Paris with a baby can feel slightly daunting on paper. Tiny hotel rooms, Metro stairs, taxis with car seats and the question of how exactly you’re supposed to sterilise bottles in a chic Parisian bedroom.
Hôtel Adèle & Jules made it surprisingly easy.
Tucked away down a quiet private lane in the 9th arrondissement, it manages to feel peaceful despite being right in the middle of Paris. We stayed in a Faubourg Deluxe room, which was spacious enough for the three of us, had a lovely balcony and — crucially — didn’t leave us feeling as though the travel cot had taken over the entire room.
We didn’t eat at the hotel, so can’t comment on the food, but as a base for a long weekend in Paris with a baby, it worked brilliantly.
Room & Sleep ★★★★☆
Food & Mealtimes — Not rated
Family Welcome ★★★★★
Getting Around ★★★★★
Play & Facilities ★☆☆☆☆
Grown-Up Appeal ★★★★★
Best for: A stylish Paris city break with a baby, particularly if you’re travelling by Eurostar and want to explore largely on foot.
Think twice if: You’re looking for a hotel with lots of baby-specific facilities or somewhere you’ll spend much of the day. This is more of a brilliant base for exploring Paris.
The best thing: The location. Being able to walk from the Eurostar with our pram and suitcase and then explore Paris without relying on taxis made the whole weekend so much easier.
Would we return? Yes.
Room & Sleep ★★★★☆
We stayed in a Faubourg Deluxe room, which at 18sqm isn’t enormous, but for a central Paris hotel we found it perfectly manageable with a baby.
Our travel cot was lovely and there was enough room for the three of us without constantly having to manoeuvre around it.
Our room also had a balcony, which was such a lovely addition and made the room feel that little bit more special.
One of the biggest positives was how quiet it was. Adèle & Jules is hidden away on Cité Rougemont, a private lane just off the much busier Grands Boulevards, so you get a very central location without the traffic noise you might expect.
Our bathroom had a shower rather than a bath. Not ideal for bathing a baby, perhaps, but we simply washed Jack in the shower and managed perfectly well.
Teeny tip: Some Faubourg Deluxe rooms have balconies, so we’d definitely request one if available.
Food & Mealtimes — Not rated
We didn’t eat at the hotel during our stay, so it wouldn’t be fair for us to give this category a star rating.
One thing we can comment on, however, is bottle prep.
We asked the hotel if they could provide us with an ice bucket so that we could use our Milton sterilising tablets to sterilise Jack’s bottles, and they were more than happy to help.
It’s a tiny detail, but exactly the sort of thing that makes travelling with a bottle-fed baby considerably easier.
Family Welcome ★★★★★
Adèle & Jules isn’t an overtly family hotel, but we found the team really accommodating.
The travel cot was excellent, and our slightly unusual request for an ice bucket to sterilise bottles was met without any fuss.
There wasn’t an enormous list of dedicated baby equipment waiting for us, but we felt that when we needed something, the hotel was happy to help — which can be just as valuable on a short city break.
Getting Around ★★★★★
This is where Adèle & Jules really came into its own for us.
There’s a lift, so getting up and down with a pram was easy, but the biggest advantage is the location.
We travelled to Paris on the Eurostar and, rather than getting a taxi from Gare du Nord, we simply put Jack in the pram, took one suitcase and walked to the hotel.
For a long weekend, that set the tone for the whole trip. Once we’d arrived, we didn’t need taxis to get around Paris either. The hotel is so centrally located that we found we could walk pretty much everywhere we wanted to go.
When you’re travelling with a baby, avoiding the logistics of taxis and car seats is a huge plus.
Teeny tip: If you’re arriving by Eurostar and travelling relatively light, we’d absolutely recommend walking from Gare du Nord with the pram.
Play & Facilities ★☆☆☆☆
This isn’t really a hotel you’d choose for its children’s facilities — but that’s not why we booked it.
There isn’t a pool, playroom or resort-style offering for little ones. Instead, the hotel works as a comfortable, stylish base from which to explore the city.
For a baby who is perfectly happy being pushed around Paris in a pram, that suited us completely.
Grown-Up Appeal ★★★★★
Very high.
Adèle & Jules feels like a chic little Parisian bolthole first and a baby-friendly hotel second — and for us, that’s a compliment.
The interiors feel considered and grown-up, the private-lane location feels tucked away from the city despite being incredibly central, and having a balcony gave our room that little extra dose of Parisian charm.
We booked through Mr & Mrs Smith, which also meant we arrived to Chablis in our room — a particularly welcome grown-up touch after travelling to Paris with a baby.
It felt like the sort of hotel we would happily have booked before having Jack, rather than somewhere we’d compromised on because we were travelling with him.
The practical bit
Room: Faubourg Deluxe — 18sqm
Cot: Yes — ours was excellent
Bath: No in our room — we washed Jack in the shower without any problems
Bottle sterilising: No dedicated steriliser, but staff happily provided an ice bucket so we could use our Milton sterilising tablets
Lift: Yes — easy with the pram
Balcony: Our Faubourg Deluxe had one; not every room in this category does
Food: We didn’t eat at the hotel, so haven’t rated it
Pool: No
Kids’ facilities: No
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