The name of this place might seem rather strange, but don't let that put you off!

I stayed here for four nights at the end of August. The building itself is a former flax mill (I think), and the conversion has been impressively done. I found the rooms clean, the bathroom large and the ceilings high. Everything is impressively modern.

The staff at the hotel were helpful, but some of them spoke more English than others. Having said that, all of them spoke better English than I speak Latvian.

The hotel has a ten-pin bowling alley attached. This proved very handy, as there was heavy rain on one of the days I was in Riga. Again, this facility was impressively modern.

The hotel is about 5 mins walk to a tram stop, and the tram takes about 15 minutes to get to the centre of town. It is cheap at a flat rate fare of 0.30 Lats (about 30p).

The tram line does go through the run-down Moscow district, much of which seems to be falling down. That in itself is quite interesting, though not highlighted in most guidebooks.

The hotel was clean and comfortable, however, there was no air conditioning so it was difficult to sleep at night. Also, the beds were were short and narrow. There was also only a net curtain and a thin, almost transparent, pale green curtain hanging which meant that at 3.30am the room got as light as the day outside and it was difficult to sleep.
Breakfast was OK, although not a great choice - cold omelette and sausage for the 3 mornings we ate there! However, there was also plenty tea, coffee, juice, bread/toast, cheese, cold meat and yoghurts.
The staff spoke great English and were helpful. The area the hotel was in wasn't great but better than some of the areas you travelled through on the tram to get into the city centre. The 30p trip into the town was a bargain! We enjoyed the bowling and snooker across the courtyard.

Stayed at this hotel for 4 nights midweek. The hotel is very clean and functional (bit like a travel lodge). Breakfast is in the Bowling Centre Restaurant - very continental - cold meat, cheese, yogurt and bread (which could be toasted) and the staff were very nice with a good command of English.
The hotel is a bit out the way but transport was easy - tram (30 pence per journey regardless of length). £5 for taxi. Tram took about 15 minutes.

We just came back from Riga and enjoyed our stay in this hotel very much! I was really surprised by the cleanliness of the rooms even though I had read positive comments about it. The hotel staff was also very friendly!

We didn't have any problems with the location since we took a tram downtown and found it very convenient let alone CHEAP (20 santims, which is less than 30 cents). The hotel staff helped us to find the tram.

Breakfast was the only thing which I wouldn't rate very high: there wasn't much variety (we stayed for 4 nights), bread was a bit dry and fresh fruit was served only once. But it was enough to fill the stomach, though.