Le Dokhan's Paris, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel: Rooms to renovate, service to improve

Still on a business trip to Paris, I stayed at this hotel in the 16th arrondissement.

As a reminder, here is the itinerary followed:

#	Type	Review
1	Lounge	British Airways Galleries North, London Heathrow (not reviewed)
2	Flight	British Airways Club Europe, London Heathrow – Paris Charles-de-Gaulle, Airbus A319 (not reviewed)
3	Hotel	Brach Paris
4	Hotel	Le Dokhan’s Paris, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
5	Restaurant	Nomicos P a ris
6	Train	TER Nomad 1st clas, Paris Saint-Lazare – Caen ((not reviewed))
7	Cruise	Brittany Ferries Commodore Class, Ouistreham (Caen) – Portsmouth, MV Mont Saint-Michel

Today’s itinerary

Booking

I booked this hotel a few weeks before my arrival, for two nights, then reduced my stay to one night, staying at the Brach Paris the night before.

For €236 a night, I got a reservation at Dokhan’s.

Note that I have already “tried” to stay at this hotel, but had been walked out, yes yes, even as an Ambassador member, and had been placed at the Radisson Blue Champs Elysées.

Arrival

I arrive at the hotel shortly after 8am from the Brach Paris (about a 10-15 minute walk).

My room is obviously not ready, but I take the opportunity to drop off my luggage at reception. I’m told that it will be brought up to my room when it’s ready.

I had previously noticed an upgrade to an Executive room.

On my return to the hotel in the early evening at around 9pm, I waited for long minutes before being taken care of by the receptionist. I don’t receive any special welcome as a result of my status; my key is handed to me without anyone even asking me which Ambassador benefit I’m choosing.

I noticed on the welcome sheet that the room assigned to me had been reassigned to someone else, and that I found myself on the second floor instead of the fourth, on a smoking floor, even though I’d booked a non-smoking room! Unbelievable…

Room

So I take the tiny elevator, draped in (vulgar) Vuitton leather, to my room on the second floor.

The hotel is very small, the corridors narrow, and my room at the end of the corridor.

As for the decor… You’ve got to love these striped walls, no longer up to date. To top it all off, everything is in a fairly low state of maintenance, so renovation is more than necessary.

To the right of the entrance is the bathroom, as it was in the late ’80s, with fairly basic materials. The soap is of poor quality.

Opposite is the bedroom, with its king-size bed (actually made up of two single beds), a desk facing it, and a lounge area near the French window opening onto a beautiful balcony.