Stayed at hotel for two nights.Pulled up at hotel, in middle of residential area. Rooms - nothing like internet photos.Stains up the walls. 40 yrs+ decor everywhere. no lifts and hotel is on 5 floors. one of my friends sheets had blood on.beds - rock hard.bathroom - postage stamp/ old and filthy.no fridge when told on website there would be.feet stuck to carpet in rooms they were that old.Windows don't lock or close properly.No air con and it was hot.room security is very poor, one lock that appeared as though it had been forced open numerous times.no safety deposit box in room or at hotel.passports stayed with hotel within box for each room visible from reception desk and in easy reach to grab and steal.Restaurant for breakfast - miss it and have an early lunch. this was just like the pictures on the website, same chairs/decor and it appears same food was served. don't have scrambled eggs if you do risk it.All in all, worth paying an extra £15-20 each (if that) for a town centre location/air conditioned hotel - much less hassle!One saving grace was the hockey club. out of hotel turn right and its 100 feet on the right. bar downstairs and big garden/terrace area at the back. lovely food/drink. cheap and great people running it! Bratislava itself was great. loads of bars/clubs etc. just not hotel turist!!!All accept hockey club, out of hotel turn right and its on the right. really great people in there, cheap to eat and drink.

One of the worst hotels I have ever stayed in. Clearly they have not spent a single penny on it in the last 50 years. Not very helpful staff. No elevator. Not near centre and nothing much around. Rooms grotty and bear NO resemblance to web photos. Ugly, sparse, cheap, ancient furniture and decor. To boot, the maid walked in on me and my boyfriend without knocking but complaining at reception didn't get us further than a simple apology. We were due to stay another night there 3 nights later but cancelled and went elsewhere.

Price of hotel one of the good things about it.Very basic as the other reviews say. Old ugly soviet style building, rooms clean on arrival.Bathroom clean but very old and not very appealing, weak shower pressure.Cheap beers available from reception. Recption staff helpful enough but could've been a bit more forthcoming on useful info to us tourists (like the fact that the tram/bus stops ticket vending machines only take coins which takeyou at least two days of spending in the city before you have enough of them to use).Beds were comfy though. Small towels in room. If I was going back to Bratislava I would definitely stay in the old town or as close as possible.45 minute walk from this hotel to old town. and everything you will want to see is in the old town. Handy location for international football matches which take place a ten minute walk away.

The Turist is on the outskirts of Bratislava, about 15 minutes by taxi from the airport and ten minutes by taxi from the main rail station.

It's about 40-50 minute walk into the old town from the hotel.

This hotel would, if lucky, be rated as 1* in the UK. It's not much more than a hostel. The building is 1950s-1960's Soviet-era and faces a large block of old concrete apartments.

Most the reception staff were friendly with one receptionist unhelpful to the point of rudness.

The small foyer leads onto a stairway which is tatty with worn tiles. This leads to the corridoors which are drab and don't seem to have been painted for years.

The doors to the bedrooms are flimsy and have only a cheap lock for security. Guests only get one key per room.

The rooms are OK for size but our had a toilet which leaked. The shower room next to the toilet was 1950s with dark brown, cracked tiles and a cheap fibreglass wall-mounted cupboard with mirror.

The bedroom had brown carpets and curtains, again circa 1960s/70s with a balcony which, if the rotting wooden door had opened, would have afforded a view of the enormous block of Soviet-era apartments opposite.

There were three single beds, two along one wall and a third opposite. A rickety table and three chairs were in the middle of the room. There was also an old chest of drawers with broken doors for storage.

Sheets and duvets were clean and warm and the beds were more comfortable than they looked.

Heating was good and the water was warm but only dribbled from the shower.

There is a small, wall-mounted TV showing local TV and two sattelite channels. The TV remote control is available form the reception.

If you want a cheap hotel, the Turist is worth consideration but there seem to be nicer ones in the surrounding streets. If you want any sort of luxury this hotel is not for you. Better to find somewhere in the city centre.