I stayed at Hilton Prague during my trip to Prague in July 2023, the location is ideal, it is within walking distance of the central points of Prague, while also being close to the highway, allowing you to get in and out of the city quickly. The hotel also has a swimming pool, spa, sauna and casino.
The hotel is huge, it has 791 rooms and reminds me of one of those Big American-style hotels, mainly down to the grand lobby containing a jewellers and souvenir store and the presence of the casino.
PRO TIP: Leave the hotel via the basement, cut through the small shopping centre across the way and you are able to get tram or bus services from Florenc if you don't fancy a walk into the city, otherwise an Uber isn't too expensive either.
I did find it took a little longer than I would have liked to check in, but the hotel staff were very friendly. As a Hilton Diamond member, I felt valued as the receptionist contacted the manager as I was checking in, she came over and gave me her business card and mentioned that she valued me as a Diamond member. Even though the greeting was lovely, I would have much preferred to have been upgraded to a suite, but I was upgraded to a room on the Executive Floor which was still nice and comfortable. I was given a physical key as this property does not support Digital Key.
I did have to put a large card hold on my account, as I do not use a credit card, this meant the funds were on hold on my debit card for my entire stay, granted they did an excellent job at returning the hold straight away, but I think card holds are draconian and inconvenient now.
The staff in the hotel as a whole were excellent, they seemed friendly and happy to help, I particularly liked the exclusive executive desk on the executive floor, which could be used for guests to check in, check out and resolve general queries.
Despite only having an Executive Room, my room was comfortable and had decent facilities including a table for working a comfortable bed, a mini bar, decent lighting and a good amount of plug sockets, so I was happy overall. I was greeted with a small miniature bottle of Czech whiskey to welcome me to the hotel which was a nice touch.
The Executive Room is recently refurbished, and was also comfortable, they had a happy hour with beer, wine and spirits in the early evening, and provided fresh soups every day which were excellent. I really enjoyed the goulash, and potato and meat soup in particular. The standards of food in the hotel remained very good, including breakfast, however, the custom omelettes always seemed to have too much cheese, even if I asked for just a little, but the scrambled eggs and hash browns were good, with gluten-free sausages and allergens labelled on the buffet.
A number of issues did arise during my stay. The pipes between my room, and the room directly next to me were very noisy, this meant whenever my neighbouring room used the toilet, shower or taps, it would be painfully noisy in my room, I did alert the staff members about this and maintenance told me there was nothing he could do. It was lucky that I also had reserved the room next to me, for other members of my travelling group, and we were able to plan a bathroom schedule accordingly, but we shouldn't have had to do this. I did have to end up moving rooms the following day anyway, due to an exterior noise issue with construction work starting in the early hours of the morning which woke me up. This isn't the hotels' fault, but they must have been aware of the construction and a little warning would have been nice.
The bathroom was a little small, however like the rest of the hotel as a whole it was clean, I do dislike the fact they have the wall-mounted soaps, which I find frustrating to use, compared to the cute miniature bottles, again I get they're trying to be environmentally friendly but I find it just looks cheap and tacky while making it more difficult for the guest.
On my final night, there was a huge security operation in the hotel, with security in all areas of the hotel, even members of the army, again with part of the hotel closed and men staring at me as I would get in and out of the lift, with some people outside rooms with military-grade weapons, I did feel quite nervous. The hotel only provided me with the information "It is a guest who needs extra security" after I asked if everything was okay. I later found out, it was a visiting President from another country who stayed at the hotel and due to the nature of this person, I can understand the security, but I can understand how they could have created fear amongst guests.
A comfortable hotel in a good location for Prague, being close to the highway allowing easy connections from further afield such as the airport and Czechia as a whole, I did run into a number of problems during my stay, but the good seemed to outweigh the bad and the hotel did have a good service standard overall. 4* read more