I did not choose Hotel Anna, instead it was the hotel that was part of the hotel and airfare package I purchased. While it's not an amazing hotel (I am extremely picky), it's a pretty solid hotel, and over all, no MAJOR complaints.
The hotel is not super close to all the big tourists attractions, but it's only about a 15 minute walk to Václavské náměstí (Wenceslas Square) and 20 minutes to the Astronomical Clock and Old Town Square. But if walking is not your thing, it is just a few minutes from the Náměstí Míru metro station, so it is easy to get to the tourist hot spots via transit. However, I quite liked the location of the hotel--close to transit, close enough to walk to where a lot of the action happens, but far away from the noise and tourists. Once I figured out how to get to and from my hotel from Wenceslas Square/the Old Town Square (thanks to the woman who helped me out the first night when I went wandering around to get my bearings, in the pouring rain), it was very easy to get to, even when slightly tipsy on several glasses of wine. And the walking was good exercise too.
Being an old European building, the hotel is not wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator to get between floors, but there are only stairs to get to the reception area from the street, and no elevator to get to the breakfast room.
The breakfast was a pretty decent assortment of food, such as eggs, breads and rolls (the butter was amazing), pastries, cheese, meat, and veggies, as well as juice, coffee, and tea. In order to save money and to refrain from the hassle of hypoglycemia during the day, I would eat quite a large breakfast and then only need a small lunch much later in the day, if at all, and then have dinner. The first day the eggs were scrambled eggs, and they were pretty disgusting (also there was a big black hair in it from one of the other guests [they were still in the breakfast room and had very distinct hair, so I knew it was them], but the staff changed the eggs right away when I told them). But during the rest of my stay. they served fried eggs, and they were pretty tasty, so every morning I would have two eggs with the rest of my breakfast in order to get enough protein. (Note--the hotel offers free wifi, but it was very spotty in the breakfast room and often cut out. Perhaps it was intentional so people wouldn't linger?)
The reason why I'm only giving this hotel three stars instead of four is because it wasn't quiet enough for me. It wasn't overly noisy, but anything short of soundproof is too noisy for me. During the day, I could hear talking and noise from other floors, as sound really carried. Thankfully it was fairly quiet most evenings, but in the middle of the night one night, I could hear a murmur of talking/TV from another room on another floor, and it went on for quite some time. Also, the second to last night of my trip, I was utterly exhausted and trying to sleep at 6pm. Yeah, 6pm is "early" to go to bed, but it is my right to go to sleep WHEN I AM TIRED. Because it wasn't late and people were still up and about, it was way too noisy to get any sleep. And the next evening, my last night in Prague, I was trying to sleep at 9:30pm, as I had to get up ridiculously early (3am) to catch my flight, and it was quite noisy.
One thing that did wow me was the employees. With the exception of one employee*, the employees at Hotel Anna were amazing, particularly Matthew (that is his Anglicized name--I think his name is Mattias). The staff were so helpful in answering my questions, and Matthew helped me figure out which train I needed to take to get to Kutna Hora to see the ossuary. Top notch customer service.
*One morning, there was an extremely rude staff member working in the breakfast room. She was unbelievably rude. Among other things, as I was at the buffett bar getting a second helping of something, she aggressively tapped me on the side of my boob and tried to snatch away my food, telling me I can't have seconds. WTF?! First of all, you can eat as much as you like, and I prefer only putting a few items on my plate and going up for more rather than pile my plate with so much food that it gets wasted. That's sort of how a buffet works. Second of all, not only is touching a big no-no, but usually people gently tap you on your arm or shoulder, not stab their finger into your tits. Perhaps she had an issue with me leaving the breakfast room for a few minutes to ask reception a question, I don't know. Or perhaps she was just a bitch who likes to bully people. She was extremely unpleasant, but other than her (and yes, I complained), the rest of the staff were fantastic. read more