Penzion Homer Poděbrady

The money isn't worth the environment here. The online booking photos are extremely misleading and don't show what you actually get. The building is run down, dim inside, and has very worn, dated facilities. There seems to be more light outdoors than indoors. The walls are extremely thin, like hardboard, so we could hear everything in the next room. There was loud music and smoking all night, with no control, and it felt completely lawless, like a brothel. They should call this a hostel rather than a hotel. The receptionist couldn't even transcribe to English, or show any hint of trying. This is a pathetic excuse for a hotel, not worth any stars, and I wouldn't recommend booking it.

The one receptionist was sometimes attentive and kind, and she tried to make up for the problems in our room. Still, there was no one at reception much of the time, and I can't recommend the place. The room had poor heating for winter and very little light. Things in it kept breaking, and people smoked in the next room. Noise carried badly, with people yelling at night and talking in the rooms next door and out on the street below. The internet connection wasn't good either.

We asked to move out, but they said we wouldn't get our money back. We were also given just one key, and since the electricity didn't work without it, it took three days of arguing to get another. The front desk representatives were never there. There was no breakfast.

Great!