We stayed in the Hotel Malakoff for a couple of days in April while visiting Paris. It's very far…read morefrom the city center, but a 30 minute ride from the metro, which is close to the hotel. The hotel lobby is clean and modernly decorated. The staff do speak English, though it's polite to ask if they do before assuming so. There is "free wifi" but you do need log-in information and if a large group is trying to log on, you might have some trouble. Breakfast was pretty good. Hot items, decent croisant, fancy coffee/hot chocolate maker... This was my favorite breakfast on our tour.
The rooms are small, but remember, it is Europe. The bathroom was clean and small, but the shower was terrible. The water wouldn't drain properly and was ankle deep at the end of the shower. The bed was not sleeping on a cloud, but it was good. The walls are thin so I heard a lot of door slamming and chatter in the hallways. It was probably my students so I apologize if anyone woke up because of our group.
Overall, I probably wouldn't stay here again by choice, but it was a decent stay.