K+K Fenix Hotel: A Review

In Prague, I stayed in the K+K Fenix Hotel, just off of Wenceslas Square. In many ways, it was the best hotel I stayed in while I have been in Europe, thus far.

Getting to the hotel was pretty easy. The Praha Holesovice station is on the Metro, so I just hopped on and four stops later, I was in Wenceslas Square, at the base of the statue of the good king. From there, it was a seven- or eight- minute walk to the hotel. Check-in was quick and easy and I was given a room on the fourth floor because I asked for something relatively quiet.

The hotel did have a lift, which as I’ve pointed out in earlier posts, is a big plus given the masses of crap in my backpack. It also had free internet service, though not wifi. I had to plug my computer into a modem to get the juice, which isn’t as convenient as some places I stayed, but after having nothing in Vienna, I wasn’t about to complain.

My room, which was in the neighborhood of $100/night, was huge, relatively speaking. It had a full-sized bed (my first true full-sized bed in Europe) and a flat-screen 19” television, which also was an upgrade over all of the places that I have stayed, thus far. In addition, the bathroom had a bathtub, which I took advantage of since I have no idea when the next time I’ll see one of those.

The free breakfast was the most extensive of any that I have experienced, as well. There were cereals, breads, meats, cheeses, eggs, fruits, vegetables, fungi, juices, places to sit. Not necessarily all you could ever want, but all you need and plenty of it, too. Did I mention it was free? Free breakfast is always good.

If I have a complaint, its that I returned to my room around 2:30 on Sunday and housekeeping still hadn’t arrived. When housekeeping did arrive, they had a tendency to not bother knocking, which could always lead to some awkward moments. They did a good job, though, because it was one of the cleanest rooms that I have stayed in.

Since it’s starting to get cooler here, the lack of air conditioning generally isn’t a problem. To be perfectly honest, I don’t even know if I had air conditioning. I’ve grown so accustomed to just opening the window that it’s what I did here. Also, noise was generally not a problem, though I could hear a television coming from somewhere in the wee hours of the morning once.

Overall, I guess I’d rate it a very good budget hotel, at least in relation to everything else I’ve experience with respect to budget hotels in Europe.