Tryp Gran Via - Madrid, Spain 

"Cozy hotel"
Posted: Mon, Nov 23 2009
I liked staying in this hotel, although the quite small room was facing inner yard roof. I read in other posters that AC was not working at night, but in our room it was cooling so much, that I took a blanket from cupboard at night. The breakfast was very good and tasty with great variety. The hotel is only couple of steps from Gran Via metro station, centrally located. Tourist attractions are within walking distance. Reception staff marked on the map places to see, so we managed during one evening to see most of beautiful Madrid. I would give it 4 star rank for service and location.

RR
Posted: Thu, Aug 07 2008
This hotel is situated in the Red light district but otherwise is in a great just steps away from the Gran Via train metro station. The hotel itself is basic with small rooms but clean and quite all the same.

Never again
Posted: Mon, Jun 23 2008
The Gran Via is in the heart of historical Madrid, within walking distance from almost everything, but the Hotel tryp is definitely NOT recommendable. Ok, it's not their fault if the hotel is located at the corner of Calle de la Montera - an infamous pedestrian area of Madrid, populated by a collection of ugly street hookers; after all, maybe you like the idea (and there's a great restaurant, the Gloria de Montera, within few metres). Also, maybe they cannot get rid of the group of tattooed cracks permanently sitting-in exactly in front of the hotel entrance (I regularly visit Madrid, and personally verified they're always there - month after month after month). But their rooms are unforgivably small, and this IS their responsibility. By "small" I mean than your single room can be so short that beyond your bed you can't even fit a chair; and so narrow that if you open your suitcase flat on the floor, it will fill all the remaining space, and you'll have to stay on your bed. The same architectural style applies to the bathroom as well. Unless you're quite shorty, you'll have to open your legs wide while sitting on the closet, not to bump your knees on the wall in front of you (but if you're particularly tired, you can lean on the wall while pissing). Considering that all this fun comes for not less than 100? (including a disgusting tortilla stink, which catches you at the lobby and doesn't leave you even at the highest floors), I definitely recommend to choose another hotel.

Disgusting..... Absolutely Disgusting
Posted: Sat, Jun 07 2008
To start, this hotel did not have my pre-paid reservation. The rude staff didn't seem to care that I had already paid for my room and barely seemed concerned that they did not have a room for me to stay. Once they finally arranged to put me in a room, the room was next to the old loud elevator and was the size of a closet. The carpet looked like someone had spilled or vomited all over it, I would not walk on the floor without my socks on. The walls were so thin and you could hear everything. I couldn't sleep through the night, as everytime the elevator turned on or guests talked in the hallway... I could hear it. I have been travelling and staying in hotels all over Europe and this has been my worst experience so far. I do not recommend this hotel to anyone.