Le Lapin Blanc

We recently stayed four nights here during a family trip to Paris. Pros: great location, excellent water pressure, comfortable bed, super friendly staff, overall design Cons: the hotel itself is a bit rundown. There was clearly a lot of care put into the design details (a different color for each floor, the Alice in Wonderland-themed details) but a lot of the elements are past their prime for a 4-star hotel. The carpets were quite stained and worn, the curtains and pillows faded from the sun, water damage on the ceilings and door of the bathroom, etc. With that said: this is a great hotel option for families! I would have rated this higher if it had been advertised as a 3-star hotel, but this was not what I am used to from 4-stars and did not compare to the other hotels we stayed in on the same trip. Accessibility: like many Parisian buildings, the elevator is teeny and only accessed up several stairs. This would not be an ideal hotel for someone with a wheelchair.

We stayed in the hotel during October 2023 at the Classic Superior Room. The hotel is clean and conveniently located, around 8-10 mins walk to the Saint-Michel Notre-Dame station (but the lift to the station is not functioning, making it challenging to navigate with large luggage.). However, the overall experience did not meet my expectations for a 4-star establishment. For a room charge of €326 + tax per night (we stayed for 3 nights), this hotel is extremely poor-value due to several reasons: 1) Privacy: The room is an open space. The shower (made entirely from glass) is placed right next to the bed, separated only by a see-through curtain. We notified concierge of our concern, and they said all their rooms have the same curtain design. So if you are someone who values at least some kind of privacy when you take a bath, avoid this place. 2) Room layout: The toilet and the shower is placed separately in the room, on different ends. As we enter, there's first the wardrobe, then the toilet which is straight ahead, and the shower + bed on the right. A very inconvenient layout in which you have to walk a distance to get from the shower to the toilet. 3) Inconvenient design: Details in the design that annoys you here and there: there is not a single rack/tray in the shower room so we had to place our shampoo/ shower gel on the floor instead. For a two person room, there is only one towel hanger right next to the shower and two towel hangers in the toilet on the other side for no reason. Water leaks onto the floor during shower due to the lack of a splash guard or rubber threshold installed on the door. 4) Amenities: Claimed to provide free toiletries and water kettle in the room. They said they have ran out of toothbrush and toothpaste for the entirety of our stay and we had to request twice for the kettle (once in the morning and the second time at night) in order for it to be delivered to our room.