That is definitely the impression you’ll get as you drive up (was there last week), however no sign of construction or projects after you walk in. I was there 4 nights and didn’t experience any noise either.

The construction was really bad the last couple of days. They were jackhammering the street in front of the hotel and you couldn’t hear anything else outside. I even heard it in our 4th floor room. The doormen and luggage porters were all wearing ear pieces.

I had award reservations, but had asked to add the Club Lounge for my two nights. The Lounge was closed on the 27th as it was being moved. It reopened on the 28th and I was able to add it for the one night. The new lounge is one floor and is located on the first floor. It looks like two event spaces that have been put together.

As they could not give us an upgrade, they did give us breakfast at the Cafe. The room was very small - there wasn’t room for a nightstand next to one side of the bed (contrary to the pictures of classic rooms on the website). Also, our room had not been renovated yet as there was wallpaper peeling in the bathroom and in the room. Paint in the bathroom was chipped. Housekeeping seemed to forget about cleaning our room as I received a phone call asking if I wanted the room serviced. What saved the stay for us was the Club Lounge and the staff there.

For our amenity, we received a bottle of water, a small bottle of peach nectar, a small bottle os apple juice and a box of cherries. My parents received the same, but with apricots as well. My sister just received the cherries and water.

They did honor our 4:00 pm late checkout.

Would I stay there again? Only if I could guarantee that we would not be in one of the classic rooms - they are too small.

How was the new (temporary) lounge?

Actually, I was somewhat disappointed. The food offerings were much less that what I was expecting. There wasn’t a huge variety of offerings and each offering had a small number of items available (coffee cream puffs had 4 total cream puffs on the tray). You then had to wait for them to restock. It seemed like they weren’t close to the kitchen, so the restocking would take a while. But, the area set aside for food was not very big. According to pictures that I have found online of the previous lounge, it looks like they have reduced the food offerings as well as the size of the food area.

The drinks were the same situation. Wine and Champagne and water had big bottles for you to pour. The rest of the drinks (Cokes, Diet Coke, fruit juices, beer) were placed into crushed ice in a bowl. When the one Coke Zero was taken, you would have to ask the staff to get another one.

There were about 15 tables that seated 2 people per table plus a sofa seating area.

Now, this was the first two days that they were operating and they said that they had kinks to work out, I also do not think that they had many guests using the lounge as it wasn’t very crowded, so maybe the food offerings will increase in the future.

The staff in the lounge was excellent.

Was it worth €120/€150 supplement per night? Not in my opinion. I think that is overpriced for what you are currently receiving. I don’t know if this is temporary, or their new permanent lounge. I asked and the staff confirmed that the old lounge was being made into suites.

The lounge is apparently temporary but I’m not sure for how long - the refurbed lounge will seat more than the old, and is to be on level 1.

On the outside of the hotel and on Rue Scribe in general the construction has been very obvious - although the Rue Scribe stuff isn’t due solely to the IC.

Once inside however, I haven’t once heard a peep from hotel construction work, day or night.

Thanks so much for this information. I have reluctantly concluded that I will have to give LeGrand a miss until the new “permanent” club opens.