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However, being a guest here does not earn you any special privileges while eating. The bar seating accommodates only 37 people and reservations are only accepted for the first seating of dinner which is at 6:30pm. We also suggest reading the menu online before you go so that you can avoid certain things that turn you off like anchois and pied de cochon.

As for the hotel, it's located in a posh section of the 7th arrondissement and is very close to the Musee d'Orsay (where all the impressionist paintings are stashed) and the Louvre. The Tour Eiffel (that's how you say it in French) is a tad further away but the hotel's rooftop does have some killer views.

Yet while foodies may be happy downstairs at Joel Robuchon, hotelies might be a little disappointed upstairs. The rooms, aside from being tiny, are not so pretty to look at. From TripAdvisor:

The room was extremely tiny and the decor is outdated and crappy. We were only in our room for about 5 minutes before it became obvious to us that it could not sustain electricity as well. We were then moved to another room (same shape and size) on a higher floor. The only redeeming value of this room was that it had a balcony--which we loved and sat outside having cocktails at sundown.

Perhaps the hotel should run across the street to Christian Liagre's shop and ask for some help.

Rates start at a manageable 245 Euros. This is for the smallest type of room (which will be teeny) but somehow this hotel leaves us devoid of the sticker shock that we've seen at other hotels in the 'hood.