I stayed at hotel Divesta for just one night, while in Varna for work.
For the price, I wouldn't have stayed another night, and I won't go
back.
First off, this hotel is very difficult to find, especially if you are
driving. The directions on their website are minimal, and it turns out
you can't actually get to the hotel as indicated, but rather you need
to drive around some very small back streets (with large holes) in order
to arrive at the hotel - only to find out there is no parking. You need
to then find some curb/street parking. Oh, that's unless you count the
one space in front of the hotel sidewalk (*on* the sidewalk). I'd suggest you take a cab if you're on your way to find the divesta.
Also, lighted sign on the hotel (at the top) is
only half working, so instead of "Divesta' it said "Dive" when I was
trying to find it - making it difficult to find while driving at night.
Next, the concierge and front desk staff are not very effective. For example, I
asked for a map. They said they didn't have any. After some arguements
from my side, they finally procured one. Then I asked for a restaurant
recommendation - they couldn't provide one. They generally seemed either unwilling or unable to provide any useful information.
The rooms themselves were okay. The beds were not as firm as my liking
(you could see some sag to them), but they were generally reasonable.
Room size was also adequate. The TV was okay, it recievedBBC and CNN, and
the rooms were quiet. The bathoroom was also clean and functional. I
didn't have a chance to try the free wireless internet, so I can't report on that.
Now let's get to the included breakfast. I went down at 7:45 AM, and
was the only one there. In fact, I think there were only 3 other people
in the whole hotel while I stayed there. Anyway, I decided to try the
"juice,"as two pitchers were provided. The first one was not juice. It
tasted like "tang" or "coolaid" with nutrasweet. Very nasty. I tried the
second one. It also tasted nasty, something like powdered orange drink,
but this time with sugar rather than fake sugar substitute. The
"breakfast attendant" came over to me and asked me if I'd like some Juice at
this point (he obviously didn't see me try it a few seconds prior). I
said, "no, thank you. I don't know what that is, but that's not juice."
He looked at me and shrugged. I tried the feta cheese, it seemed off. I
couldn't eat it. I tried the toast - it was okay. But then I added the
"strawberry" jam. Big mistake. I headed out the door and went accross the street to a local bakery and got some "banitza" (local breakfast pastry), then got some real
espresso at a nearby cafe, just around the corner.
All in all, I get the feelign that this hotel is very limited in quality, and
no real attention is paid to the actual service or provisionings of the
hotel. Nobody seemed to care about anything, and the general attidue
was very lackluster.
I can't recommend it - unless maybe you got it for a price of about 30
or 35 EUR per night (I paid 55 EUR, and it was too much).
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