Pensao Estacao Central

The location is excellent. Everything (restaurants, supermarket, tourist sites) within walking distance and several metro stops are a few minutes away. The hotel itself is just ok for comfort but all in all, a good budget choice.

Small room with comfortable bed. Very good WiFi! The place seems a bit old but you quickly forget about it as it is very central. It is just a few steps away from one of the city's mais squares, bars and restaurants. Even though it is central, I did not hear any unwelcoming noise after hours, perhaps because I was in one of the back rooms. The bathroom is very small but it does the job. Staff are very friendly.

Newly renovated room, clean, friendly staff, but difficult to find as the house number and the name of the hotel is very small, not easy to find. This resulted in a lot of confusion, as the local do not know either. With our heavy luggages we trundled on a cobble stone street, we were given the runaround by the locals, especially when we were told to go up the hill, once we were up the hill, we were told to go down the hill again.

This is in an excellent location in central Lisbon, close to metro stations and within walking distance of some of the city's best tourist sights such as the Elevador de Santa Justa and Castelao de Sao Jorge and as such, is a great spot to base yourself in Lisbon. The staff were friendly and helpful throughout my stay. As for the room, be warned they don't provide any toiletries beyond bars of soap, so make sure you bring your own!

It was cheap at €35 a night so things that cropped up that annoyed me have to be weighed against the 'you get what you paid for'adage. The bed was a little hard, pillows were definitely took hard. No shampoo, even for a budget hotel this is unacceptable. Most of the bathroom looked a little rundown, could do with a renovation. The room was prone to condensation so keep your clothes away from the window in winter. Wi-Fi broke halfway through my stay. Somebody decided to set up loads of routers that have to be individually reset (All provided dhcp) if they stop working instead of having 1 master router that could be reset and several (client) satellites that wouldn't need to be. A word on the location, great in theory but it can get a little loud at night and the drug dealers in Rossio square hassle you as you pass through to get to and from the hotel. Great that it is near so much, including pingo doce, the grocery store and many quality restaurants. Hospitality was decent, English skills were ok from most of the staff. Having said all that, it was mostly worth what I paid for it. Probably good for students but not for the budget traveler that expects a little more quality.