rooms are big and the selling point of this hotel is that the hotel is in a very old building, if you just want to have B&B service it is recommended.

The outside of the hotel looked fabulously luxurious as did the Gone with the Wind type lobby. Unfortunately the rooms were something out of a horror movie. The entire living area reeked of cigarette smoke even though we requested a non-smoking room from the outset.

Furniture was dated, though this wasn't a real issue with us. What was really horrible was the concrete floor co-ed bathroom to be shared by guests of the entire floor. Ok, I'm pretty open minded but the shower stalls had no door on them. Really, this place was more like a bad hostel in need of TLC than a grand hotel, as its name suggests.

Hotel is quite average I would say.

Staff is helpful, but for me hotel was generally quite depressing - don't really know why. Altought they allowed to park bike on private parking free, but room doesn't have toilet/shower (though I was aware of it).

Haven't used any other facilities, not sure if they're available, but general impression was not the best. Though it is cheap.

Location of this hotel is good - it's immediately outside Plzen's old town. The hotel is dark and old-looking but our room was large and comfortable. The staff speaks only a little English but was generally helpful and pleasant. The breakfast, however, was the worst that we encountered in 2 weeks in Germany and Czech Republic. The hotel has a large and easy-to-access parking lot but a piece of plaster from the crumbling building fell on our car and damaged it slightly. I would add that Plzen is a really fun place. It's less expensive than Praha to eat and stay but has all the Czech experience you could ask for.