But the others were good to excellent, so I can only conclude that this was not what they normally expect from the lodgings they book. If the other hotels we stayed at on this trip were of this quality, I would have chalked it up to the group factor. Not quite in the nasty category, but approaching the line. It had the look and taste of something concocted from whatever fish was left over from earlier meals. We had dinner at the hotel one night with our group and were served some sort of noodle/fish casserole that was less than appealing. Breakfasts were pretty standard buffet with a decent selection. By that time, the maintenance guy left for the day and then was out sick for a few days. To top it off, according the the person on duty the next afternoon, the night clerk had not reported the AC problem. And his response to whether or not any English language news might be available - "just what you see - we don't have any hidden channels". No tissues available for the room, but he did offer me one from the box behind the desk. The evening desk clerk was less than helpful on that and a few other things - like locating Kleenex. Our AC was making a dripping sound all night and although we reported it the first night, after 3 more days, nobody had come to look at it. In fairness to hotel, we were with a group, so we probably did not get one of their better rooms. But despite the nice photos in the description, the room looked a like it was left over from the Soviet era. Actually, not totally true - the bed was pretty comfortable and the room clean. Great location, but that's about the only thing great about this hotel. We were also able to to use their luggage room, so we were not carrying our luggage everywhere. A nice touch I thought, thanks again for that. One of the kind member on staff on the reception said that we can use the room for as long as we needed. We we ckecked in originally, we explained the our returning flight back home was not until midnight, so we payed a wee bit extra to keep our room for a couple of more hours to get a late checkout. Loads of restaurants, busy bars, sports bars, music bars, just steps from the hotel. Loads of museums, no more than 10 mins walk away. All walking distance- St Peters church- 2 nims away, house of blackheads- 2 mins away, freedom monument- 10 mins away, Riga central market- 10 mins away. And the hotel was perfectly situated to everything you wanted to see in the old town. The breakfast in the morning was served between 7am-10:30am, and it was mostly continental, and some hot items, plenty for everyone, and coffee, tea, juice, to go round, there was also plenty staff, helping to clear tables, and replacing items if it was running low. The bathroom was the same, spotlessly clean, spacious, bright, and a brilliant working shower. However it did not bother me too much.( maybe it had something to do with being on the 5th floor.) The room was also clean as a whistle. I read on other review forums,that the the pubs outside get a wee bit noisy into the small hours. ) there was Olso a desk, and a couple of comfy chairs.there was a safety deposit box, and plenty space for us to store our clothes.the double bed provided, was comfy, and there was enough power points to plug in you phone chargers, and other gadgets. ) when we checked in, the nice lady at the reception, explained the breakfast times, pointed out the facilities, and gave us our key to our room which was on the 5th floor.The room itself was well equipped, a fridge, tea/ coffee making facilities, large screen TV on the wall.( in my opinion, the TV was situated on the wrong wall. We arrived from the bus stop just around the corner from the hotel.( we used the number 22 bus from the airport. Just Returned home from a lovely hotel stay in the old town of Riga. The Westin Reserva Conchal, an All-Inclusive Golf Resort & Spa.Hilton Grand Vacations Club on the Las Vegas Strip.Hilton Tulum Riviera Maya All-Inclusive Resort.Hotels near Exitoria Real-Life Room Escape.Hotels near Latvian Museum of Photography.
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