***By accident I originally gave this review to another Zleep Hotel outside Copenhagen, please ignore that review***
This hotel is marketing itself as a budget motel along the lines of Etap or Formule 1. I didn't go expecting luxury or a wonderful downtown location, it was chosen on the basis that I wanted to be close to the airport without paying through the nose.
First the location, its a convenient one stop (5 minutes journey) from Copenhagen Airport in the direction of the city centre and only about 15 minutes by train from the latter. Trains run almost all day/night. There's a big sandwich board in the main station entrance explaining how to get to the hotel, which is clearly visible during daylight hours, only 100 m with lots of yellow flags. At night its a lot harder to see ! Although only 100 m away, its a bit more of a walk due to the need to avoid two busy highways - if possible use the Ost (East) stairs, which are closer, although you won't find a sign there providing directions.
The area is certainly not your quaint Danish village, its a poor working class housing project on the edge of the city acting as a convenient dumping ground for the local white trash and recent immigrants. Its by no means threatening but it feels run down and the abandoned car with its windows smashed just 20m from the hotel sums up the atmosphere well.
The hotel itself is very much a high class hostel, its based in what looks like a former boarding school or old peoples home. Rooms are tiny but the fittings are new and everything looks in good condition. In each room there's a TV but no phone (as they point out, who needs one nowadays with mobile phones being owned by all) and no minibar either, but to compensate they have free soft drinks and water (as well as tea/coffee) available 24/7 by reception, a nice touch. The room was basically a small bed with a pull-out bed beneath it, the carpets were horrific, with hard ridges, it was painful to stand on them without shoes ! No air conditioning at all, the rooms were stifling hot but opening the windows just let in clouds of mosquitoes. In any case given the nature of the area I wouldn't like to sleep with the windows open - rooms are all on the ground floor. There is also the issue of the busy highway outside - try to get a room at the back.
The other accident waiting to happen - the shower. The bathroom sink has a switch on it which changes the flow of water from the sink to the shower head, which is located directly next to the sink (there's no separate tub). Having just arrived I turned on the taps to freshen up and was immediately blasted from behind with a jet of cold water, soaking me in the process. The previous guest had left the switch in the shower position ! It would have been nice for the cleaning staff to return this switch to the tap position for future guests :-((
Overall it can't be beat for a cheap place to stay briefly before a flight home, but anybody staying here longer needs their heads examining. It has some nice touches and looks OK for now but in terms of price and overall quality it has a long way to go before it challenges the Etap/Formule 1 brand.









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