The staff were exceptionally helpful, attentive, always available. The reception staff are all at home in several languages. The breakfast was fresh, delicious, with healthy cholces , and regularly topped up. It has a small but pleasant breakfast room where it is a pleasure to start the day. The balcony is cute and very Paris. Like so many hotels in Paris the room is compact but very well planned, and the whole of the hotel has been recently rebuilt (rather than renovared). You do have to imagine your room is about the size of a good cabin on a river cruise. Le Milie Rose definitely ranks 10/10 and merits the official 4 stars it has. There are many cafes and restaurants close by, with a range of ethnic choices as well as French. It has a larger lift than most such small hotels. There is a supermarket within a couple of minutes walk, and it is about 7 minutes walk to the nearest Metro stations (of which there are choices). It also close to the Gare Du Nord and the Gare de L'Est, though we would not recoomend walking to or from the hotel with your luggage in the heat of the Paris summer.