I stayed in this apartment for one month in March as I was in Lisbon temporarily for work so I have a few comments.
Overall, the apartment is small but enough for a couple ( I wouldn’t say this is big enough for anymore than 2 people). The location is wonderful and it has everything you need for a short stay
- the bed in very comfortable! Even though the upstairs bed is only a mattress on the floor it was still comfortable, but the downstairs one is much better :)
- excellent location!! I occasionally went into an office in Cais de Sodre and it is only 3 stops/ 5 minutes metro journey! Or a 20 minute walk which is wonderful through the streets of Lisbon. 10 minute walk to the castle and 30 seconds from an amazing rooftop bar TOPO across the Martim Moniz square.
- there is a lovely restaurant right on the doorstep, which surprisingly you cannot hear any of if you close the window as it is very soundproof. However, the window is very small which means that there is quite little natural sunlight in the apartment.
- as in any Lisbon apartment, there is lots of very steep stairs so be careful on these as the apartment is on the 2nd floor.
- check in is easy - you get the codes from Miguel
- communication with Miguel was excellent. I had some issues at the beginning of my stay which Miguel came to check and fix most within 24 hours.
For the not so great…
-the bathroom looks a lot better in pictures as there is rust in a lot of places and broken shelves, no shower head holder. There is a leak which I see others have also mentioned in their reviews. I had mentioned this to Miguel who said that he would fix this at the first opportunity before the next visitors.
- when I first checked in, I had to ask for the cleaners to be called again as there was a lot of mould around the windows, no extra bedding and bin bags. They came within 24 hours.
- kitchen supplies are average. Enough if you are only cooking something basic for a few nights stay, which I suspect you would be eating in the wonderful restaurants that Lisbon has to offer anyways. As I was there for 1 month, the supplies had to do.
-there is a very strange smell coming from the kitchen corner which I saw has also been mentioned. Not sure where it came from and could not get rid of it completely.
-the WiFi is bad. I had asked prior to booking the apartment and was only told that it was ‘fast’. It was not good for taking zoom calls, and I was often using my 4G instead. After speaking with some friends, I was informed that their WiFi is also bad which means that this could just be a Lisbon standard.
Overall, the place is nice is for short-term. Miguel’s communication helped any issues that came up during my month.