The apartment faces Rue St. Denis, with many restaurants, eateries, bakeries, bars, clubs, book stores, etc. The area is generally oriented toward the young crowd. It's not the cleanest part of town. We felt safe walking around at night (we were out till around 10 pm).
The apartment is in an older building with no soundproofing. You will hear every step from upstairs. During our 4-night stay, the upstairs neighbor returned close to midnight. If you go to bed earlier, and if you are a light sleeper, this may not be the place for you.
The picture looks great in the listing, but the rest of the apartment is not that great looking, though adequate.
The smaller bedroom was next to the bathroom. A very bad smell (smelled like urine) was coming out of the closet, and there were pipes behind the closet. I did message the property management asking about the open panel (exposing the pipes) and the smell and having someone come to clean to get rid of the smell. I was asked to see if I can push the panel back. The panel did not stay up, so I just pushed a shelf against it so that the panel does not fall down. Since they did not mention sending someone over to mitigate the smell (though I asked), I did not pursue it further.
Also, I note that there was no shampoo in the shower (there were 2 conditioners). Luckily, I had brought shampoo myself. There also was no soap or body soap for the shower, so we had to use the hand soap from the sink.
This property is managed by a company and it's very business-like.