Reviews of Alcazar

05 March 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The staff is pleasant, hospitable, and helpful. The breakfast is really good and the staff shares evening soup for anyone arould the hotel in the early evening hours. The people serving in the hotel could not be more pleasant.

Disliked: Very simple and sparse accomodations; challenging walk through a rather gritty section of the city.

25 January 2012 Valerie would recommend this property

Liked: Excellent reception by friendly staff. 24hour access to tea, coffee , computer and internet. Buffet style breakfast with wide selection of hot and cold foods - more like lunch than breakfast.. Walking distance from the Old City and the Gaerden of Olives can be reached if you like walking..)

Disliked: hard to find - signs not clearly visible.

27 December 2011 Michal would recommend this property

Liked: Breakfast was amazing.

Disliked: The room was overheated and it was too noisy because of some backyard water facility.

01 December 2011 Mary-Ann would recommend this property

Liked: Städning och rooncervice mycket bra. Personalen mycket hjälpsam och vänlig. Hotellet bjuder på soppa på kvällen. Hotellet är tyst, ingen trafik, ingen alcohol.

Disliked: Värme och varmvatten oregelbunden.

21 November 2011 alvin would recommend this property

Liked: Location

Disliked: The place needs an update/renovation.

26 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Breakfaast was great.

Disliked: 15mins walking distance to old city

17 October 2011 Maria would recommend this property

Liked: Második alkalommal voltam a Hotel Alcazarban. Tiszta, kényelmes, rendkívül figyelmes, udvarias, segítőkész a személyzet. Minden igényt kielégítő kifogástalan a reggeli. 24 órában ingyenes internet, kávé, tea, víz, üdítő. A tetőteraszról remek panoráma az Olajfák hegyére, a városra.

Disliked: A TV-ben csak egy csatorna nézhető !

19 September 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: the stuff and the breakfast

Disliked: it was all good

07 June 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: very helpful staff

Disliked: rooms a little run down

04 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: excelent breakfast and good helpful staff

Disliked: well.... maybe the hotel needs some renovations but it's not what we really disliked

25 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The breakfast buffet was amazing. Free tea and coffee at all times. Large room and bathroom.

Disliked: Location was a bit out of the way and about a 20 minute walk from the Old Town uphill along dark roads (the area didn't feel unsafe though).

24 April 2011 Mikhail would recommend this property

Liked: Nice staff, very good breakfast

Disliked: -

24 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Family run hotel. Good breakfast.

Disliked: Poor - but not unsafe - arab neighterhood. A little run down after EU standard, but a lot better than a hostel.

17 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The gracious muslim host who spoke good English and was quite effective at solving any problems with the room etc. Good clean room though a bit of third-world mentality shows - stuff is not thrown out just because it has some damage, it is used until it is no longer usable. Like a bed with holes in it or tiles with bits broken off and repaired. Hot shower. Humongous breakfast, that I wrote home about. It contains all the stuff for a full English breakfast (sans bacon but with sausages) and lots of dairy products, tune salad, olives, hummus, and lots of fried or stewed or saladed vegetable dishes and fruit and drinks and toast and more. I had breakfast the size of dinner and later had a dinner the size of a regular breakfast. The hotel had a nice trade going with groups of muslims from India. Lovely people and very colorful. A couple of hotel guests and I were allowed to eat an evening meal at the hotel (since they were cooking for the group anyway). That was nice because walking in Jerusalem all day tired me out. Special mention for the halkoum shop (turkish delight) a couple of doors down from the hotel. Very wonderful selection. SUch nice people.

Disliked: I liked the location because it was easy to walk out and up mount Scopus and see sheep, olive trees and have some peace and quiet (though you also have to deal with some busy roads), and good access to buses up there. But for a tourist with not a lot of time the location is not the best, better to choose a location near Yafo road and that side of the Old City. A thing I disliked was that the bottom sheets are, as always, too small to stay on the mattress especially if you like the covers not-tucked-in. My room happened to have a lovely view but the control of the heater was broken. Since it was cold and the Indian guests liked warmth, the heat was going and since it heated several rooms at once, mine could not be shut down. The room was like a sauna - great for drying laundry - but it dried me out at night and I regretted having to open the window to let some of the heat out. It was a bit far to the nearest nice restaurant but two falafel/swarma joints plus order-in were available. The downstairs lobby where wifi was, was not heated the first four chilly days. I wore two thick sweaters and then it was okay.

11 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Unbelievable frendliness of the staff, good breakfast, free maps available

Disliked: The location can be unconvenient for elder people or for those who have troubles walking as the hotel is located in a valley which means quite a steep climb (it was OK for us)

10 February 2011 Marian would recommend this property

Liked: It's really old and shabby, but totally clean. The breakfast is great and the staff very friendly. We got free soup each night. It's not far to the old city (10 min seems about right), but hard to find if you don't have gps or a very good map of Jerusalem.

Disliked: nothing much. They sure could renovate quite a bit. But for the money this place has good value.

06 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very nice, friendly and family atmosphere. Approximately 20 minutes walk from the old town. Good brekfast, tea, coffe for guests.

Disliked: nothing

01 February 2011 Jeremy would recommend this property

Liked: The staff here were really friendly and very helpful. The breakfast is awesome. They had a buffet breakfast and made us either eggs, omlettes and pancakes on different days that we were there.

Disliked: The rooms are a bit dated and it takes a while for the hot water to come

12 January 2011 Vicki would recommend this property

Liked: the owners are really friendly. we originally booked jan. 7, but arrived on jan. 3. they tried their best to allocate us. really appreciate that! and the buffet breakfast was really really good !!!

Disliked: there is a mosque right beside the hotel. you don't need alarm to wake up in the morning (5 am).

26 December 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The staff was friendly and of course by staying at this hotel I experienced a different side of Jerusalem.

Disliked: To get to the hotel, you have to walk through streets which are quite quite dirty, with rubbish strewn on the road itself and the sidewalks in many places.

01 December 2010 Korytova would recommend this property

Liked: Kind and helpful staff, wonderfull breakfast, muezzins morning songs.Simply everything.

Disliked: nothing.

22 November 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Good to very good value for the money. Very, very helpful and friendly staff! Good breakfast. Nice view over the Mount of Olives from you balcony, or in case you don't have one, from the roof.

Disliked: The location is remote, the walk to the Old city is not really fun and takes quite some time on not so very pedestrian-friendly streets. The hotel's interiour/rooms look rather worn out.

03 November 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Fantastic breakfast spread, nice staff. Absolutely great value for the money.

Disliked: Very little. Felt a little like a place for old folks, but who really cares about that.

01 November 2010

Liked: Location was practical for my programme.I was not bothered by anyone, quiet place.Very affordable, not a hostel but private rooms.In the hotel I found some useful info on tourist trips.Small shops round the corner.

Disliked: The house is old and worn (but very clean, not a single insect). Airco was not always on. Some things in the room were broken, but they were fixed even without me asking. Wireless Internet only in the hall/dining room, not in the rooms. I did not always feel at ease walking Arab neighbourhood (at night) to get there.

01 November 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Excellent breakfast, very nice foyer to sit in

Disliked: As with some other hostels not that easy to locate