The location of Hotel Les Deux Gares worked well for us since we were coming and going from Gare du Nord and had very easy access to the metro at the very close Gare d'Est station. However, we did have some problems with our stay. I paid extra for a premium room that was supposed to have extra space, a King bed, city view and balcony. Unfortunately, the room we were first given did not have any of these things. After one night in the standard room, I asked the older gentlemen who worked the desk if there were any other rooms and he accommodated us with a much better room (which is what we had paid for). However, we still had issues trying to sleep as we could not adequately cool down the room. I don't think the AC worked at all.