The rooms are as outdated as described in the other reviews but that doesn't really matter. What did matter was the fact that we didn't sleep at all since the mattresses were placed over a hardboard which was sagging in the middle so that the mattresses ended in an angle of about 30 degrees towards the middle. Too close for comfort, even for a happily married couple!

The food is nice, the service friendly but 130 euro is way too much!

More of a restaurant with rooms, and very well placed for exploring the old town. This is no luxury hotel, but it doesn't claim to be, and the prices are fair, both for the room and in the restaurant. The room and bathroom were rather dated, but clean and functional, and we had a superb meal despite arriving rather late. Overall, we found Il Gourmet quite charming.

I feel the nice reveiws to this hotel come from the veiws and also location which is perfect people need to take heed of the 2 and 3 star reviews
my wife and i stayed in a double room which over looked the city and was awsome and as said previously the location is next to the bus route and 5 mins from the main street in the the city alta

but then it goes wrong the rooms all need a serious redecorating (we looked at others while going past to compare) and they need to know for over 100 euros a night what a mattress feels like to sleep on and sheets need to be able to move freely it was like sleeping on bedrock with a plyboard cover and the constant bells from the many local churches are lovly to listen to once or twice untill you try to sleep and i appoligise if you feel i exagerate, until you experience it yourself

i would definatly shop around first before trying

we have visited Bergamo before and stayed at the Agnello D'Oro which we loved. This time it was fully booked so we chose Il Gourmet. Its a good location, extremely convenient for the airport bus ( about a 3 minute walk) Its so close to the Citta Alta walls that you can pretend you are actually within them and its right near the San Vigilio funiculare. Beware of that though! If you have a room at the back, you will have the funiculare running past your window so ask for a room with a view! Our room 16 was fine, a little bit tired, but warm, comfortable, very spacious and with a great view. Breakfast Saturday was fine but Sunday not so good as the bread was not as fresh as we would have liked.
All in all, a recommended stay but we will still try to book the Agnello D'oro when we visit beautiful Bergamo again