The Loft

NOT A HOTEL! It’s a Youth hostel, therefore loud! No AC or fans. You will sleep with windows open and hear people until past midnight and be awoken by the noise by 6ish. The curfew is 11 yet is not followed. We stayed in a room with private bath on the supposed hotel side. It was clean and chic, yet that doesn’t make up for not feeling any privacy or getting some rest. The front desk is friendly. Probably a good choice for people seeking low budget and mingling/​partying. We stayed for 4 nights and one of the nights people were partying until 3 am. I had already paid for the 4 nights, that is why we didn’t leave. Also, they will not clean your room even if you stay in a private room.

I stayed here last week as of this post so everything is fresh in mind…
This hostel is away from center (about 20 mins from Gare du Nord) but it’s in a good location near the Chinatown area. You can get here right off the metro in an 8 minute walk in either direction via the 2 at Belleville or the 11 at Pyrenees station.
This is a great value for what you pay. I stayed here for three nights. Two weekday nights were about € 18 per night in the mixed dorm. The third was on a Friday which was a little bit extra. The Saturday into Sunday I stayed at another hostel because there was no more vacancies — as I was booking day by day.
The rooms itself are clean. The upstairs rooms are nice and adequate. When I stayed the third night in one of the ground floor rooms, the room had a drafty door, but the rooms do have heaters. The bathrooms are clean as well, they also provide hand soap (some hostels don’t). The bathrooms are situated inside the rooms/​dorms. I wish the bathrooms were separated so it would not make as much noise for the other guests. There are lockers inside the rooms which is a bonus.
The free Wifi here is also strong, whether in the main area or in the rooms. They provide 2 computers where you can surf the web to kill time or take care of some personal business.
Their kitchenette is in the main congregating area. The ability to cook is a bonus which allowed us to cook some nights to save some cash.
The best value is the included continental breakfast — baguettes and croissants with butter and jams, assorted cereals, coffee and tea, milk, apple and orange juices. Some hostels don’t include breakfast in the rate. The croissants were really nice and fresh every day, btw!
Also if you’re going to walk about pre-​check in or post check out, they provide baggage storage (standard). Also their drink services are quite expensive € 1.90 for a can of soda. € 3.90 for a bottle of 16oz beer or personal wine bottle. Happy hour specials cut to € 2.50 is better. That seems cheaper but are still not as cheap as you can get from the market down the street. They do not permit outside alcohol, however the front desk staff are very nice!
The hostel staff are very accommodating and approachable. The vibe here is really friendly. It gives you a chance to meet a lot of people from all over the world. My only knock is they need a larger entertaining space. The only place is the kitchen which fits 16 –17 people, which isn’t bad, but we had one night where it seemed many people chose to stay in, and people were overflowing and had nowhere to sit. Other than the outside terrace where it was cold. Aside to this small knock, I would definitely recommend this place to anyone!

Great and affordable hostel! Located in a hip part of town with loads of great bars and Chinese food joints. Close by the metro. Rooms were clean and very well decorated. We had a private room on the top floor that overlooked the courtyard. Breakfast included. Will stay here again if I am in Paris.

This place was the nicest hostel we had stayed at during our trip to Europe. After looking at all of the reviews on HostelWorld for the available hostels at the time for Paris, we decided on The Loft since it was newer and had lockers.
The hostel is about a 5 – 10 minute walk from the Belleville metro stop on Line 11. It is a little far away from everything else in Paris (you have to switch at least once on the metro). But the hostel itself isn’t too far from the metro, which is nice. If you take the Rue de Belleville exit, hang a left and go up the hill til you hit rue de Julien Lacroix. Turn right and walk about 1.5 blocks. You’ll notice it’s located in an Asian community.
The lobby area has several computers that are free to use, brochures for things to do around Paris, a small indoor common area with free coffee/​tea, small kitchen and fridges, and a small outdoor patio with tables and chairs. This hostel does have some «curfew hours» (i.e. the patio closes at a certain time so that anyone trying to sleep can). You can also buy drinks (beers, wine, sodas, water, etc.) from the front desk. I believe there was also a free breakfast, but I was never awake early enough to take advantage of this.
The rooms themselves are nice. There is no elevator here btw. We stayed in a 6-​bed mixed dorm. There are small lockers that fit our day backpacks. You have to insert 50 cents to lock it (it’s a 4 digit combination lock), but you get back your 50 cents when you unlock it. There were plenty of outlets in the room. I think I saw 2 by the beds, 2 by the door and 1 in the bathroom. And speaking of bathrooms, there is an attached one with a sink, toilet, and shower. It’s a newer hostel so everything still looks new!
There’s also a laundry room for all of you backpackers who need to wash some stuff. And my favorite thing the hostel offers is… free luggage storage. You can store your bags in their locked luggage room for free before you check in (if you get there before check-​in time) and after you check out. Not very many hostels offer this, so we definitely took advantage of this on our last day before heading to our next stop of our trip.
The staff working here are all friendly and helpful. If you need help finding something on the map, which metro lines to take, or even just wanted to know where affordable shopping was (Paris gets expensive!), they’re able to answer all of your questions!
Last but not least, free WiFi. Sure, most hostels offer this. But most hostels’ free WiFi’s are spotty at best. The WiFi offered here was fast and worked in the rooms as well as the common areas.
So overall I would have given this hostel 5 stars, but deducted 1 star for the location. It takes awhile on the metro to get to different places and if you’re trying to go out at night, there aren’t that many cafes/​bars open around here.

Modern and spacious rooms with happy hours at the bar!
It is a nice, petite hostel that is tucked in between an alley or road. Once you have entered, the place is pretty cozy and contemporary for what it is.
The front desk receptionist, named Mike, helped us out aplenty with last minute room accommodations and adjustments to safety locks just in case you have forgotten what number it is for your lock (such as myself)! Thank goodness for backups!
The Wi-​Fi here works splendidly well and there are complimentary breakfasts in the mornings! You can cook your own meals in the kitchen and lounge area! Pretty cool for a hostel!
I brought a huge luggage with me for the Europe trip and I like how they don’t make you change rooms every night. It was such a hassle to move rooms every night in each hostel I have stayed in so far besides The Loft!
The Metro is conveniently located a few blocks away from this place, which makes everything very commutable.
I enjoyed my stay here entirely!