Zajazd Lipce

For this price, the beds were comfortable with good hotel linens, and the staff were very polite. There was parking, a shower with excellent water pressure, and an en-suite toilet, which I wouldn't expect at this price even from a hotel nearer the centre in July. The main drawback is the location: it's outside Gdansk, about a 10-minute drive from the centre, so going out for a late dinner on foot isn't an option and you'd have to drive. There's a train nearby, and you can often hear it passing. There are mosquitoes, so I'd bring repellent. The Wi-Fi signal is poor on the fourth floor, which is a serious downside.

A better room might be possible for this price in the city center, and I could just get breakfast at McDonald's. :P The room had a bit of a smell, maybe like an old Christmas tree car freshener. I picked this place mainly because the breakfast was supposed to be decent, while the rest only needed to let me sleep peacefully. But even at just after 7 a.m., there was no coffee or butter, and the unpeelable sausages were inedible. That left one cold cut as the only edible thing. The breakfast wasn't worth even 2 złoty.

The room faced south and had no curtains, so by 6 AM the sun was blazing into our eyes and we had to get up. The toilet looked about forty years old and was frightening to sit on; the limescaled tap knobs barely turned. The towel smelled strongly of Domestos, so it seemed it may have been used for something else. :) We had to repeat the same answer to reception three times because communication was so poor, almost as if we spoke different languages. The building needs a complete renovation, and I doubt it will last much longer. For the quality, the price is outrageous. This place is worth no more than 80 PLN a night, especially when all it offers is a place to sleep.

The restaurant breakfast was served very politely, but I first had to clean the table left by the previous customers so I could eat somewhere decent instead of in a pigsty. The cook wore a sloppy, disgustingly dirty apron. The food was 99% made from products bought at Biedronka for 12 złoty, which felt like a bit much. After my first night I realized this was a workers' hostel, not an inn, and that's putting it mildly. The room door was so worn out I was afraid to pull the handle in case it broke. The toilet was off-putting, with what looked like a stone sticking out of the bowl. The shower tray and plastic doors seemed straight out of the 1980s, and the doors had been patched with silicone several times so they wouldn't fall off. I DEFINITELY DO NOT RECOMMEND!! This place gets 3/10 from me. One word: "failure".