I booked this hotel through and lateroom.com for myself and two other friends. We arrived at the hotel, It looked horrible on the outside. When we arrived at the desk, they said they had not received my bookings from lateroom.com which I knew was a lie. So I thought to myself that I was going to be stuck in Zagreb with no where to stay. Luckily enough we found Hotel International. It was only few Euro's more and it was few Euros well spent. The staff were helpful, friendly and fab on the other hand the staff at hotel Dora were rude and the place was a Rubbish. Thank God I narrowly avoided staying there.

The worst hotel I ever stayed! Old, dirty with fingerprints on the walls, no airconditioning so I had to open the window and get all the traffic noise of the thoroughfare, sheets and towels with holes and so worn out they felt like sandpaper. As for the breakfast room in the basement! And the location far from the centre in a squalid part of the city, so dark it gave you the creeps. And they have the nerve to classify as a 3star hotel. As I had prepaid I had no choice but to endure. It spoiled my visit to Zagreb. I have already complained to the tourist board of Zagreb.

I travelled with a large group of women to several cities in the central europe region and Hotel Dora in Zagreb was our most disappointing stay (relatively speaking).

On the face of it, there's nothing terribly wrong with the hotel. It's a very basic and functional place. Minimal choice at breakfast. Recently renovated, so the bathrooms looked clean and new. If you're not a very fussy person and don't necessarily want to be in the centre of town, then Dora is fine.

However, there are other reasons for you to reconsider Dora as an option:

1) No elevators - if you're the kind travelling with a lot of luggage, be prepared to haul your bags up several flights of stairs yourself.

2) Minimal staff - which means no housekeeping on a daily basis. So towels and sheets don't get changed. Also, not much help for the point mentioned above i.e. help with carrying bags.

3) No heating - this year, we didn't experience typical 'spring' weather even in mid/ late May. So evening and night temperatures were actually quite cold. But the hotel did not turn on the heating saying their winter/ cold season was over!!

When i first saw the photos of hotel on the web page and the outdoor appearance, i thought i would have nice & pleasant stay in Zagreb, BUT... I even didn't want to take pictures of my room on the ground floor(they would be more awful than the pics from rjung), or photos of the bathroom... it was untidy, small room, without air condition and horrible smell from the bathroom... Mirror was dirty, like it was "cleaned" with dirty duster... Shower tub was too small and also dirty, and i even found remains from a plastic bag for shower gel, from a guest before me; in the evening i had to wash my hair - hairdryer was full of dust! ... I barely could relax myself to sleep... I was just hoping that the sheets, pillow case and blanket is not from a guest(s) before me...and i still hope that! But it seemed like the only thing that was changed. Counterpane on the bed was also doubtful. The walls were splodgy, with hand prints and foot prints. Breakfast: cereals, milk & coffee, juice, tea,few frankfurter, joghurt and i don't remember anything else...but believe me, i ate only because i was very hungry, and only cereals wtih milk. Don't go there if you have an alternative... I was really disgusted. I didn't have time to find another hotel, but fortunately i booked only one night there... Awful hotel.