If you can actually find other place to stay, please do.
Very old facility. Furnitures as well.
The radio attached with the bed's headboard made me reminisce the old times coz' those are the same thing my grandpa have from the days.

You chooose this hotel for the fantastic location. Ten minutes from the old city. You walk in one direction and you see dancing religious me from the 19th century.. Another direction and it is the twenty first century with hiphop and loud music. The contradiction of Jerusalem.
A disgusring breakfast with rotten eggs and old bread. But if you ask the Arab waiters for fresh bread, you get fresh bread. You ask for fresh eggs, you get fresh eggs. So a hotel for the seasoned traveller who is perhaps somewhat asserrtive.
Big rooms and a reasonable bathroom. The bottom line: reasonable price and the place to stay for seasoned travellers.

i stayed in this hotel for 5 days and i was really upset on the first day , first, it smells like a chimney, 2nd, they said the airconditioning is for heating only it was quite hot if you're used to london weather , 3rd, the carpets no matter how you will clean it...it really needs to be replaced due to old cigarette burns..the pillow smells like an old cabinet.. i did comlaints and asked to be moved in another room and they said there's only one rrom available which is much horrible than the other one.

so, i said i want to cancel the rest of the days and was told to sort it out with the agency i booked it with...i dnt really know if this is just a coincidence since i just booked this 5 days before my holiday took place ..sadly i have to settle with this hotel due to exhausting day i had and the next day i am booked for another early tour to masada.

the next day was not too bad anymore since i noticed they let the cooling of the room worked!! (so there is one...) the smell of chimney faded a bit... ( or probably we got used to it already)..

it is next to jaffa road , and its a downtown hotel so you can hear a bit of noise from the outside..i had a really bad 1st night i wasnt able to sleep due to this. but for a positive point, youre near to every shop and bars in jerusalem if you want to stay here. jaffa gate going to the old city is about 10 to 15 min. walk.

breakfast is in buffet style and they dont run out of anything..kosher meal of course...but everything taste very good..
i was planning to post a photo but it the looks it doesnt really excite me so i didnt bother to get a photograph..
the staff are helpful and some really speaks good english.esp. the guy in the reception who really helped us call a cab in the last minute( the cab we originally booked didnt turned up).so thank you for that.

taxi drivers usually makes arrangement on how much youre going to pay and they always settle for 250 shekels from ben gurion airport to here and vise versa...the real price when meter is plugged down is about 218 to 220 shekels .( i travelled at the end week of october to 1st week of november 2008)

well, i hope this will help you..decide...
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I am a journalist who stayed in this hotel while covering the Israeli Disengagement from Gaza. Though the hotel was starting to undergo renovations while I was there, nevertheless I found the staff courteous, helpful, the rooms clean and quiet and the price was very reasonable.

The location of the hotel, and it's towering height, made it perfect for my stay in Jerusalem. From my window on the 10th floor I had a commanding view of the downtown of the city, above the noise and fray of the street. Unfortunately, the spa was being renovated at the time, so it was closed, but it includes a sauna, swimming pool, gym and jaccuzi.

Phone service was not up to modern standard, but the apologetic desk clerk was very helpful and did whatever was required for my demands for data services, allowing me to use their office computers for internet access. I was assured that the hotel was being refitted with modern telecommunications, expected to be in place in early 2006.

Over all, I would highly recommend this hotel, especially if one is on a budget or needs to be in the center of the city.