM and the same story and eventually arrived about 6 30. Not very good
Room
Had used a suite upgrade. Always ask for high room away from elevators so as usual Hyatt ignore that. Average size bedroom overlooking the courtyard. Two bottles of water refreshed daily.Room was shabby, dim and very beige and bland. It looked like a newish carpet had been laid but not very well as the edges were very roughly cut. I guess that this wasn't one of the newly refurbished rooms. Bedside clock didn't work.
Huge bathroom with raised bath and shower in poor condition. I kept banging my legs on the edge of the step up. Toileteries were fine. Plenty of towels and a couple of very shabby robes. Because of the size of the bathroom there was plenty of storage space.
I found the mirror TV quite distracting. If you were not sitting directly in front of the screen you could only see reflections.
Tea and coffee making facilities but no fresh milk just three ca/rtons of UHT milk. Is it that hard to put a TetraPak of fresh milk in the fridge
Dining
Breakfast was OK. Certainly wouldn't pay €50 for it. I had eggs one morning but they were so undercooked I didn't bother again.
We had the paired tasting menu at Pur' which was superb although an expensive treat.
Location
Great location for exploring Paris. Close to Metro stations and an easy walk to most of the main sites. Taxi from CDG was €50.
Overall
Having stayed at many Park Hyatts around the world I was a little disappointed. The public areas are beautiful and overall very stylish. However, our bedroom and bathroom were just average and certainly not worth the use of a suite voucher. Also they won't confirm the suite upgrade until you arrive.
Service
Very attentive service but seemed a little false. Maybe that's just what their clients expect