ibis Warszawa Stare Miasto Old Town

Next to the desk and window, the cold air was entering to the room so it was not comfortable to work even with heating turned on. The coldness was annoying and it was hard to focus on the work. Breakfast is too expensive taking into account what you get. With such price, you can easily have much better meal in majority of bars and restaurants.

The hotel has more vegan/vegetarian options for breakfast than most places I have stayed in Warsaw. You can ask for soya milk, heated or cold, and there were things like lentil pate, tofu and hummus each day for breakfast as well as seeds (sunflower, linseed) and dried fruit. Lots of fresh green stuff as well. Usually I'm reduced to bringing my own food into breakfast and just taking their bread, salad and cereal. A nice change here was the sliced pickled peppers (often it's mushrooms). The bedrooms are functional, open plan, with usually a decent wi-fi connection. It's not quite strong enough to view Sky mobile effectively. The curtain worked well at this time of year; my experience in other IBIS budget hotels suggests it will be pretty good when lighter too. There was no kettle in my room, but I had brought my own, so do check the details closely (facilities(!) in my case included a new bottle of mineral water each day and the cleaner was happy to provide several if required). The wardrobe is open shelves with about seven hangers, which did me. The shower was good, although the pressure (heat) could vary. The tv was high definition, which gave a strange new look to some classic films. The channels are largely Polish (main TVPs, Polsat, TVN + 24, Ale Kino, Kanal+) with a couple of French news channels - one in English, which was the only English-language provision - Russian RTR, one Italian, German. The location is really good. You can walk or take the bus (116 etc.) up the road to Dworzec Gdanski where you can catch the Metro, the best way to travel around Warsaw. My trip involved research at the Biblioteka Narodowa, close to Pole Mokotowskie station and it is really the fastest way to get there. The trams are surprisingly quick too.

Variable pressure in shower though it's usually strong. It's takes a while to negotiate the breakfast provision that is split over several sites in the dining room. The decor is a little careworn in places. If you know what you're getting, and this is very competitive within Warsaw, then there isn't really a lot to complain about.