Hilton Garden Inn Paris La Villette

If you want to experience Paris, that is NOT on TV, then stay here! This place is in the hood to be straight up and I'm from America. I don't want to go on vacation and feel like I'm back in the hood. I felt safer walking in the streets of Chicago and New York at night, than in this neighborhood (and yes I've walked at night in both of those cities solo). I didn't feel that safe if I walked out after a certain hour as a solo traveling woman. I've been waiting to write this review to get my thoughts together but it has been a little over a week, so I'm going to write it from my experience. I was in Paris for a little over a week and this was the 2nd hotel that I stayed in before I left. The price was right and it appeared to be closer to the airport so I decided to stay here. The hotel itself is nice, updated, and the rooms are fairly clean. The staff was nice even though there was some miscommunication with the front desk on the hours for the on site restaurant. There is some type of metro station a few minutes away, but could possibly miss it if you don't look. It had a nice view of the riverfront however, there are a lot of transient people in the area at night. There was also a makeshift set up outside of my hotel room with what looked to be a brothel. By the time the morning came, it was gone, but I did take video and pictures. Like I said the area did not feel very safe if I left after a certain hour. I also didn't like that there were no really good restaurants to choose from in walking distance. The miscommunication from the reception was that the restaurant would open at a certain hour. However the day I stayed the restaurant was closed due to a private gathering which I didn't know until I waited an hour to come down at the time front desk told me and found out. Thankfully the staff let me order from a limited menu because I was not leaving that hotel after dark. They need to pick the hotel up and put it in a better neighborhood. Hopefully this review can provide a realistic expectation for people who are looking to stay and can't find real video online. I would not stay here again, even if it was free. I don't want to stay places where I feel like I don't want to leave the hotel due to safety.