"When we entered the hotel in the early afternoon, it looked unpleasantly dark. It had an unpleasant smell; I think it was an old building smell, and It definitely did not have that cleanliness feel to it. We decided to give it a chance as we needed to find a place as soon as possible to use the remain of the day for sightseeing. And I am soooooooo glad we did ! Each floor is decorated individually, the smartest one to me was the 6th floor. Room and bathroom both are nicely done. Room looked like recently redecorated. I don’t think room decor clashes with anyone’s taste. I loved the Paris art work on the wall which embodied Holiday. Negatives of the room: Same old building feel and smell a little in the bathroom, no black out curtain for relaxing in day light, no mini fridge which is a must have in warm climate, and not even an electoral kettle ( luckily we had our own ) What made up for these negatives was the TERRACE, actually that was what mainly convinced us to stay. It had a beautiful view, thanks to the flat in the other side of the street with it’s beeeeeeeauuuuutiful 🌳🌹🌿🌸 🌱 🌺 🌿 🌷🍃 Flower Pots in front of the window! There was a sunbed on terrace to lie down and relax, and a set of chair and table to sit on, perfect for a little late night dining 🍕 or enjoying a cuppa 🍰 ☕️. We immensely enjoyed the lovely summer weather and beautiful streets lights view on both sides of the terrace at night, Gran Via was on the left side of the terrace, with crowd passing the street until late at night.
Staff were all nice, polite and helpful, if I have to describe why in here, it would be a long, long long long review . iI you like to know more, read P.S. Text please
I think Hotel is value for the money, considering the location, 4 min walk to elegant lively Gran Via street, just £360 for 3 nights; we have paid this amount for just one night in some hotels. I would pay this amount for 3 nights stay just in the Terrace . I should not tell you this cause I might make this room highly demanded and couldn’t get it ever again myself! This Room number is 64. Well, see all rooms with terrace but between 3 we saw, this was my fav 💗 : )
P.S. First reception we met at first when we entered the hotel was a young lovely nice guy, even though he looked extremely tired and had a few guests problems over the phone and in person to resolve, he offered us to view a few room in different floors. There was no bell boy so he had to hand us key for different rooms. And since we did not look that happy, he gave us the key to another room, saying you might like this one better. Housekeeper lady was a polite energetic and lively person, her energy and happiness was soooooo contagious. And night receptionist was a polite older guy who helped us to resolve a hotel issue so fast and efficiently . That’s why 1 Star is allocated to Staff."
