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I selected this hotel because of it's good location to the old town and I wanted to stay in a good quality hotel. The location of the hotel was indeed perfect, the old town is just at 3 minutes walking distance.
The building of this hotel is huge. It really feels like you stay in a palace and in the same building is also an italian restaurant, casino and coffeeshop.
There has been put a lot of thought in the decoration of the room for sure. Everything within style of the building. With that also comes a downside.. the chairs in the room look nice and match the room but are not very comfortable to sit in. The armrests are too high for comfort. Also the matras in the bed seem to have some layering that doesn't breathe and makes it not comfortable to sleep on. When you lay on it, it will start to stick on you after a while like sleeping on plastic. This seems to be a trend in hotels nowadays (maybe because it's easy to clean?).
The housekeeping was very good at they did a great job of keeping the room clean.
The italian restaurant downstairs also serves breakfast. Their service is very slow (both during breakfast and dinner). Both in the evening and in the morning it took them nearly 30 minutes to prepare my food (pizza in the evening, omelette in the morning) while there were only a few guests. The pizza was fine but the breakfast was dissapointing for it's price. I opted to have breakfasts in different hotels the other days.
All in all a great hotel with a nice vibe to it with a good location. If you visit warsaw as a tourist and want to stay in style this is the place to go. If you want a bit more comfort and don't need to be close to the old town I would suggest the Radisson.