The staff at Hotel des Arenes were so welcoming, friendly and helpful in providing directions and suggestions on places to eat and visit. They went above and beyond! Also, the room was perfectly clean and comfortable, had a refrigerator and was extremely quiet and had a/c for sleeping. We loved the location of this hotel on Rue Monge as it is so close the Place Monge with the market several days/week to buy fresh flowers, fruits, vegetables, cheeses, etc. and there are many wonderful restaurants just down the block by the Cardinal Lemoine metro and also great patisseries/boulangeries to go for petit dejeuner. There is also a Carrefour conveniently located just diagonally across the street for other items you may want. We will happily return to this hotel on our next trip to Paris!