If you are looking for affordable and central stay, this is your place. You are in the heart of Paris. And above that, you have a lot of ways of transportation at the palm of your hand in a radius of five minutes from the hotel: metro, train, bus, taxi, bike, etc.; which for me is the most important fact that you need to cover when visiting Paris: transportation. For the same reason, it can be a little noisy. We stayed at the first floor and you can feel and hear very far the trains early in the AM. For us, it was no trouble because of our commitments we had to get up early anyway. Close to shopping, pharmacy (even a hospital) and entertainment; dining and grocery stores in the same street. Very safe neighborhood at any hour.