Not a single thing about this apartment is romantic.
I love AirBnB and for the most part, it is hit and miss but I never negatively review a place too harshly as they each have their charm. But this place...
The issue comes from the false advertising and “make a quick buck” mentality, this, coupled with the fact that you can’t actually get a good nights sleep.
So let me start with the good. The room and bedding were clean with the bed being fairly comfortable. The room is pretty spacious too. It is also located near the tram for pretty easy access to the hot spots. But this all comes at a terrible toll.
The decoration is cheap and tacky, peeling mismatched units, badly tiled rooms, cheap finishings, exposed extension cables below the sink! Nothing here has a charming or rustic feel, quite simply it says “we wanted to make this liveable at the lowest possible cost”... this is not romantic in the slightest.
Bathroom was a real downer as it is dank and musky, often smelling. The shower is elevated by a step and is very cheaply tiled and thus, very slippery. I can imagine someone taking a slip and tumble when stepping out and down whilst wet. Oh, and there only enough hot water for 1 decent shower at a go, the second is lukewarm at best.
During the week the neighbours barrel through the halls like a parade ensuring you don’t sleep past 7am, then on Weekend mornings you can look forward to being woken up at 4.30am as the neighbours decide to start blaring drum and bass and re-arranging furniture.
To add to this chaos of noise, the apartment is below street level so you can hear the apartment entrance door opening and closing and the walls vibrate as the tram goes by. The host warned us that there might be noise caused by the construction across the road, but to be honest, it was the least intrusive sound of the lot. It should also be noted that we were not warned of the construction prior to arrival.
As for the host, he was nice enough despite ripping me off. My wife joined me after I had made reservations for 1 and I agreed to pay 250Kr per night extra, I was here 3 nights and he took 1000Kr... Not a big deal, but it was just the first cherry on top of this horrible experience. I should have paid the extra charge via the AirBNB app, but I was caught off guard after a long day of travelling.
Personally we had one of the worst AirBNB experiences to date, thankfully this is an incredible city and it is hard to let something like this get you down. If you can spend a bit more or find something else at the same price, I would recommend avoiding this place.
Again, I really wanted to love this place, but after 3 nights of broken sleep it is very hard to turn a frown upside down, especially when this place is photographed and described in such a rose light.
I would only recommend this if you are stopping off in Prague between flights and need somewhere cheap to stay (provided you are getting up early and there is nothing else available)