Hotel Ostrov — Hotel in okres Nymburk

I stayed at Hotel Ostrov while my son attended a local Hockey camp. I don't think much at the property has been upgraded since the hotel was built, and the entire facility shows this in spades. You walk into a lobby with dark carpeting and tan floral sofas, that if they were covered in plastic, would fit perfectly into your grandmother's house in Milwaukee, circa 1972. ||||Checkin was a breeze, parking was ample. We were assigned a room on the second floor (no elevator) so lugged the luggage/equipment up the stairs. Upstairs corridor was very dark with these dried grass hangings up on the wall - creepy. ||||The room had a bedroom and a living room. Living room had a large maroon leather sectional, with tiny, stained cushions on it, a small round dining table with 2 chairs, and built in dark wood cabinets. The only thing from the past 20 years was the Samsung flat screen TV (no English channels......not even CNN). Wifi is available for free, though connectivity can be spotty in certain areas - we couldn't get wifi in the bedroom. There is a minibar with a couple of small bottles of vodka, a couple of bottles of beer/soft drinks and a bag of chips - this wasn't working when we arrived. Of all the sockets available around the room, less than 3 were actually functional. We had no power available in the bedroom, so had to purchase an extension cord from the local grocery store to get our phones charged in the bedroom. Hotel maintenance, to get the mini fridge working, had a drag a cable from across the room, and tape it to the floor so we wouldn't trip on it. Perhaps it was the dark colours and the overall feel, but it just didn't feel.....clean. Just old with a musty smell permeating through the room.||||The bathroom - toilet and bath are separated. The toilet is in a tiny room - was always clean while we were there. No problems at all. The bath area has a tub with the hand shower fixed at approximately the 4 foot mark, so taking a traditional shower is only possible if you are either

We just stayed 7 nights here, we started off not liking it from night one and almost checked out, not helped by the fact the heating in our room wasn't working and it was -12, and the next morning there was no hot water, that said they did fix it and the extreme local weather wasn't helping, the decor and hotel overall reminded me of my parents house in the 70's, the other issue was we specifically stayed here this time of year for the use of the jacuzzi, which was broken all week and our room didn't have a bath (to be fair at this stage Nymburk is not a tourist destination and all hotels are like a step back in time, which strangely adds to the appeal) we only go to Nymburk as our kids attend ice hockey at the internally camps, we could only find other hotels in nearby Podebrady, so decided to stay at the Ostrov, as the week went on we kind of warmed to the place, the location is good, in the woods, but on the river and a short walk to the town or over the bridge to local hypermarket (Albert) the staff at the hotel are good, but they are not forthcoming, but good when you go to them, they do have amazing pillows, probably the best of any hotel I have ever stayed in ironically, we got a good deal price was, we didn't have breakfast or even eat at the hotel so I can't comment on the food, but overall it was ok and would use again...

I live in Nymburk and my mother came to visit from the states. I wanted to put her somewhere nice but unfortunately this hotel was a little worse than ok. I travel a lot and as it was rated four star, I figured it would be a little nicer than other hotels I've stayed at. Unfortunately, the beds were pretty hard and the room would go from extremely hot to very cold during the night. This is one of the only hotels in Nymburk and I believe they use that to their advantage as it's pricey for a European hotel of this quality and in a city with more options, they would definitely have to make some adjustments. The women behind the desk were also pretty unfriendly; I wanted to remind them they were in a customer service poison. If you're going to spend that much, maybe stay in Podebrady, about four miles away, where they are known for nice hotels, or even Prague. Not...