Mercure Paris Porte d'Orleans

Hotel location

No evening bar so advised yo go to Ibis next door which had a lovely bar man and vibe about the place

It has a very nice lounge area where you can sit and relax and a small little section where you can buy snacks and drinks. Breakfast was good, lots of options. Room has a dressing table which was also nice.

The room was okay, carpets were a bit dirty and they put a layer of something under the bedsheet to protect the mattress but it feels like you are sleeping on paper. Only one lift works. The aircon, on it’s lowest temperature setting was just just enough to cool the room (and it wasn’t that hot outside even) - so I imagine with higher temperatures the aircon wouldn’t be sufficient. It is located pretty far from anything worth seeing and quite a walk to the metro station. When we asked for a second pillow it seemed like the person at reception had no idea what was going on but eventually brought one to our room.

Location cleanliness

Breakfast was great if you could get a seat in time.

The place had a bad smell that was masked by other vapors. Our two sets of friends changed rooms up to 3 times in one day due to sewerage smell. The vapors were toxic to me and I was getting headaches. We had paid for a better room on level 5 but still experienced "the smell"