Hotel & Residence Praga - Prague, Czech Republic     

Praga 1 is clean and is not too far from the Charles Square subway and tram stations, making it fairly easy to get around. You can easily walk to areas in Nove Mesto like Wenceslas Square, and Stare Mesto is walkable, although its a bit of a stroll. Take trams 22/23 to the castle. The hotel is clean and its a decent place to flop if you dont do anything in your room except sleep. I traveled by myself, and only slept there, but I would not want to hang out there. Prague is expensive, so this represeents an acceptable value. Where Praga 1 and many budget hotels suffer is basic service. Changing even moderatly sized bills is a challenge, and they ran out of tram tickets twice in my short stay, which is unacceptable form a tourist hotel. They gave me room 001 adjacent to the lobby and elevator (noisy). In hindsight I should have asked to be moved, but I feared getting a room on the buy street. In short, it is perfectly acceptable if you want to stay reasonably cheaply in an expenive city and don't plan on doing anything there except showering and sleeping. Service is a bit lacking, but that is almost expected in a hotel of this star rating.

3 of us just returned from 3 nights at this hotel. There were a number of both positives and negatives about it. Positives: 1) We were given a 2 bedroom apartment that would have slept 5 people easily. 2) Staff were very nice, and recommended places to eat, and tours to take 3) Great location. We could walk to Wencelas Square in less than 10 minutes, and it wasnt so close to the tourist places that it was quiet. 4) There was a fridge in the room for water. Although it only held 2 big bottles 5) Nice, but basic breakfast. 6)We thought bathroom was a good size, for 3 girls sharing. 7) The beds were comfortable. Negatives: 1) Even though the room was cleaned every day, we werent given clean glasses or cups at all. 2) No a/c, so we had to leave windows at night open and we could hear the street 3) The shower was quite small, and very tempermental. Hot was cold, cold was hot. You'd spend 5 minutes trying to get the right temperature. Although there is a few negatives here, Id still recommend the hotel, for the price and location especially. And the positives definitely outweighed the negatives