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Business hotel reviews

Each review tells you how long the walk to the métro takes and how late the spa or the gym stays open, so you can plan the evening before you land. Start with Sofitel Le Scribe Paris Opéra, our pick in Paris, with a gym open 24 hours on the ground floor.

A café counter in the morning, in Paris

What does a hotel review tell you before you book?

A review takes one Accor hotel and sets out what a business traveller needs to know before booking. It opens with a verdict and two short lines: who the hotel suits and who should look elsewhere. Then come the facts the hotel publishes, each with its source: the meeting rooms and the capacity of the largest, the hours of the spa, pool and gym, the restaurants and the days they serve dinner, the nearest stations and the walk to them, and the check-in and check-out times.

Every review also states the hotel’s limits. For Sofitel Paris Baltimore Tour Eiffel, the smallest rooms are 15 to 16 m², there is no spa or pool, and Lordy’s Paris Club closes at the weekend. For Sofitel Paris Arc de Triomphe, wellness stops at a gym, open 24 hours. A short FAQ and the list of sources, with the date they were checked, close each review.

Which Paris Sofitel review fits your meetings?

Start from the address of your first meeting.

If you work around the Opéra, the Grands Boulevards or Saint-Lazare, read Sofitel Le Scribe Paris Opéra, at 1 rue Scribe in the 9th arrondissement. Opéra métro and Auber RER A are 200 m away, and it has the largest meeting room of the four, 170 m² for up to 200 guests.

For the Madeleine and the Faubourg Saint-Honoré, read Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg, on rue Boissy d’Anglas, with Concorde métro, on lines 1, 8 and 12, listed at 0 m. Its four meeting rooms stop at 50 people.

For the Étoile and the Champs-Élysées, a published 440 m and six minutes on foot, read Sofitel Paris Arc de Triomphe, on rue Beaujon, which also has 210 indoor parking spaces.

Sofitel Paris Baltimore Tour Eiffel, on avenue Kléber in the 16th, has Boissière métro 50 m away and is the closest of the four to La Défense, 4.9 km in a straight line.

What should a business traveller check in a review?

Four facts are worth checking against your diary, and each review gives them as the hotel publishes them.

The first is the largest meeting room and its capacity, if you are hosting. The second is the set of hours after work: the Wellness Suite at Le Scribe takes treatments from 09:00 to 20:00, Carte Blanche Spa at Le Faubourg runs from 07:00 to 22:00 every day, and the gym is open 24 hours at Le Scribe, Le Faubourg and Arc de Triomphe, against 06:00 to 22:00 at Baltimore Tour Eiffel. The third is the restaurant’s days: Maison Blossom at Le Faubourg closes on Saturday and serves only lunch or brunch on Sunday, and Envies at Arc de Triomphe lists weekday lunch with no dinner hours. The fourth is the clock at either end of the stay. All four Paris Sofitels give check-in from 15:00 and check-out by 12:00, so plan where to leave your bags if you land in the morning.

Frequently asked questions

Which hotel review should I read first?

Sofitel Le Scribe Paris Opéra, our pick for a business trip to Paris. It stands 200 m from Opéra métro and Auber RER A, has four meeting rooms for up to 200 guests and takes spa treatments daily from 09:00 to 20:00. The review also sets out its limits: no pool, no sauna, and a hammam sold as an add-on to a treatment.

Which Paris Sofitels have a spa?

Two of the four. Sofitel Le Scribe Paris Opéra has a Wellness Suite with two treatment rooms and a hammam, open daily from 09:00 to 20:00, and Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg runs Carte Blanche Spa, around a gold-tiled hammam, from 07:00 to 22:00 every day. Sofitel Paris Arc de Triomphe and Sofitel Paris Baltimore Tour Eiffel offer a gym only.

Which hotels in the Paris list have a pool?

Six of the 19 hotels publish a pool: Novotel Paris Centre Tour Eiffel, Pullman Paris Centre - Bercy, Le Royal Monceau - Raffles Paris, Molitor Hotel & Spa Paris, Aparthotel Adagio Paris Centre Eiffel Tower and Boutet Bastille Hotel Paris. None of the four Paris Sofitels has one. Le Royal Monceau publishes the longest hours, 06:30 to 22:00 every day.

What time can I check in at the Paris Sofitels?

From 15:00 at all four, with check-out by 12:00: Sofitel Le Scribe Paris Opéra, Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg, Sofitel Paris Arc de Triomphe and Sofitel Paris Baltimore Tour Eiffel publish the same times. Elsewhere in the Paris list, Pullman Paris Centre - Bercy and ibis Paris Tour Eiffel Cambronne 15ème open check-in at 14:00, and Pullman Bercy sells early check-in from 09:00 for a fee.

What does each hotel review cover?

Our verdict, who the hotel suits and who should look elsewhere, then the facts the hotel publishes: meeting rooms and their capacity, restaurants and their days, spa, pool and gym hours, the nearest stations, and check-in and check-out times. Each review also states the hotel’s limits, and closes with a short FAQ and its sources, with the date they were checked.