A 3-Star Independent Hotel in the Heart of Montparnasse
Rue d'Odessa is the kind of short, busy Paris dining street you hope your hotel opens onto, creperies, bakeries and casual brasseries the whole length of it, and Hotel Berkeley sits right on the corner where it meets Boulevard du Montparnasse, at 2 Rue d'Odessa in the 14th arrondissement. The legal entity behind it, SA Berkeley Hotel, is on the Paris RCS register under number 572 098 960, and a verified guest review describes guests staying here in the early 1990s, so this is a hotel that has worked the same corner under the same name for decades. The guest listing carries the Loyal Customers badge for exactly that reason: more repeat guests than most properties in the area.
What you are buying is the position. Gare Montparnasse is a short walk from the door, around 650 yards by the property's measurement, fully on paved footpaths, and Edgar Quinet on Metro Line 6 is roughly 250 yards away. The four-line Montparnasse-Bienvenue interchange (Lines 4, 6, 12 and 13) is 160 metres beyond that, which puts the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Latin Quarter, the Rodin Museum and the TGV network for Brittany, the Loire and Bordeaux on a single ticket. Couples consistently rate the location among the best parts of a stay here, and the Genius loyalty programme runs across the building.
39 Compact Rooms Across Four Categories, 12 to 15 Square Metres
Rooms at Hotel Berkeley are compact in the small-Parisian-hotel tradition: 12 m² Single Rooms, 14 m² Double and Twin Rooms, and a slightly roomier 15 m² Superior Double Room as the top tier. Every category shares the same in-room kit, air conditioning, in-room safe, work desk, telephone, flat-screen TV with Canal+ and satellite channels, tea and coffee maker, heating, minibar, alarm clock or wake-up service, wardrobe and carpeted floor. Bathrooms are private en-suite with a bath, shower over the bath, free toiletries, hairdryer and a separate toilet.
The Superior Double is the only category with a meaningful step up in square metres and is the one most likely to be paired with a small balcony when requested, balcony rooms are limited, on request and subject to availability, but they do exist. The whole hotel is non-smoking. The lift serves floors 1 to 5; the 6th floor is reached by one flight of stairs from the 5th, which a couple of guest reviewers flag as a surprise, request a lower floor if heavy luggage or mobility is a concern.
What You Get at This 3-Star: 24/7 Reception, Free Wi-Fi, Cash-Only on Settlement
Reception is staffed 24 hours a day, guest reviews single out the staff as a highlight and the recurring reviewer themes are practical things: they will store luggage before check-in and after check-out, book a taxi for an early TGV, recommend a Thai restaurant on Rue d'Odessa, and patiently take a balcony request in non-perfect French. Free Wi-Fi covers every room and the common areas (a consistently well-reviewed connection), and a continental breakfast is served daily from 07:00 to 10:00 in the breakfast room or to your room on request, must be ordered the previous evening at reception, and the menu skews sweet (hot drinks, pastries, breads, jam, honey, plain yoghurt, orange juice).
What you should plan for honestly: settlement is cash-only per the guest listing, which is unusual for a Paris 3-star booked through an OTA and worth confirming with the hotel before arrival. There is no on-site parking, no swimming pool, no spa and no on-site restaurant or bar; the receptionist will book a restaurant for you. Public parking is available nearby for around €25 per day. Pets are not allowed under any circumstances, and the building is non-smoking throughout.
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Interesting Points About Hotel Berkeley
- The 'Loyal customers' badge appears on the public listing despite a modest overall rating; structurally rare for a 3-star Paris hotel where guests typically stay once on a single trip and never return, and the practical takeaway is that the property's standout location and warmly reviewed staff create a return-visit loyalty pocket the headline rating understates.
- 39 rooms across four categories in the 12 to 15 m² range, typical Paris Left Bank inventory size at this rate band but compact even by Parisian standards; a pre-booking factor for travellers who haven't stayed in Montparnasse before and arrive expecting London or US room sizes.
- Montparnasse-Bienvenue interchange (Métro Lines 4, 6, 12 and 13) is 160 metres from the door, putting the Eiffel Tower (Line 6 direct), the Louvre (one transfer from Line 4 or 12), the Latin Quarter and the Rodin Museum all on a single transfer-free or one-transfer journey; this four-line position is structurally rare in Paris and exactly why guests rate the location so highly.
- Cash-only settlement at check-out ('Cash' is the only accepted payment method despite the 24/7 staffed reception); a practical pre-arrival detail that often catches international guests off-guard at a 3-star Paris rate band, since most peers in the category accept Visa or Mastercard at the desk.
Rooms & Accommodation at Hotel Berkeley
Single Room
Sleeps 1 · ~12 m² · One single bed · Private bathroom with bath
The cheapest bed in the building, a compact ~12 m² (129 ft²) Parisian single with a private en-suite bathroom (bath with shower over, hairdryer, free toiletries, separate toilet), air conditioning, in-room safe, work desk, flat-screen TV with Canal+ and satellite channels, tea and coffee maker, telephone, minibar, alarm clock or wake-up service, wardrobe and carpeted floor. Free Wi-Fi in all rooms. Bed comfort draws mixed feedback, the compact single is priced accordingly.
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Double Room
Sleeps 2 · ~14 m² · One double bed · Couples Top Pick driver
The most-booked category and the room behind the Couples Top Pick badge. A ~14 m² (151 ft²) double with one double bed, private en-suite bathroom with bath (shower over, hairdryer, free toiletries, separate toilet), air conditioning, in-room safe, work desk, flat-screen TV with Canal+ and satellite channels, tea and coffee maker, telephone, minibar, alarm clock or wake-up service, wardrobe and carpeted floor. A small balcony is occasionally available on request, ask and accept that availability is not guaranteed.
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Twin Room
Sleeps 2 · ~14 m² · Two single beds · Friends or colleagues travelling together
Same ~14 m² footprint as the Double but with two single beds rather than one double, the right choice for friends, colleagues or siblings travelling together who would rather not share a bed. Private en-suite bathroom with bath (shower over, hairdryer, free toiletries, separate toilet), air conditioning, in-room safe, work desk, flat-screen TV with Canal+ and satellite channels, tea and coffee maker, telephone, minibar, alarm clock or wake-up service, wardrobe and carpeted floor. The whole room is non-smoking.
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Superior Double Room
Sleeps 2 · ~15 m² · One double bed · Largest category · Most likely to be paired with a balcony on request
The biggest room in the hotel and the only category with a meaningful step up in square metres, a ~15 m² (161 ft²) Superior Double with one double bed, private en-suite bathroom with bath (shower over, hairdryer, free toiletries, separate toilet), air conditioning, in-room safe, work desk, flat-screen TV with Canal+ and satellite channels, tea and coffee maker, telephone, minibar, alarm clock or wake-up service, wardrobe and carpeted floor. Superior Doubles are the category most likely to be paired with a small balcony when requested, confirmed in the property's older guest Q&A and corroborated by guest reviews, but balcony availability is not guaranteed.
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Best Suited For
- Travellers connecting through Gare Montparnasse on a 06:00 TGV to Brittany, the Loire, Bordeaux, Rennes or the Atlantic coast: a five-minute walk from the door, paved footpaths all the way
- Couples on a short Paris city-break who would rather spend their euros on dinner at La Coupole or Le Dome than on a hotel room: this is the property's strongest suit with couples
- First-time Paris visitors who want a quieter Left Bank base than Le Marais or Saint-Germain at a 3-star price point: the 14e is residential and working rather than a tourist set-piece
- Business visitors heading to Porte de Versailles via Metro Line 12 from Montparnasse-Bienvenue: a single short ride
- Solo travellers who want a no-frills central bed and an English-and-French-speaking 24-hour reception they can call from anywhere in the building
- Loyal repeat guests: the property carries the property's loyal Customers badge for a reason; one reviewer in our sample still recognised the building from a stay in the early 1990s
Worth Considering Alternatives If
- You expect a boutique-hotel feel or chain-hotel uniformity: Hotel Berkeley is an honest, working independent 3-star and its overall rating reflects that
- You need a card-only check-out: the property is listed as cash-only ; bring enough euros for the bill or contact the hotel beforehand to confirm
- You need a large room: 12 to 15 m² is normal for a central Parisian 3-star but smaller than most chain rooms; multiple guest reviewers flag the size honestly
- You absolutely need step-free access on the top floor: the lift serves floors 1–5 and the 6th floor is reached by one flight of stairs from the 5th
- You travel with a pet: pets are not allowed under any circumstances
- You smoke in the room: the entire building is non-smoking
- You need on-site dining or a bar: there is no on-site restaurant or bar; the receptionist will book one for you, and Rue d'Odessa itself is lined with cafes and brasseries
- You sleep light and book a street-facing low-floor room on a weekend: one guest reviewer flagged nightclub crowds on the street between 4 and 5 am on a Saturday; request an upper-floor or courtyard-side room if this is a concern
Amenities & Facilities
Reception & Service
- 24-hour front desk (warmly reviewed staff)
- Free Wi-Fi throughout the building (a well-reviewed connection)
- Multilingual reception, English and French
- Luggage storage at reception, including after check-out (a recurring reviewer mention)
- Wake-up service / alarm clock in every room
- Concierge service for taxis, shows, restaurants and transfers
- Daily French newspapers at reception
- Self-service shoe-polish machine on the ground floor
- Fax and photocopying available at reception
- Room service, continental breakfast can be brought to the room on request
- Not available: On-site laundry service
- Not available: In-room ironing equipment
Food & Drink
- Continental breakfast served 07:00–10:00 in the breakfast room or to the room on request
- Menu: hot drink, pastries, bread with butter, jam and honey, orange juice, plain yoghurt, order at reception the evening before
- Vallee du Kashmir (Indian), 50 yd / on the corner of Rue d'Odessa
- Starbucks, 100 yd
- B2g Odessa cafe/bar, 150 yd
- Depot Legal Montparnasse (French brasserie), immediately around the corner
- Rue du Montparnasse Breton creperie row, three minutes on foot
- Le Dome, La Coupole, La Rotonde, Le Select on Boulevard du Montparnasse, historic Lost Generation brasseries, 10–15 minutes on foot
- Not available: On-site restaurant
- Not available: On-site bar
Room Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi in every room
- Air conditioning in every room
- Flat-screen TV with Canal+ and satellite channels
- In-room safe / safety deposit box
- Work desk, telephone, wardrobe, carpeted floor
- Tea and coffee maker in every room
- Minibar in every room
- Heating
- Alarm clock / wake-up service
- Private en-suite bathroom with bath, shower over the bath, hairdryer, free toiletries, separate toilet, toilet paper
- Cot for children 0–2 years, free, on request, no extra beds in any room
- Not available: Balcony in every room
- Not available: Kitchenette
Property-wide
- Non-smoking throughout the building
- Lift / elevator, serves floors 1 to 5; 6th floor is one flight of stairs from the 5th
- Small balcony available on a limited number of rooms on request, subject to availability
- Genius loyalty programme
- Loyal Customers badge, more repeat guests than most properties
- Couples Top Pick badge from two-person trips
- Not available: Swimming pool
- Not available: Spa or wellness centre
- Not available: Gym / fitness centre
- Not available: Garden or terrace
- Not available: Adapted rooms for guests with reduced mobility
Parking & Transport
- Edgar Quinet (Metro Line 6), 250 yd / ~4-min walk
- Gare Montparnasse main concourse, 650 yd
- Montparnasse-Bienvenue (Lines 4, 6, 12, 13), 700 yd / 160 m by the property's own measurement to the closest entrance
- Gare Montparnasse 3 - Vaugirard, 0.7 mi
- Paris-Orly (ORY), 8 mi south · Line 14 to Bercy → Line 6 to Edgar Quinet (~40 min) · or Orlybus to Denfert-Rochereau + one Line 6 stop
- Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG), 14 mi north · RER B to Denfert-Rochereau then Line 6 (~55–60 min, ~€13) · or fixed-rate taxi ~€55 to €75
- Public parking nearby ~€25 per day traveller Q&A)
- Not available: On-site parking
- Not available: Direct airport shuttle bookable in-house
Policies
- Cash only as accepted payment method per the property's listing, confirm with hotel before arrival
- Pets not allowed under any circumstances
- Non-smoking property throughout
- Children of all ages welcome; children 18+ charged as adults
- Cot upon request for children 0–2 years, free, subject to availability
- No extra beds in any room, no category sleeps three
- No age requirement for check-in
- Rooms ready from 14:00; departures by 12:00, with reception open round the clock
- Cancellation and prepayment terms vary by rate plan
Montparnasse, Paris 14e, On the Corner of Boulevard du Montparnasse
Hotel Berkeley sits at 2 Rue d'Odessa, on the corner where the street meets Boulevard du Montparnasse, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. The 14e is the Left Bank's working district, anchored by Gare Montparnasse to the north and stretching south to the Cite Universitaire. Montparnasse Tower, the 210-metre black-glass skyscraper that is the only true high-rise inside the Paris peripherique, is roughly 200 metres from the door, and the four-line Montparnasse-Bienvenue metro interchange is 160 metres by the property's own measurement. The 14e was the headquarters of bohemian Paris in the 1920s, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Picasso, Modigliani, Sartre, Beauvoir, Joyce and Beckett all worked, drank or held court within five minutes of where the hotel stands today.
Rue d'Odessa itself is one of the area's noisier, livelier dining streets, a short pedestrian-feel passage lined with creperies, casual brasseries and bakeries. The Breton creperie corridor on Rue du Montparnasse is three minutes on foot, and the historic Boulevard du Montparnasse brasseries, Le Dome, La Coupole, La Rotonde, Le Select and La Closerie des Lilas, are all within a 10–15-minute walk. The Cimetiere du Montparnasse holds Sartre, Beauvoir, Baudelaire, Beckett and Serge Gainsbourg; Tour Montparnasse's 56th-floor observation deck gives the best paid sunset view in Paris (because, unlike the Eiffel Tower, you can actually see the Eiffel Tower from it).
For airport runs the practical play is Line 6 from Edgar Quinet, around 250 yards away. To Orly, take Line 14 to Bercy then Line 6 to Edgar Quinet (~40 minutes, ~€13), or the Orlybus to Denfert-Rochereau and one short Line 6 hop. To Charles de Gaulle, take RER B from Denfert-Rochereau (~50 minutes, ~€13) then Line 6. Fixed-rate taxis to either airport run €55 to €75 to/from CDG and around €36 to/from Orly. There is no on-site parking, the practical option is the underground car park beneath the Montparnasse shopping centre, around €25 per day.
- Tour Montparnasse: 200 m · ~3-min walk · 210 m black-glass skyscraper, the only true high-rise inside the Paris peripherique. The 56th-floor observation deck is reached by an express lift in 38 seconds and is widely held to deliver the best paid viewpoint in Paris.
- Cimetiere du Montparnasse: ~7-min walk · The Left Bank's literary necropolis, Sartre, Beauvoir, Beckett, Baudelaire, Maupassant, Susan Sontag and Serge Gainsbourg are all buried here.
- Rue de la Gaite theatres: ~4-min walk · The 14e's theatre row, a single short street that hosts the Theatre Montparnasse, Bobino, Theatre Rive Gauche and a half-dozen smaller stages.
- Marche Edgar Quinet: ~6-min walk · Open-air covered market on Boulevard Edgar Quinet, typically Wednesday and Saturday mornings; the food bookend to the Carrefour Vavin cafe strip.
- Luxembourg Gardens (Jardin du Luxembourg): ~1 mi · ~10-min walk or one metro hop · The Senat's formal 17th-century gardens, Paris's most loved formal park.
- Rodin Museum: 1.2 mi · Direct metro link from Montparnasse-Bienvenue via Line 12 to Varenne, five stops, around 10 minutes door to door.
- Musee d'Orsay: 1.4 mi · Belle Epoque train station turned Impressionist gallery on the Seine, Manet, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin and Toulouse-Lautrec under one roof.
- Eiffel Tower: 2.1 mi · From Edgar Quinet take Line 6 westbound, the train runs above ground for the final stretch into Bir-Hakeim, offering a postcard view on approach.
Getting to Key Locations
Montparnasse & the 14e
The 14th arrondissement was the epicentre of les Annees Folles, the Mad Years of the 1920s, when an entire diaspora of starving painters, poets, writers and intellectuals rented studios around the Carrefour Vavin and ran up tabs at four cafes that still face each other on Boulevard du Montparnasse today: La Rotonde (1911), Le Dome (refounded as a literary cafe in 1898), Le Select (1925) and La Coupole (1927). Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Picasso, Modigliani, Man Ray, Josephine Baker, Sartre, Beauvoir, Joyce, Beckett and Gertrude Stein all worked, drank or held court within five minutes of where Berkeley stands. Today the 14e is a working Left Bank neighbourhood, not a tourist set-piece: the covered market on Edgar Quinet, family-run creperies on Rue du Montparnasse, the Fondation Cartier on Boulevard Raspail, the Catacombs at Denfert-Rochereau, the Observatoire de Paris, and the 210-metre Tour Montparnasse, whose 56th-floor terrace gives the best sunset view in Paris.
View on MapHow to Get to Hotel Berkeley from CDG, Orly or Gare Montparnasse
- From Gare Montparnasse, walk it: Exit the station via the main exit onto Place Raoul Dautry, in the shadow of Tour Montparnasse. With the tower behind you, walk roughly north onto Rue du Depart, then bear right onto Rue d'Odessa. Hotel Berkeley is at number 2, immediately on the right at the corner where the street meets Boulevard du Montparnasse. Around 5–10 minutes with luggage, fully on paved footpaths, faster than taking the metro for one stop.
- From Paris-Orly (ORY), Line 14 + Line 6: Follow signs to Metro Line 14 at the airport (the line was extended to Orly in 2024). Ride Line 14 northbound to Bercy, around 25 minutes. Change to Metro Line 6 (direction Charles de Gaulle-Etoile) and ride to Edgar Quinet, around 12 minutes. Total ~40 minutes, ticket ~€13.
- Faster Orly alternative, Orlybus: Take the Orlybus direct coach from any Orly terminal to Denfert-Rochereau in around 30 minutes, then one Line 6 stop to Edgar Quinet, or a 10-minute walk via Boulevard Raspail and Rue Delambre. Around €36 by fixed-rate taxi.
- From Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG), RER B + Line 6: From any CDG terminal follow signs to RER B (direction Robinson / Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse); trains every 10–15 minutes. Ride RER B about 40 minutes to Denfert-Rochereau. Change to Metro Line 6 (direction Charles de Gaulle-Etoile) for two stops to Edgar Quinet. Total ~55–60 minutes, ticket around €13. Fixed-rate taxis run €55 to €75 depending on traffic and time of day.
- From Edgar Quinet to Hotel Berkeley, 4 minutes on foot: Exit Edgar Quinet onto Boulevard Edgar Quinet, walk west to Boulevard du Montparnasse, turn left and continue for one block to the corner of Rue d'Odessa. Hotel Berkeley is at number 2, immediately on the corner.
Paris 14e at a Glance
Paris is the capital of France and one of the world's defining cities, 2.1 million people inside the boulevard peripherique, 12 million in the Ile-de-France region around it. The 14th arrondissement sits on the Left Bank, anchored by Gare Montparnasse to the north and stretching south to the Cite Universitaire. It is residential, literary and quietly cultural, the 1920s headquarters of bohemian Paris, the site of the Catacombs, and the postcode you choose when you want a quieter Left Bank base than Le Marais or Saint-Germain at a more reasonable nightly rate.
Demand peaks May–July and again in November–December for the Christmas markets at the Tuileries and on the Champs-Elysees. Spring (April–June) and early autumn (September–October) are the sweet spot, 12–22 °C, gardens at their peak, manageable queues. July–August is the peak crowd-and-rate window; museum hours stretch but the city is noticeably stretched too. November–February is the value window with hotel rates 30–40% below high season; daylight is short but the Christmas markets, opera season and lighter queues offset it. Local events worth planning around: Fete de la Musique on 21 June, Bastille Day fireworks at the Eiffel Tower on 14 July (visible from Tour Montparnasse three minutes from the door), Nuit Blanche in early October, Paris Photo in November at the Grand Palais, and the two Fashion Weeks in late February and late September.
Around Hotel Berkeley specifically: Vallee du Kashmir (Indian, recommended by a recent reviewer) is 50 yards from the door, Starbucks is 100 yards, and Depot Legal Montparnasse is immediately around the corner. The Breton creperie corridor on Rue du Montparnasse is three minutes on foot, Bretons getting off the train at Gare Montparnasse a century ago opened restaurants from home, and the line is still here today. Le Dome, La Coupole, La Rotonde and Le Select on Boulevard du Montparnasse are all 10–15 minutes on foot. The Marche Edgar Quinet (Wednesday and Saturday mornings) is six minutes away.
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What Guests Say About Hotel Berkeley
Scores and review counts are aggregated from verified guest bookings on major travel platforms.
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Hotel Berkeley earns its reputation honestly. It is rated not as an experience but as a position. Location leads the praise and couples rate it warmly, and every one of the ten sampled reviews mentions location: a short walk to Gare Montparnasse, the four-line metro hub, the brasseries on Boulevard du Montparnasse, the Thai and Indian restaurants on Rue d'Odessa itself. Staff praise is just as consistent, they store bags before check-in, accommodate balcony requests, run the 24-hour reception in English and French and quietly make stays. The honest feedback is about room size (12 to 15 m² is small to North American eyes, normal for central Paris), the breakfast skewing sweet, occasional AC weakness and weekend nightclub noise on lower street-facing rooms, book an upper-floor or courtyard-side room if you sleep light. Guests who arrive expecting compact, simple and central come away happy; guests expecting boutique comfort are the source of almost every low rating.
Friendly staff let us drop bags before check-in. Practically next door to the train station, the room worked perfectly for two, hardly any street noise, plenty of good restaurants on the doorstep. Would stay again.
2026-04-06Great location for Montparnasse train connections, quiet and clean. Bed felt a little bouncy and narrow for two, otherwise no complaints.
2025-12-13Functionality at a fair price. Reception staff were nice, the room had a safe, an unbeatable transport position and an excellent Thai restaurant nearby. A street-facing room caught nightclub-crowd noise around 4–5 am, bring earplugs if you sleep light.
2025-11-20Good location, value for money. Quite central, and the team agreed to a balcony on request. Breakfast choice was a bit limited, almost all sweet items.
2025-08-28Always helpful and right beside everything.
2025-08-12No frills, cheap and close to central public transit. About a three-minute walk to Gare Montparnasse, helpful 24/7 staff, lift to most floors, and they stored my bags before check-in. The AC felt a bit weak when I ran it on full.
2025-08-11One good clerk can make all the difference, the night and morning receptionist was kind and generous and made the stay. The room itself is very small.
2025-06-17Good to Know Before You Book
Cash only on settlement, confirm with the hotel before you arrive
The property lists cash as the only accepted payment method at Hotel Berkeley. review-site guests have reported a card pre-authorisation / hold practice at check-in, so the safe assumption is to bring enough euros to settle the bill and to contact the hotel directly before arrival to confirm. The nearest ATMs are on Boulevard du Montparnasse, three minutes from the door.
Rooms are compact, 12 to 15 m² across four categories
Singles are 12 m², Doubles and Twins 14 m², Superior Doubles 15 m². That is normal for a central Parisian 3-star but smaller than most chain rooms; book accordingly. If room size is a priority, book the Superior Double, the only category with a meaningful step up in square metres.
Balcony rooms are limited and on request
A small number of rooms have a small balcony, but availability is not guaranteed. Ask, the property's Q&A confirms balconies exist, and Magdalena's review confirms the front desk will accommodate a balcony request when they can. Superior Doubles are the most likely category to be paired with one.
Street-facing lower-floor rooms can be noisy on weekend nights
One guest reported nightclub crowds on the street between 4 and 5 am on a Saturday. If you sleep light, request an upper-floor or courtyard-side room when you book, and pack earplugs as a fallback.
Sixth floor is reached by one flight of stairs from the 5th
The lift serves floors 1 to 5. Guests assigned to the 6th floor carry one flight up from the 5th. If mobility or heavy luggage is a concern, request a lower floor when you book, the property has confirmed it cannot promise step-free access to the top floor.
Breakfast must be ordered the previous evening at reception
Continental breakfast is served 07:00–10:00 in the breakfast room or to the room on request, hot drink, pastries, bread with butter, jam and honey, orange juice, plain yoghurt. The menu skews sweet (a recurring guest comment), and reception needs your order the evening prior. The price is not published; pay at check-in or add it to your booking rate.
No on-site parking, and no pets
There is no on-site parking. The practical option is the underground car park beneath the Montparnasse shopping centre, around €25 per day per the property's traveller Q&A. Pets are not allowed under any circumstances, the property is non-smoking throughout, and there are no extra beds, no room sleeps three.
Loyal Customers + Genius, book the hotel direct if you have status
Hotel Berkeley carries the property's loyal Customers badge (more repeat guests than most properties in the area) and participates in the Genius loyalty programme. If you're a Genius member, your rate plan will discount automatically on the booking calendar; the discount is not negotiable at the desk.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Hotel Berkeley is at 2 Rue d'Odessa, 75014 Paris, in the 14th arrondissement, on the corner of Boulevard du Montparnasse. It is roughly 250 yards from Edgar Quinet on Metro Line 6, around 160 metres from the four-line Montparnasse-Bienvenue interchange (Lines 4, 6, 12, 13), and approximately 650 yards from the main concourse at Gare Montparnasse, a short walk on paved footpaths.
The property measures Hotel Berkeley at about 650 yards from Gare Montparnasse, roughly a 5–10 minute walk with luggage, fully on paved footpaths. Edgar Quinet metro (Line 6) is closer at around 250 yards. For one stop with luggage, walking to Gare Montparnasse is faster than taking the metro.
Edgar Quinet on Metro Line 6 is the nearest stop, around 250 yards from the door. Montparnasse-Bienvenue, the four-line interchange serving Lines 4, 6, 12 and 13, is 160 metres further on by the property's own measurement, putting the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and Porte de Versailles on a single ticket.
Rooms are ready from 14:00, and departures are by 12:00. Reception is staffed 24 hours a day, so late arrivals are workable provided the property is notified in advance. The reception team speaks English and French.
Yes, a continental breakfast is served daily from 07:00 to 10:00 in the breakfast room, or brought to your room on request. The menu is hot drink, pastries, bread with butter, jam and honey, orange juice and plain yoghurt, it must be ordered the evening before at reception. Guest reviews note the breakfast skews sweet rather than savoury.
No, there is no on-site parking at Hotel Berkeley. Public parking is available nearby for around €25 per day per the property's traveller Q&A, the underground car park beneath the Montparnasse shopping centre is the practical option. Rue d'Odessa itself is a pedestrian-feel street with no on-street parking.
No, pets are not allowed at Hotel Berkeley under any circumstances. The building is also non-smoking throughout, and there are no extra beds available in any room, no category sleeps three.
Per the property's listing, Hotel Berkeley accepts cash only at the property, bring enough euros for the bill, or contact the hotel before arrival to confirm. review-site guests have reported a card pre-authorisation / hold practice at check-in, but settlement at the desk is in cash. The nearest ATMs are three minutes from the door on Boulevard du Montparnasse.
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Hotel Savoy, Paris Montparnasse
Sibling 14e independent, a 15-room 1-star hotel on Rue Fermat, four blocks south of Hotel Berkeley in the same Montparnasse postcode. The natural step down the rate card if Berkeley is sold out on your dates: cheaper bed, same neighbourhood, same Gare Montparnasse + Edgar Quinet walking radius.
Hôtel Celtic, Paris Montparnasse
Another independent budget hotel in the same Montparnasse pocket, on rue d'Odessa five minutes from Gare Montparnasse and two minutes from Edgar Quinet on Line 6. Twenty-nine rooms, 24-hour reception, and the building's original decorative fireplaces in most of them. Worth a look if the Berkeley is full or you want a second quote inside the same walking radius.
Au Royal Mad, Paris 11e
Independent 39-room budget hotel on Rue Sedaine in the 11th arrondissement, two minutes from Voltaire on Metro Line 9. The natural cross-bank comparison if you've talked yourself out of staying right at the Gare Montparnasse foot and would rather be near Bastille and the Marais.
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39 rooms across four categories, 12 m² Singles, 14 m² Doubles and Twins, and 15 m² Superior Doubles, every one with private en-suite bathroom, air conditioning, free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TV with Canal+ and a minibar. At 2 Rue d'Odessa on the corner of Boulevard du Montparnasse, 250 yards from Edgar Quinet on Metro Line 6 and a short walk from Gare Montparnasse. Reception staffed 24 hours in English and French. Cash-only on settlement. Consistently praised by verified guests for its unbeatable transport position and its welcome for couples.
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