We have just spent the weekend staying at this lovely hotel. It has the perfect location - being within walking distance of the Arc de Triomphe. It was clean and quiet and the staff were great. Highly recommended.

It is at such a great location close to anywhere that you want to see in Paris.
10 minutes walking distance to Champs Elysees; very close to Palais de Chaillot, Eiffel Tower, and Arc de Triomphe.Very easy access to Metro.
In spite of the old looking building, ınside is a different atmosphere for to experience it. Nicely designed room and great room service. Plenty of space inside the room that gives you good comfort feeling. I slept very nice and easy with this feeling.

Over the last year I've stayed in a few hotels around the Arc De Triomphe area of Paris and when offered another night at the ok, but not astounding Cristal Champs Elyssees I found the Ascott which looked ok in the photos for the same price.

I arrived pretty late after dinner, so I didn't get the full experience, but what I did get was truly excellent.

The building is oldish, but everything inside is modern, stylish and new.

Even at around 11 the reception was helpful and polite and I was quickly off to my room on the first floor.

The floors are carpeted in deep, vivid scarlet carpet and there are some very funky plastic chairs in the corridors. My room was around a corner and through another door and I was thinking I was in for a tiny cupboard.

The truth was quite the opposite. It was huge by Paris standards, with full length windows the whole length of the right side of the room with powered curtains floor to ceiling.

There was a Bang and Olufsen TV and hi-fi in the room and the bed had 3 pillows across it!

The bathroom (it was a bath, so no separate shower, but the unit in the bath had plenty of pressure) was fitted with wide sliding doors so you could luxuriate in the bath with the doors to the room open if you liked.

There was plenty of space in cupboards and desks and the thick red carpet extended into the room. There was free wi-fi (often not the case in Paris I've found) too.

The bed proved very comfy and I slept well.

Next morning I had a pleasant buffet breakfast overlooking the smallish gym which looked plenty for a hotel stay - I believe there's a pool too, but this trip I had no chance to investigate either.

Overall, this was a highly impressive hotel at (for Paris) a reasonable price. Next time I'm there I shall make a point of staying here again!

Excellent!

The Ascott is only "reasonably priced" considering that it is in the expensive 16th arrondissement, amidst many other 4 star properties that charge 40-50% more than it does. It's facilities and amenities are functional and practical for business travelers and there are extras that will please everyone,
-- the rooms are very spacious -- with a big desk (free, fast wifi), adequate lighting, an in room safe, plenty of closet space, albeit with those wooden hangars that are attached to the bar that you can't hang anywhere else...
-- the bathrooms are big, water pressure is good, separate shower (rainforest head), and bath, and occitaine toiletries
-- the gym is great, clean, with trainers. three treadmills, weights, everything you need for a basic workout. The swimming pool is more like a big bathtub, though. Didn't use it.
-- the carpet and furniture are clean and functional.
-- the service was all right , considering that this is Europe and nothing happens particularly fast (compared to Asia). Not sure what the complaints of "surliness" were about -- i thought that the reception was pretty pleasant provided that you go through the french protocal. (bonjour, merci, etc)
-- last nice touch is that there is a permanent bowl of fruit in the lobby. and the fruits are good fruits, not just cheap apples and bananas... And there is a gourmet (capsules) coffee machine in the lobby for free.

My only complaint is that while there is a minibar fridge there is no water boiler for in room coffee/tea. Considering that many cheaper three star places provide in room coffee , for a property of this standard not to have it seems amiss.

All in all, glad i stayed here and would probably return here if i'm in town again for business