WE Hotel Expo Prague

Getting into the center takes a little travel, but public transport is cheap, well connected, and gets you there in under an hour. The price also felt very reasonable for Prague. The hotel itself is new, stylish, and clean, with airy, quiet rooms and modern shared spaces. Staff were welcoming throughout, especially the gentlemen at reception during the day. Breakfast came with the room and had a good mix of hot and cold food, plus fresh bread and pastries baked each morning. If the commute doesn’t bother you, it’s a great place to stay.

There’s lots of parking, and the exhibition center is an easy walk away. The rooms are clean and practical, but very small, and there’s no TV. It was fairly quiet overnight, though the room felt a little warm.

The rooms were so cramped there wasn’t enough room for each person to open a suitcase, even though the hotel is conveniently right by the convention center. The staff were the strangest part. At the bar, someone wouldn’t serve a lemonade without the syrup. One morning, the waiter wanted people to show the paper sleeve from their key card to get into breakfast, though many guests had already thrown theirs away. And when a colleague asked at check-in whether their room had twin beds, the staff just said “Maybe” and told them to try rooms until they found one.

I was asked to move my car from a marked guest space because “the owner was coming,” even though several other spaces just ahead were empty. It seemed the owner simply wanted the exact spot I’d parked in. When I told Kristoff, the bellboy, that this was unprofessional, he shrugged and asked, “Why is it a problem?” I’m a paying guest, and my convenience shouldn’t come second to the owner’s ego when other spaces are available. The staff came across as arrogant, and the hospitality was terrible. I wouldn’t recommend it.