I was in Prague in October 2010 for the Czech Republic - Scotland football match in Prague. This was my first time in Prague, and had no idea about the layout of the city, but looking through trip advisor, Hotel Otto got good reviews and was in my budget.
I arrived at the hotel at 11am, but was told to come back at 2pm, and though I asked about using an empty room (even if untidy) to freshen up (as I had been traveling for 12 hours) it fell on deaf ears and was told "at 2pm!!!".
Hotel location is alway from the tourist traps of the city centre, but is located down a few seedy looking back streets away from any life (after dark I would normaly hurry to get back to the hotel).
Another thing is, the front door of the hotel is ALWAYS locked, so you have to ring a door bell to get in. This is ok during the day, but at 3am when it goes off every 5-15 minutes, it does get VERY annoying!
Breakfast seems to be a mixture of continental and Easter European (warm and cold selections of meats, eggs and cheese) with juce, cakes and coffee... may not seem much, but enough to fill you till lunch time (which is a good thing as the food on offer in Prague is to die for).
Staff in the hotel can be a little rude, as the first night I came back at 2am, rang the buzzer, and got a rude reply of "what you want? no rooms!!!!!".
There is a metro station about 5 minutes walk away which gets you into the center in no time, but a taxi from Wensislas Square will depend on what taxi you get. First night I got an offical taxi, and it cost £5 (on the metre), 2nd night I got an "unoificial" with a rigged metre and the same 5 minute journey cost me £20!!!!! The drivers will say "its on the metre" but try get a rough price off them before.
All in all, not a bad hotel, but with just a little more research, I am sure better could be found.
- Otto Hotel Prague
