Because of flight schedules my wife and I stayed over in Paris both before and after going to our main destination for a recent vacation. We stayed at Philippe’s “AMAZING VIEW OF THE EIFFEL TOWER!” apartment, in June 2017, our last night before heading home. The location really can’t be beat, the view is incredible, but that is about it. At the front end of the trip we stayed near Place Pigalle, and from our room there we could see the Eiffel Tour, I didn’t know whether staying much closer at Philippe’s apartment would make a big difference, but it very much did. Just know that you’re there for the view, not much else. And if you are fantasizing about sitting at the kitchen table drinking your coffee (or wine) and eating your croissant (or macarons) while gazing at the Tower you should stop, because even though the view is amazing you can’t really do that (if you look at the photos posted, the window on the right is the one with the view, but you have to look left to see the Tower—i.e., it is not straight across the street).
The room is pretty small, the bed a pullout, and the toilet makes a loud buzzing sound when flushed—which it sometimes does automatically, as my wife and I learned when one of us went to urinate in the middle of the night and inadvertently woke the other when it self-flushed (hopefully that’s not too much information).
To be fair, the listing is transparent about the room size and pullout couch, and other reviewers have noted the tiny elevator. Philippe was very accommodating with giving us access to the room early (our flight arrived in Paris around 9:30 in the morning), as the prior guest had checked out early in the day. The pullout was fine, I’ve slept on some pretty uncomfortable ones over the years, this one was okay. Regarding the elevator, I thought the prior reviewers much have been exaggerating, but it is extremely small. If you have a fairly large suitcase, it will not fit in the elevator, even without a person in it, and the room is on the 6th floor (which people from the United States would call the 7th), and then on top of that there is a fairly narrow flight of steps to go up after getting off the elevator, so if you have a large (potentially even a medium-sized) bag, staying here would be impracticable.
I don’t mean to focus on the negative, I am glad we stayed here for one night, but I think I would not have been happy staying longer. About a 10 minute walk to the Metro or RER, plenty of restaurants in the area, Rue Cler (a market) is close.