Aug 07 Waldorf Rimini, very doubtful after reading reviews, totally wrong, room was excellent overlooking sea, LCD televisions, mini-fridge, modern bathroom the list goes on. Breakfast all cold just what you expect in Italy but plenty of it. The pool was empty every day and swimming lesson for kids every morning 10 - 12, womens jumping about in water 12 - 13.
Only down side you do have to pay on beach 18 euro a day or 95 for week !

A group of six of us went for 4 nights at the end of May. The only good thing about this hotel is that it is 2mins from the beach, however, so are most of the hotels - so that is by no means unique.

The hotel was in general , appaling. The rooms are old, smelly, and delapadated. Dont be fooled by the pictures of the rooms, on various websites - we were! The rooms really are awful, and are extremely crampled - they basically just shove a bed in somewhere with no concern for the guests comfort.

The hotel swimming pool on the roof looks fantastic, but in reality is smelly, dirty, and not clean enough to use. Inside the hotel is very dated, and literally has not been updated since the 1970's.

Also, on many sites, it lists that they have a private beach, which is a plain lie. They have a very small strip of beach, which was not even ready for use when we went there, and we had to pay to use the beach. They also tried underhand tactics to make us pay for the 5-a-side football pitch - use of which is supposed to be free.

The breakfast was poor, and consisted mainly of packaged biscuits, and packaged cereals. If you get there even a little late, most of the food has gone, and the staff are very rude about replacing it for you.

In general the staff were very rude, and unhelpful, and were more concerned about making money, and even charged us for breakages in the room, yet we did not break anything. They only told us about all this at 6am on the day we were checking out, and to be honest by this point we were just sick and tired of the hotel, so we paid the charges, just to get out of there.

In conclusion, this hotel appears cheap, but you really do get what you pay for. I would never visit this hotel again - if you can, avoid it like the plague.

Stayed at the Rimini Waldorf for a long weekend (3 nights) at the end of August 06. The building, like most hotels in Rimini, is a late '60 construction, not very actractive from the outside. The main entrance is grand, with a terrace overlooking the main street in Rimini. The lobby is spacious and well laid out. The rooms, being a 1960 or so hotel are not too big, but not too small either. The forniture is somewhat old and needs to be replaced. On the contrary the bathroom has been recently refurbished with marble tiles, nice and complete fittings. The balcony, overlooking the sea, is quite small, again a 1960 legacy. Overall the room we stayed is just avarage. The hotel has two swimming pools, one on the roof, with a great view of the beach and the city, and a 25mts outdoor pool, which also used for swimming courses. The best part of the hotel is the restaurant. The menu is varied and complete. All our meals (we stayed full board) were above avarage. The menus changes every day with four different selections of first and second courses. There is also a very good buffet of "antipasti" and salads.
The staff is very helpfull and friendly. We had a pleasant and enjoyable stay. Recommended.

The Golden Tulip Waldorf in Rimini is a very nice 4 star hotel which offers good value for the money. Location is great -- as it is smack in the middle of the shopping district, with LOTS of places to eat around the corner. Service at the hotel is efficient and polite. Breakfast is very generous, with lots of selection. The view from the hotel is of the beach front. During the summer months the hotel has a spa, roof top pool and restaurant. Please be advised that during the winter months -- none of these amenities are available.