Surroundings were not great. You had to walk past homeless people living in old cars, who used the sidewalk as their trashcan, it seemed, where you had to walk on to get to the hotel. This is when you walked from the metro to the hotel.
Although I did not have trouble walking there, I can understand people who would not feel safe there, especially when those homeless people were standing on the sidewalk, talking, not reacting much when you asked if you could pass on a sidewalk maybe 50cm wide.
The first thing that greets you when you see the hotel is a burned out neon sign on the side of the hotel.
Rooms are simple, but suffice when just go there to see Paris. Bed, table, tv, mirror, sink. No toilet or shower. There were communal toilettes and showers. This was with a "sidecar" room.
Toilet flush was very weak and there was a sensor it seems, so that you could just flush two times when you went to the toilet.
When checking in there was this 18-20 year old kid who didn't acknowledged me for 30 secs before disinterestedly took my info en checked us in.
Overall decent enough, but definitely clear that it's a budget hotel.