Our room was small but everything seemed pretty new, very clean. Everything worked. We were on the street side, so it was a little noisy, a little crowd talking late into the night. But I wore my earplugs, daughter tuned them out, and we were fine. It's about two blocks from Gare de Nor, a giant train station where you can catch several Metro trains as well as regional trains like the one to CDG airport. It feels very midtown Manhattan, like this is where people work. But that was kind of interesting, too. Check-in was great, staff so nice. Very comfortable.