What a mixed review. I usually write nice reviews! I cannot write an entirely nice review here. This place is way over priced for what you get there. It should cost the equivalent of about 50 or $60. That would’ve been Ok as it Really was more like a hostel rather than a hotel! The problem is, its not really a hotel like they advertise! It was misleading!
Of the listings offered to rough this same “hotel” , I paid extra for the double deluxe room because I wanted the big push out window and balcony featured in the photos for that listing! BUT when I got there it did not look like the pictures at all! The only window was a tiny sliding window in the back overlooking a dirty courtyard. I so wanted a window that was nice I even mentioned it in my booking comments that asked about preferences and I mentioned that I wanted that window! Even that was not honored.
There was no protection over the window and there was an easy assailable ledge in back accessible from other windows and other buildings so anyone could’ve climbed on. As a woman traveling by myself did not feel safe enough to sleep with the window even cracked. Was not even entirely sure the windows locked!
The host did not include in the check in process that I was supposed to download an app in order to be able to open the door….I downloaded the app after I went down the street to find some Wi-Fi! O then opened up all my location services and turned off any security features and it still didn’t work. A neighbor in the building had to let me in. The app didn’t allow me to enter the door upstairs either without assistance. The neighbor couldn’t help with that! So I had to message the host again. Fortunately whoever was on staff that night returned calls pretty quickly. That was a relief. I notice though she never read my last message.
All in all it added 25 minutes to my check in because I had to go down the street to a Wi-Fi spot in order to download the app.
The room is nice other than misrepresenting the window. It’s well decorated and clean and the bathroom was clean. The bathroom smells really moldy though, because they have a leak somewhere or because there’s no ventilation but every time you open the door it makes the room smell musty but otherwise the room is really nice. The bed is comfortable and so are the pillows. It was small and cozy which normally would be fine except that I paid for the double deluxe room which was supposedly larger. I did like the room itself. It has nice bedside lights and nice mirrors. It’s also really convenient to multiple subway stops. There are some pretty decent eating options and close walking distance.
I would suggest ignoring the instructions on the back of the door because it’s incorrect. They don’t provide breakfast like it says on the door and the Wi-Fi information on the back of the hotel room door is incorrect. If you happened to notice when you walk in the door of the hostel itself one of the coffee tables has some Wi-Fi information but there was no one to tell you to look for that table and so I missed it a f naturally assumed it was the wifi information on the back of my room door. I kept Reentering the information multiple times assuming I had mistyped! I finally contacted the host (again) who gave me the information. All of this could be avoided by providing with the conformation email or covering the erroneous information. Or hanging a sign somewhere in each room about the wifi. Something so that you know the door information is incorrect qnd overlook it.
There’s a really sizable eating area which shows a microwave and Coffee maker pictured. The microwave had old food in it. There are no napkins and there was one packet of decaf. It didn’t go with the coffee make so it just made tinted water. A hotel would have provided coffee. This is not a hotel. It’s a hostel.
There was nobody around to ask for any supplies. Someone finally arrived the next sat right before 9 when I was leaving . She and I were the only ones there but she didn’t even say hello. I thought she was another guest. I figured it out when she started getting stuff out and I asked if she work there. She did then help me get some napkins which I appreciated. On my way out it, though it got weird. She told me I owed her an additional €20 for tax! I explained I paid over the computer wirh Airbnb and that taxes are included! She insisted that I still needed to pay. I knew that was not true! So I didn’t stick around to finish my breakfast I just left.
If I had not paid extra my expectations might have been lower and if this person had not tried to get money out of me I might have forgiven the inexperienced host of this venue. But I had even paid extra for a better room and the pictures seemed intentionally misleading considering how different they look from the real room! Despite all this. I would recommend it if it was less than $60 and it honestly identified itself as a hostel! Because then my expectations would have been lower
It said hotel though!! I wanted a hotel It was seriously overpriced for what it was.