A great location and the lobby area has something of an air of faded grandeur about it...charming in its own way. Rooms are rather tired and basic. The rooms we had were definitely not of the calibre that the website implies and the bathrooms were beyond basic. Service was competent but nothing special. Overall, not great value for money.

We stayed here to attend a wedding in the centre of Beirut. It is not a cheap option (there are very few of those in Beirut) but we were pleased with our room. We were upgraded to a suite with a kitchenette. Rather disappointingly the kitchenette contained no equipment whatsoever (not even plates), so if you are planning to stay in a suite, you would need to bring everything with you. A microwave, fridge and hotplates were provided. The bed was comfortable, the staff were friendly and there was an on site restaurant, which we didn't use as the hotel is just a few minutes walk from the main square with numerous choices of restaurants.

This is a high quality hotel with great room and extremely helpful and friendly staff, preferably for business trips as it is located in the downtown business area, quite far away from the buzzing Hamra district.

Some shortcomings:
- Overpriced and inflexible internet services (wifi).
- No gym or swimming pool.
- The breakfast buffet could have included more choices.

Otherwise it was a great hotel!

the hotel is very well positioned in the new beirut downtown area and this, coupled with affordable prices, makes it a very good option.

the staff is friendly and helpful when needed.

the only drawback is that the facilities are lacking and the hotel would benefit from faster internet and elevators but with the former it is generally a problem of lebanon's weak IT infrastructure.

finally, i wanted to highlight somethin that annoyed me and that was my room key getting deprogrammed twice during my stay. the usual excuse was that i hold it next to my phone but that's a tired argument since i always keep the card away from everything else. the inconvenience entails going back down to the reception in the slow elevator and getting this fixed.

TVs are small CRT units but do the basic job. beirut isn't a town where you want to spend your time indoors.

the rooms are large with ensuite kitchenetter that i didn't use and there is a nice sitting area within the junior suite. furniture is simple and basic.

the only area of the room that i would say needs more attention is the bathrooms that could be enlarged and upgraded and the shower could be much better lit.