Hotel The Principal Madrid *****

November/2011 Someone from Italy thinks:

• Overall rating: 8.7
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: The location and the room .
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for...
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 7.5
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 7.5
• Quietness: 10
• Room: 10
• Value for money: 10

November/2011 Someone from Italia thinks:

• Overall rating: 3.3
• Would you recommend it? No
• Positive:
• Negative: breakfast and room smell
• I RECOMMEND it for...
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 2.5 bad smell
• Location: 7.5
• Common facilities and services: 5
• Staff: 7.5
• Quietness: 7.5
• Room: 5 cool shower
• Value for money: 5

November/2011 Someone from TURKEY thinks:

• Overall rating: 9.7
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: The room service and breakfast were excellent
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for...
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 10
• Staff: 10
• Quietness: 10
• Room: 7.5
• Value for money: 7.5

November/2011 Someone from Mexico thinks:

• Overall rating: 4.8
• Would you recommend it? I don't know
• Positive: The location
• Negative: The absolutely rude staff (except for one lady at the reception desk and one waiter)
• I RECOMMEND it for... Budget travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Luxury, Handicapped, Business travelers
• Cleanliness: Not rated
• Location: Not rated
• Common facilities and services: Not rated Minimal reception area, inadequate elevators
• Staff: Not rated Just plain rude and not helpful (except for one person) Did not respond to my e mail prior to arrival.
• Quietness: 10 We had in interior courtyard room. The exterior rooms experience street noise.
• Room: 2.5 Room was miniscule. Mattress was lumpy. No dresser. No comfortable seating.
• Value for money: 7.5 Compared to other Madrid hotel prices, quite surprising because of the excellent location

October/2011 Someone from UK thinks:

• Overall rating: 10
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: The room was luxurious and the upstairs bar was very relaxing.
• Negative: The lobby was a little small and the lifts too.
• I RECOMMEND it for... Older travelers, Couples, Luxury
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 10
• Staff: 10
• Quietness: 10
• Room: 10
• Value for money: 10

October/2011 Someone from Paris thinks:

• Overall rating: 4.8
• Would you recommend it? I don't know
• Positive: La vista de mi cuarto
• Negative: Los recepcionistas, superrr antipaticos, los del dia-mañana muy bien pero el resto mal mal!
• I RECOMMEND it for...
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: Not rated 0 amabilidad, la muchacha de la tarde y el muchacho de la noche, fines de semana.
• Quietness: 7.5
• Room: 7.5 Vista espectaculares
• Value for money: 5

October/2011 Someone from Switzerland thinks:

• Overall rating: 8
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: The room, the breakfast, the terraces (specially the 7th floor with a fantastic panoramic view) and the location
• Negative: the smell on the 5th floor corridors, the prices from the 7th floor bar (small coca-cola 7€), the lobby (small)
• I RECOMMEND it for... Couples, Classic style lovers, Business travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 7.5
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 5
• Quietness: 5
• Room: 7.5
• Value for money: 7.5

October/2011 Someone from Zurich, Switzerland thinks:

• Overall rating: 7.5
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: The location
• Negative: Internet access is not free of charge
• I RECOMMEND it for... Couples, Business travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 7.5
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: Not rated
• Staff: 7.5
• Quietness: 2.5
• Room: 2.5 The shower finishing is very bad as water gets outside and creates a 'pool'. I missed a machine for coffee and tea making
• Value for money: 5

October/2011 Someone from Warsaw/Poland thinks:

• Overall rating: 8.4
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: location
• Negative: to little lifts
• I RECOMMEND it for...
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 7.5
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: Not rated
• Staff: 10
• Quietness: 7.5
• Room: 7.5
• Value for money: 7.5

October/2011 Someone from Barcelona thinks:

• Overall rating: 9.8
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: La habitación y el salón
• Negative: El escasísimo espacio de la recepción
• I RECOMMEND it for... Couples, Luxury, Classic style lovers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Modern style lovers, Handicapped, Budget travelers, Travelers with a car
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 10
• Quietness: 7.5
• Room: 10
• Value for money: 10