My friend booked this hotel for us thru a discount accommodation service without consulting the "traveller's friend": TRIPADVISOR. By the time I read the reviews here, it was too late. Luckily, we were staying over in Prague only one night on our way to some place else but....

1. The reception was in a tiny storefront below the 'hotel' in which three young ladies handled reservations for different properties. The first red flag was when they requested payment up front in cash.

2. We had the 'fortune' of getting the 3-bedroom suite for our sole use which had the following featues:

a. It was only up 2 LARGE flghts of stairs instead of the 4 flights others have complained about. We still had to negotiate the big wooden door and the metal gate at the top of the first flight.

b. We had 3 bedrooms, sort of. Actually, we entered through a corridor that was fitted as a kitchen but apparently had not been designed as one because in the middle of the long wall of this cramped room was the entrance to the bathroom which featured a shower in one corner which had no shower door or curtain, causing the water to go everywhere in the bathroom. This was the intention since the floor drain was in the center of the room rather than in the shower!! The bathroom smelled of dankness.

The first of the three 'sleeping rooms' was clearly a former living room and featured beds plus a dining room table and four chairs; the second room was as wide as the two beds that occupied it with about 10" of space to spare.

The third bedroom, though larger, had no windows! All in all, the rooms looked as if they had been "separated off" from adjacent apartments to form a hodgepodge of living areas.

c. The place was not cared for. Although apparently clean, there were countless examples where a little maintenance would've have gone a long way: peeling paint, a dining room chair whose upholstered seat simply lifted off the frame, etc, etc, etc.

We paid $74 and felt cheated. On our way back through Prague we stayed at the Hotel Denisa near the Dejvicka metro stop -- a 10 minute ride from the old town -- and paid $72 instead. What a difference!!

Don't stay here!

It is an old place not worth the money. There is a very small reception area that is shared by other pensions. To get to our room you go thru a large locked wooden gate located outside a pizza parlor up two flights of stairs to another locked iron gate, then up two more flights of stairs. No elevator. Stairs were lit by a timer. The room was dingy. The bed low to the ground (uncomfortable) with two "pillows". No curtains on the window. The bathroom is ok but does smell damp. Were provded two very small towels for myself and my husband which we used these same ones all three days were there. No TV. No hairdryer. There is a market outside the hotel which opens at 9:00am and closes at 6:00pm. I would not recommend staying here (even if you are just looking for a place to crash at night) especially for the money they charge.

Just returned from a 4 night, January break, in Prague. Not knowing much about the cost and quality of the "cheaper" hotels around the Old Town Suare, we decided to book the Avalon Tara through "prague holidays", bad mistake.
On arrival we found the reception just a "hole in the wall", beneath the accommodation rooms. The allocated room was up 4 large flights of stairs to the 4th floor, not too much of a problem for an agile 20yr old, but a "heart pumper" for a 65yr old like myself, carrying 2 large casesand no mention of this prior.
The stairs were lit by lights on short term timers, which meant that you could be halfway up the stairs and then find yourself in total darkness.
No lift, no fire escape and no fire evacuation info.
The room was large, sparsely furnished and grubby, the bathroom was ok, but smelt damp, 2 small towels supplied. No breakfast is provided and there is no means to self cater, other than a fridge.
Room service was negligable, with a cleaner coming in once a day to empty the waste baskets and shuffle dirt about, towels and bed linen not changed during our 5 days there. Receptionist only there for two hours in the morning so there is little opportunity to get a complaint in.
We paid 45 pound stirling per night, which seemed reasonable until we were there, for less or very little more, you can get far better quality accommodation and services, without sacrificing location.
On consideration we have probably paid "top season" rates for inferior
accommodation, be warned!