Hi Matic
71 Rue de Charonne, Paris, France
Neighborhood: 11th Arr. (Opéra Bastille)
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The danger with superstar designers is that they’ll descend into self-parody, what was once a personal vision becoming little more than branding. It’s hard to imagine that happening to Matali Crasset. You’d know simply by the ultra-saturated color palette that Hi Matic bears at least a family resemblance to the original Hi Hotel in Nice. But it’s anything but a carbon copy, and there’s no doubt the vision is very much alive.
While many Parisian hotel rooms try in vain to style themselves as miniature palaces, Hi Matic makes the most of its smallish size. The concept is “urban cabana,” a bit like an upscale hostel, with something of the self-serve convenience of the capsule hotel about it — though with full-size headroom and quite a bit more privacy, obviously.
All throughout the hotel, Crasset’s custom-designed blank birch furniture provides the canvas against which the candy colors of the walls and floors are allowed to pop, a figure-ground reversal that draws the eye outward, and makes the spaces feel bigger than they are. The self-serve canteen and the vending-machine boutique provide all the help you’ll need — this place is more pied à terre than palace, low-maintenance living and low-impact to boot, the whole hotel more organic and sustainable than you probably thought a city establishment could be.
- 42 Rooms
- Style: Cutting-Edge
- Atmosphere: Lively
- 8 Guest Reviews
- Hi Matic
- 71 Rue de Charonne
- Paris, France
- Neighborhood: 11th Arr. (Opéra Bastille)
Hotel amenities and services
- 100% non-smoking hotel
- 24 hour front desk
- Central air conditioning
- Free wi-fi
- Luggage storage
- Multi-lingual staff
- Pets allowed (charges apply)
- Self service parking (charges apply)
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8 Guest Reviews
All reviews are from Tablet guests with verified stays.
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- nicole
- Stayed April 2013
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
convenience, personable staff!
What the hotel could do better:
Nothing, had a wonderful stay!
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- Jenny
- Stayed August 2012
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
The price can't be beat.
What the hotel could do better:
The rooms are small, but the layout makes it hard to unpack and get settled in the room. My room had a "bed" (just a memory foam mattress on a cushion the floor) in the middle of the room so to unpack and hang clothes I had to lug my mattress and walk across the bed. It was very odd that I had to walk across my bed to access each side of the room.
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- Ananya
- Stayed March 2012
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
I liked the self check in and check out although the lack of people around can be a but disorienting, and there was no obvious means of entering the hotel (I had to wait around for someone to walk out of the door in order to be let in!)
What the hotel could do better:
Nothing, had a wonderful stay! Just make the bathroom situation a bit clearer!
