Hotel Astoria  

Hotel Astoria has a great location in Copenhagen in that it is adjacent to the main railway station. It is also a rather interesting hotel and the owners should provide some information on its history.

1. Ugly rooms with no a/c. 2. No room cleaning, probably once during a week 3. No internet - dont believe them 4. Terrible breakfast, once even no coffee 5. The staff dont even try to help you with the restaurant reservation The worse hotel in my life

For Copenhagen this was a relatively cheap hotel . (It was still about £100 per room a night). It was built in the 1930's and still has many of it is original features. Once we changed room (see below) it was stayable. The good points are (i) its central location (right next the the main station main entrance & Tivoli Gardens) and also a belief that, if some money was spent on the hotel, it could be quite nice.

This is a bizarre, somewhat quirky and run-down hotel. In the end our stay wasn't too bad as we managed to change room. Though it was supposed to be 'superior' - we exepcetd it to be 'small' but the first room we wre given a cupboard, very basic with paint coming off the walls. On arrival there was confusion over our prepaid payment. As we knew we had already paid it meant a call to the UK to provide proof the the girl on reception - once I had the proof she then explained that they have just changed ownership and lost all their payment records! Breakfast was on plastic plates and plastic cutlery! Whilst we were there the hotel put up a sign in recpetion saying that there was ecoli scare in the City and that we should not use the tap water for drinking. We asked if they could provide bottled water and they said 'no'. The hotel web-site was quite deceiving - with things that the hotel did not have available (web connection was not working and strangely, even a non-existent swimming pool advertised!) but I hope that will have now have been changed by the new ownership. Be prepared for the rumbling of trains which cause the walls to vibrate!

No Internet although it is advertised by hotel.

The excellent location of the hotel. Very close to the major attractions of Copenhagen (Tivoli, City Hall, Strøget, Nyhavn, City Lakes), And most important - side by side to the Main Railway Station making it very easy to get around Copenhagen by S-train, to travel by train to the Danish (and Swedish!) countryside as well as the rest of Europe.

The bathroom was very small. It would be more comfortable if it had either a bigger bath or no bath at all, but simply a shower cabin.

Its location.

a) Uncomfortable conditions (i.e. not good ventilation system and no air condition even though it was hot during the summer nights). b) dirty room (housekeeping cleaning good, yet, dirty/smelly pillows). c) Very noicy (windows do not block noice from street). Do not be decieved by the 'ok' pictures. Highly NOT RECOMMENDED unless you have extremely low expectations!

The kindness of their staff, specially at the front desk although arriving late and with a credit card blocked for unexplained reasons. The lady at the reception was extremely helpful and kind. The best during all my scandinavian "tour".

Location

Hotel was very poor standard for the price I paid

I am disappointed because of dirty old carpets in the hotel. Even the carpet at the front was dirty and stained ,so are the carpets in the corridoors. The front desk personel are courteous and helpful . The location is excellent because of its proximity to train station. But the hotel needs major renovation .

The breakfast was fantastic - and the location was overlooking the train station.

Generally poorly informed staff, small and dingy rooms with stained carpetting - and expensive for the quality of the "design" hotel.

The hotel is very old and rustic. It is centrally located in town. The breakfast was genuine Scandinavian and very tasteful. The room was just right for two people. The only drawback was the shower-tub combination. The tub was small and slopped up at the rear .. this is not unusual in Europe. However, the slop (where one may sit) was too small for the average person. One had to be careful while standing to take a shower or one possibly could fall. Would I stay there again? The answer is yes.

The central position was ideal, both for the buses and the main train station

Lack of an English speaking news channel on the tv; no bbc or sky news.

good location and breakfast

bed shape of shower.