Jerusalem Inn in Jerusalem

I should have listened a bit more to the other reviews, but whatever. First of all, the good thing is that the location is really very central. If you want to explore Jerusalem, you can reach most of it on foot or quickly by public transport. The staff at the reception are generally friendly, even though they are only staffed during the day, but the will help you with your luggage if you arrive too early to check in (after 3:00 pm).

Unfortunately, the rooms are badly soundproofed, both inside and outside. The windows let the noise from the street through, and since there is a bar directly in front of the hotel, where many people party until late at night, you can hear a lot of it in your room. You also hear a lot from the other guests, without them being really loud themselves. The worst thing is the cleanliness, especially in the bathroom. Mould in the shower, dust in the corners, everything is somehow a bit cheaply made and just about holds up, you are often afraid that something will break completely. The fridge is humming and dirty, the ventilation in the bathroom is in "top form", the water in the toilet is constantly running and to make matters worse, the standard version doesn't even have a safe, which is all very annoying. It's better to invest 10 or 20 dollars more per night and you'll find some better hotels in the area where you can also sleep peacefully.

I think a barnyard would have been quieter than this place. Noise from the street from partiers until about 1am. Car horns all night long. Noise from the hallway. The maids, the maid's carts, other guests, and every time one rolled a suitcase through the hall in came in crystal clear in the room. We could hear TVs, audio conversations, bed squeaks, etc. as if they were in the room with us. One could literally hear a device being plugged into the socket through the shared wall. Second issue was hotwater. Sometimes nothing, sometimes barely above room temperature, other times scalding hot for a brief second. Then was the consistency of the water pressure and hotwater. Toilet flushing in another room dropped pressure and brought about a chill. Maid's serviced the room nearly every day we were there, but there were times we ended up with no towels and had to ask at the front desk. There was someone at the desk more or less consistently in the afternoon. However, in the mornings they were almost not existent. Pro tip: linens are on the first floor, and towels are on the second. No elevator, even with 3-4 floors of rooms. Climbing the stairs got to ba chore after climbing the hills of Jerusalem.