Hotel terbaik di Ramat Rachel

My mother, daughter and I went to the spa for massages to celebrate my mother’s birthday. We were very disappointed - there was no spa area to change - no robe was given - and relax - before the massage. It was a dingy area at the end of a hallway. It felt creepy and unappealing. We waited outside the changing rooms for the pool, and were told to show up for our massages at the time of our appointments. The massage room was unattractive, makeshift, and cold. We were told to leave our clothes and belongings on plastic crates. My massage was very good, but the masseuse my daughter had kept answering her phone during her massage! It was a creepy experience. We do not recommend the spa. The kibbutz put a lot of resources into the pools, the restaurant, and the lounge areas, but seemed to have decided to add a “spa” as an afterthought, and indeed, it shows.

This B&B was perfect for our needs. Cozy and clean, we had everything we could ask for, including a delightful family run hotel. Breakfast was perfect, it's in a great location, we were thrilled. Only thing to note, it does have a handful of stairs coming from the street and again to the rooms (maybe five or six). Not a big deal, except my suitcase was heavy.

I need to start out by saying I don't mean to bash this place, but I should have read the most recent reviews. Many of the older pics do not represent the current state of the property, maybe in a previous incarnation, but not now. My room, 14 was tiny, and wasn't representative of any of the room pics posted by the owners. It's quite disingenuous for the current owners to use pics when it was a prior establishment, like trying to sell your old used car with the factory photos. The place looks run down, and shoddy. My room had many areas of cracked paint, though recently repainted. Missing drapes, no phone as in the photos. You can tell where they tried to modernize by replacing old windows and doors, but the repairs were done on the cheap, are shoddy. The sign in the bathroom said to run the hot water for a while, it never got hot enough to comfortably shower in the unheated bathroom. They did add a continental breakfast, which would have been more enjoyable had the dining room been properly heated. I was worried about getting a good night sleep given there is no sound insulation from the door, but I will say it was very quiet, probably because this is low season, and the place felt empty of guests. The place is very clean, and the person who appears to be the manager/owner is very polite and very friendly. I can imagine that COVID-19 has been devastating for his business. The takeaway here is that if you need a place to stay in this neighborhood, and are not looking for fancy, this will work if you can get a deal, otherwise look elsewhere. Bed, 5/10. Not the worst I have slept in, but certainly not great. Room condition, also 5/10. Clean but Ikea quality furniture that had seen better days. No shutters, and no blackout drapes. Summer visitors will have problems with this. Bathroom, 7/10. Seemed to have been recently updated, but what good is a shower if you can't use it? Oh, and no glass or cups in the room. How are you supposed to brush your teeth or take meds? Amenities, 7/10. Thin towels, minimal shampoo, soap and shower gel. Extras available as self-serve. Public spaces, 3/10. The place is depressing, it needs a serious refreshing. Breakfast, 5/10. Ignore the older pics of fresh omlets and other hot food. These are old, they only offer what they call a ”continental breakfast”, there is no chef. The TV in the room was ok, limited channels, foreign visitors will have limited choice. To be honest this is not the place where you want to spend time here, anyway. I wound up leaving early, I couldn't spend another night in this place.

My second review after a number of years staying here - and unfortunately things have started to slide! We stayed in a Family Room for four nights at the end of August. Now - I know there is a terrible war underway and we were one of very few tourists to visit Israel this summer, and I am also making a concession for the fact that the hotel has to remain viable, but they have clearly offered huge discounts to attract locals to the hotel, and unfortunately the calibre of other guests has rapidly declined. There is always chaos by the tiny roof top pool, but it was insanity over the weekend - like a tightly packed fish market. Breakfast (which is normally one of the best in Israel) was utter chaos and most disappointing, the service levels, normally so high have just vanished. Also sadly, the wonderful rooms are starting to decline - our room (724) had a battered vanity table, tatty and dirty curtains, damaged windows, weak A/C and wasn't properly clean. They also seem to have stopped offering a stocked mini bar, and we repeatedly asked one night for them to make up the bed in the lounge, and when we got back to the hotel at midnight, it had still not been made. There was also a revolting smell in the corridor that we reported twice, which was never rectified. Sadly, we will be staying at the Kind David or the Waldorf from now.