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  • Rooms: 115
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Parca do Campo Pequeno 51
Lisbon 1000-081
Portugal
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( 4-8 of 95 )
“Great Location, hotel needs a bit more character though!”

Alif Hotel

21 Apr 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

Booked this hotel after much research on tripadvisor. Overall thought this hotel was highly convenient, not very far from public transporta and approximately 5-10 mins on the bus to the center of town. From the airport, you can just take the aero bus which should cost you about 3 EUROS and stop off at Campo Pequeno. Once you get off, the hotel is basically over on the other side of the bull fighting arena. Checked in at 11am with no problems.

The hotel itself, a bit small, but thats with most european hotels ive stayed at. There is a safe in the room, but you will have to pay to use it, thought that was a bit rude. Bathroom was pretty standard, bath with showerhead. Had a funny odour linger around the full 4 days, couldnt figure out what it was, might of been the damp shower curtains. Room was cleaned everyday with no problems, which was great.

Breakfast was ok, i thought there was a bit of variety but the food wasnt what i would normally eat. Mostly sweet things were on offer.

Overall, decent hotel, great location, staff were generally quite nice.

Probably would stay again if i visited lisbon.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Location
    • Disliked — Needs more Character plus breakfast variety
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kid_n_play18's Summary
Date of Stay: April 2008
Travelled with: Friends
Visit was for: Quality time with friends
Age group: 25-34
Member since: 07 December 2007
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Most likely
I recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles, Older Travellers, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
People with disabilities, Great pool scene, pet owners
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Beach / Sun, Outdoor / Adventure
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“Fantastic”

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4 of 5 stars
London
20 Apr 2008

My husband and I stayed at this hotel for a week. It's a fantastic hotel and great location (nearest metro campo pequeno). the breakfast has a delicious range of hot and cold foods. The only downside was we had asked for a double bed but got given to single beds. We could not push them together because of the bedside table that was immoveable. Would definitely stay there again.

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sexyc1's Summary
Date of Stay: December 2007
Member since: 28 July 2004
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
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“Excellent Hotel- Would recommend!”

Alif Hotel

22 Mar 2008
3/3 found this review helpful

Excellent hotel, shower did not work properly (not full flow of water). But would recommend hotel. Would stay again at this hotel if in Lisbon.

Room was comfortable and very clean. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Buffet breakfast was amazing and WIDE selection of food on offer including scrambled eggs, sausages, fruit salad, toast, yoghurt, fresh fruit and variety of breads, cereals and pastries. We encountered no noise in the hotel during our stay, as we were located on the back-end of the hotel.

Hotel conveniently located near metro stop (2 minute walk), however, walk to Marcques de Pombal (square / park) about 25 minutes. Centre of Lisbon (Rossio) 40 minute walk. From airport, less than 10 minutes drive and on a meter taxi (yellow / cream) only 7 euros (including 1.60 for luggage but no more than 10 euros!!) however a private taxi (black) may charge about 15 euros.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Location (near metro stop), cleanliness, breakfast, staff assistance
    • Disliked — faulty showrr
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The_Scooby_Traveller's Summary
Date of Stay: March 2008
Travelled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Romantic getaway
Age group: 25-34
Member since: 22 March 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older Travellers, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
People with disabilities, Great pool scene, pet owners
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Beach / Sun, Museums / Cultural / Historical sites, Outdoor / Adventure, Shopping
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Average price*: £61 (year-round)
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“Good Location for the price”

Alif Hotel

10 Mar 2008
3/3 found this review helpful

Hotel was in a good location, minutes from the subway (a 3 minute walk), right across the street from the Hotel is the Praca dos Touros which has shops, restaurants, a theatre, a nice food court inside(if you want to grab something quick to eat in between touring) and suprisingly a nice grocery store specializing in products from Madeira. If you like Madeira wine, or their famouse sweet bread/food products, then that's the place to indulge. The hotel room was very clean, spacious, the TV had a few English channels i.e BBC, CNN, a sports channel, a few movie channels mainly in Portuguese, or if you got lucky had English subtitles. Breakfast was adequate. Yogurt tasted funny though, but the fruit was fresh, buffet consisted of tasty Portuguese bread rolls, a few trays of sugar-carb foods such as doughnuts, danishes filled with fruit jams or chocolate, cookies (which we avoided) but there was also warm scrambled eggs, wheat crackers, pacquets of butter,honey, phily cream cheese, jams etc, a good assortment of cereales with granola, nuts to mix, and assortment of fresh cheese. The coffee machine was mostly my saviour, which served lattes(galao -in Portuguese), cafe Americano (which is like an espresso), and they had an assortment of teas. The only peculiar food at the buffet was the "hotdogs". I read a review previously, that someone said there were hotdogs at the buffet. I thought the person meant sausages - you know, the little typical breakfast sausages. I didn't think they meant actual hotdogs (some) North Americans eat. Well, I was shocked to find they DID serve hotdogs - Schneider hotdogs. That was hillarious. Why would anyone serve such a disgusting thing for breakfast? The other downside at breakfast were the waitors. They stand around and gawk at the women as if they never seen women before. Come on, who wants to be gawked at during breakfast after seeing those whithered, smelly hotdogs they serve? Ugh...give me a break,lol. All in all, good value for money, location is great, area is reletively safe - it does get quiet at night around 11pm, you can bring children to the hotel, AC adequate but no AC in the hallways so for the drama Kings and Queens, deal with it t'll you get to your room. Also, the reception desk staff could use better customer service especially if they are giving you the wrong directions.. ie. a ferry is NOT the only way to get to the Algarve (lol), you can take a bus or a train - but the bus (evora) is the best way. Took us less than 3 hours to get to Albufeira, Algarve. Don't bother asking this hotel desk for any information, go to the subway and ask the guard there, or better yet, if you see a police officer, ask them. They are friendly, speak some English and know Lisbon by the back of their hand and will give you CORRECT directions.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — location, price was great for location, cleanliness
    • Disliked — desk staff, attitude has to go...
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dezertas's Summary
Date of Stay: September 2007
Travelled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Hobbies / interest / culture
Age group: 25-34
Member since: 10 March 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
Young Singles, An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Families with Small Children, Families with Teenagers, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
People with disabilities, Great pool scene, pet owners
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Beach / Sun, Museums / Cultural / Historical sites, Great food / Wine, Shopping
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Average price*: £61 (year-round)
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“Good choice in Lisbon”

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4 of 5 stars
Kansas City, Missouri
9 Feb 2008
4/4 found this review helpful

We stayed here in November 2007 for 2 nights, and then again later that week for one more night. Both rooms were OK. We weren't expecting luxury, nor did we need it, since we only spent a few hours there each day. Both bathrooms were a bit outdated and really small, but other than that, we had no other complaints. The hallway is lined with built-in ashtrays, which points to some heavy smoking days there - and you can smell it.

Lobby is clean, open and personnel is friendly. You get a modest gift basket when you check in.

The location is excellent! Only a block away from a metro station, it allows you to go to most places by train. I say most because Metro only has 4 lines, and to see Belem, for example, you need to jump on a bus. 7 Colinas metro card works in buses and trams, so it's not really an issue.

Anyway, back to the hotel. Internet is 3 euro for an hour or 6 euro for 24 hours.
But by far the best feature of this hotel - bar none - is breakfast. I've had some good breakfasts in hotels before, but this one tops them all.

You have to take the taxi from/to the airport. We had to do it 4 times, and the most we gave the driver was 10 euro, because he was extremely nice and helpful. But the ride was never more than 8 euro (with bags and all), even on weekends. They will charge 1 euro for each bag on top of what the meter says.

When we arrived there for our second stay that week, we arrived early, around 9 am and they gave us a room after only a short wait.

Overall, the proximity to the airport and downtown makes this hotel a good choice. And that breakfast....

This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC
les_paul_em's Summary
Date of Stay: November 2007
Travelled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Hobbies / interest / culture
Age group: 25-34
Member since: 09 June 2007
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location (e.g., convenience, views)
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
Most likely
I recommend this hotel for:
Girlfriend getaway, tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
An Amazing Honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Great pool scene
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Average price*: £61 (year-round)
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Alif Hotel Address

Parca do Campo Pequeno 51, Lisbon 1000-081, Portugal