Overall, a three star hotel- a clean, quiet hotel located in the Salamanca neighborhood, just a 5 minute walk from the northern tip of Retiro Park- for 120 euros/night. Having access to a computer with internet might override the poor, poor customer service- and make it worthwhile to stay here.
We stayed here after a horrible experience at a hotel on Gran Via (the loud, crowded busy street in the city center). We reserved the hotel for 120 euros a night and arrived early on Friday morning- there was a room available immediately, so they kindly gave us the key at 11am.
Our room was normal sized, and was equipped with a special shower with extra massage showers, a high tech safe (which relies on a credit card swipe rather than a passcode) a small tv and a laptop computer connected to wireless.
Upon arrival to our room after a day of sightseeing, we were told that if we wanted breakfast at the hotel, it would cost 16 euros per person (what a rip). Our computer internet was not working and when I called reception, they asked me if i checked to see if the cord was connected. There was no cord. I called back and told her that that there was no cord. I was told that someone would come to help me in 5 minutes. 30 minutes passed and no one arrived. I called again. 10 minutes later, someone arrived (who was not that friendly) to get a cord and plug it in to the internet. The receptionists at the hotel, surprisingly for a city like Madrid, don't speak English very well (our receptionists in Sevilla and Granada spoke better English)- and we had a difficult time communicating when I asked them to give us a wake up call in the morning. On our way out for the day on Saturday, I asked if the hotel could book us on the free hotel shuttle on Sunday morning - the shuttle departs every 90 minutes, so we booked the shuttle time closest to our flight departure. Later that evening, when we arrived in time for our siesta at 6, we were told that the shuttle was "broken" and that there would be no service to the hotel on Sunday morning. We were instructed to take the metro or take a taxi to the airport. How does offering a customer that option (that costs 40 euros, I might add) an appropriate substitution for a free service that doesn't require you to lug your suitcases up and down stairs? I spoke with the receptionist and asked them to comp our taxi fare- and she said that she would have to ask a manager to find out if this was possible, but that it was not likely. When I shared my frustration at their poor customer service, she said there was nothing she could do to help because her manager was not there. (why she could not email or call her manager i do not understand).
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