Hotel Mimosa

The location with regards to the subway station and Chinatown.

The way we were received upon signing in. The size of the room. The sound insulation of the room. The hotel's parking accomodation. Upon signing in we were unpleasantly surprised that we had to pay 100 dollar extra (or provide a creditcard guarantee) to be able to use our reservation for which we already paid the full price three months ago. Your booking.com website does not give any indication that such a specific additional condition could be expected. (We never had a similar experience in the over 15 years we have been using booking.com.) Both men at the reception desk had no understanding for our surprise and indignation. The parking accomodation which to hotel said they could provide was nothing more than showing the way to a nearby parking garage. There we had to leave the car with the keys in it. The parking personnel were used to showing all cars around to be able to push as many cars as possible in the available space. No document or paper was provided to guarantee the owner of the car that the garage would take full responsibility for the car while it was being held there. For foreigners who usually rent a car and have to sign which one of two drivers will be the only ones driving, this is an impossible proposition. All rooms of the hotel are facing the streets (normal), the subway tracks almost 3 floors above street level, and the road (with a lot of lorry traffic) almost 6 floors above street level. Such a situation requires excellent sound insulation of the windows. The sound insulation was below standards. Worse: the air conditioning and ventilation was not sufficient. Last but not least: the price of this hotel is between 30 to 50 % higher than comparable hotels in the immediate vicinity that lack the shortcomings we experienced.