Hôtel Chateau Frontenac

My two friends and I stayed in Hotel Château Frontenac for three overnights. Overall, we were extremely pleased with our time spent there.
Favorite things about Château Frontenac:
1. The hotel is beautiful. I fell in love as soon as we walked in. The lobby, dining room and rooms are all tastefully decorated and very welcoming. It was a great place to return to every night.
2. The location is ideal. It is on a side street off of the Champs-​Élysées (the best street for shopping in Paris). The hotel is also within walking distance of all of the sights that we wanted to see. The Arc de Triomphe was right at the end of the shops on Champs-​Élysées. We were a ten minute walk from the Eiffel Tower. The Tower was also visible as soon as we turned off of our block. The hotel was close to the Seine River, which led to some of the most beautiful architecture I have ever seen in my life.
3. In addition to being close to many of the sights of Paris, the hotel is surrounded by all types of restaurants and shops. Just across the street is a delicious restaurant called La Belle Ferronniere, which serves every French traditional menu item that we could think of. The hotel is also very close to many cafes, pizza shops, Italian restaurants, fine dining, designer shops and drug stores.
4. The breakfast served at Château Frontenac was delicious. Every morning, they had a new selection of fresh cheese and meats. The croissants, eggs, sausage, bacon and fruit were also excellent. Breakfast was served until 2:00 p.m. every day, which was very convenient for those of us adjusting to the time difference.
5. The beds were comfortable. We always felt well-​rested waking up in the morning.
6. The customer service was impeccable. Everyone was always so friendly to us. The staff was also happy to help with directions whenever we needed it. All employees spoke basic English.
7. The pricing for the hotel was very fair.
8. Free, reliable wifi!
9. The hotel was spotless. Everything was clean and organized. The rooms were cleaned thoroughly every day.
Areas for improvement:
1. The view wasn’t anything special. There are several other hotels in Paris that have views of the Seine River or the Eiffel Tower. Our window pretty much just overlooked a side street.
2. Space in the rooms — There wasn’t much extra space in our room. Our two beds and one cot pretty much took up the whole bedroom.
If I were allowed, I would give it a 4.5 rating instead of 4. It really was the ideal hotel for our stay

Well, where do I even start?
The moment we walked into the hotel, we were greeted by the friendly staff, one of which was William, who is in fact the most helpful and kind-​hearted man. From the way we were treated when we first walked in, we knew this hotel was the right choice.(just gonna add that they automatically upgraded our room to the top floor w/​a beautiful view… pretty nice of them.) Having stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel George V (a 4.5 star hotel) two years ago, I could say that Château Frontenac is the better choice because of their honest and friendly service, especially William and Jean-​Paul Sarkissian’s (the chief concierge). During our 10-​day stay there, the hotel staff made us feel at home.
The hotel is well-​positioned. Half a block walking distance to Champs-​Élysées and also surrounded by some of the best restaurants, such as Pershing Hall, La Belle Ferronniere, Chez Andrés, Le relais de l’entrecôte, etc.
The rooms are spacious and clean. Its always nice to have rooms like these to come back to and rest after a long day of site-​seeing, walking, shopping, etc. They also have free Wi-​fi, which worked extremely well!
Overall, I strongly recommend this hotel. I also want to give William a special shout out for his attentive, considerate and accomodating service! If there is anyone who makes a true concierge, it would be William.
two thumbs up for Hôtel Château Frontenac!

Nice Little Hotel, The service is Okay the Room are weired.
But its Ok for the Locations

Very nice hotel, We just walked in, have taken photos, have not tried everything there is, but tomorrow, I’ll give updates, we’ll be staying here for 4 days.
First negative already: I don’t like the view! We’re on the 5^th floor. But our Tour Guide says, the street side will be noisy. It is quiet over here, we can’t hear fast cars or buses going by, so I guess that’s a plus, but we’re in Paris now and we’re on our 40^th Wedding Anniversary, it would be so NICE if we have the street view! Right?
The next day, we asked the front desk if we could change our room to the same floor facing the street. He said, he’ll ask his manager when he comes in. After we got back from our tour, I confronted him again, and he asked right then & there, but there was no rooms left in the same floor, but there’s one on the 2^nd floor (after calling his associate). The noise level? Maybe a little noisier, but what do you expect? It’s a big city, and my house in Portland can be just as noisy! I’m happier because I’m paying for the view, and the room is a tad smaller, too. I’m not complaining! We now have three windows, including a full window for our bathroom I could look out from, like in Venice!
The only negative about the new room: the hot water faucet is noisy when we turn it on.
The rest of our stay here, prompt service, excellent breakfast choices, the room is always cleaned & towels replaced, Lotion, conditioner, soap, shampoo, AND wash cloths!

Mixed feelings about this hotel. Overall though, I expected better for the price and for the 4-​star rating. The hotel itself and the rooms are intricate and beautiful; the walls are made of wood so it almost feels like you’re in the captain’s room on a ship.
The Downsides:
— There’s shampoo, but no conditioner.
— The breakfast is expensive (€ 25), and stay away from the scrambled eggs! They’re weird and creamy.
— I had breakfast there twice and the first morning my table was missing napkins, and the second morning it was missing silverware…
— One day I walked into my room and it looked like whoever was cleaning it got distracted in the middle and left; there were folded linens hanging off the TV table and folded towels piled in the sink… bizarre.
The staff at the front desk was friendly and helpful and the location is nice, but I wouldn’t recommend this hotel to a friend.

This was an accidental first-​night stay for us. It was lovely, however. Beautiful hotel. Nice lobby. Great lounge. Friendly staff. WiFi, even. Very accomodating to us.
We got here because of an accidental overbooking, and were still happy with the result. The only trip was that our king bed was actually two singles pushed together but not lashed together. That was kinda funny, for a first night of the honeymoon, but far from a big deal.
You may find breakfast pricey here, in which case there’s food all around you in that area, so no worries. It IS in the Champs Elysee area.

Thank goodness we didn’t come across William at our brief stay here.
This is the hotel we stayed at the first two nights of our Paris honeymoon vacation when our travel agent mis-​booked our initial hotel reservation.
It’s a beautiful façade, great location (right across the street from the Powers Hotel, as well as many other tourist sights), nice lobby, free wi-​fi, and a friendly staff.
Since it was a travel agent/​Powers Hotel snafu they gave us a junior suite which was very nice, although the beds were two single beds pushed together to make a double. So beware there are no king beds here.
Another minor disadvantage is that breakfast is expensive, but local café’s ensured a reasonably priced breakfast can be easily obtained. IMO, there are more pluses than minuses to this hotel and would stay here again.

Presentation = A; Rooms = A-​; Service = C-​. Overall, the hotel is a winner; though the front desk almost ruined the entire experience.
Located in a chic neighborhood just off of Champs Elysee (closer to the Arche de Triomphe), you walk through the front sliding glass revolving doors to find a lobby of modern chic tucked within the frame of the classic french architecture that draws the heart to Paris. The staff is incredibly friendly, and appear to all speak English very well .
The rooms do not disappoint. Both the standard and superior rooms are extremely comfortable, extremely clean, and elegantly decorated. Except for the strange half-​glass that only keeps half of the water from the shower off the bathroom floor, the rooms are excellent.
But then I met William. William is one of the staff who works with arranging Taxis. On three separate occasions William made me feel as if the staff simply didn’t have my back. The first time we ordered a taxi, and instead got a private driver, which seems like a good thing, until you are asked to pay DOUBLE the normal rate for a van. What stung even worse is that half the taxis in Paris are already Mercedes… I payed double for a stinking van…
Fast forward to the next day: we order a cab, this time being veeeery explicit that we want a cab and not a driver. The cab shows up early, and when we tell William that we don’t want to have to pay extra for the cab, he says «It’s ok». Well, «It’s ok» apparently means go F*&k yourself, because when we got down to the cab, we were told that we had to pay for the half-​hour that the cabby was waiting. William basically said our only options were to either wait 30 minutes for a new taxi (which would make us late for dinner), flag one down ourselves (which we could not do because two of the women with us were wearing 5 inch heels), or end up paying TRIPLE the normal rate to get where we were going. What made it worse was that William’s aggressive «take it or leave it» attitude made us feel like the hotel simply was not looking out for our interests, letting the cabby have his way with our wallets.
And if that weren’t bad enough, the cab the next morning shows up 10 minutes early, costing me yet another wasted 10 Euros… The frustration I felt left an ugly tint on my memories of the city as I left. Trying to recall the beautiful things I saw, and the otherwise very nice people that I met, my mind’s eye was redirected to images of my fist connecting with William’s smarmy visage.
The take away? Fire William, and you have yourself a 5 star hotel.