Ikaros Hotel

The staff were helpful and friendly.

The reception area wreaked of cigarette smoke, and as our room was right next to reception and there was a big gap at the bottom of the door we were fighting to keep the smoke out. The beds were very uncomfortable, the noise from outside kept us awake (old rickety windows), the furniture which wasn’t much was in a serious rate of disrepair, and the basin in our room only gave out cold water (which also dripped if you didn’t turn off the control tap underneath the basin). The toilet facilities had certainly seen better days, whilst the toilet was clean everything else didn’t appear to be. The shower room consisted of a shower hose which rested at waist height, you had to manually hold the hose over you to get your upper body, that said it was probably the most redeeming feature about the place. There is a toilet about a step from the shower and a sink which gives hot water about seven feet from the shower, again this room has seen better days. I understood when booking that there would be shared bathroom facilities, never did I expect them to be this downtrodden or unsuitable for the number of people using them. I am sad to say that despite the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff the other factors cannot be overlooked!

The man on the reception was nice.

Smell bad (cigarettes mainly), bathroom not nice.

It is well located, close to metro station and a number of tourist attractions. And the price is good, nothing more.

The cleanliness should be improved especially the bathroom. Only cash will be accepted whoch is in contrast with the payment option in booking.com, this should be revised. The whole hotel, from the entrance to my room, wc and bathroom was full of cigarette smell, I didn't see any guest smoking, instead the receptionists smoke a lot I think.