Hotel Monaco Palace — Hotel in Erbil Central Subdistrict

Me and my family ( three ) stayed here for 6 nights. We had a triple room. ||First of all I start with the negative points:||- The location is not the best. Although there is Naza mall nearby and some restaurants and fastfoods as Saj al reef or Texas Chicken, this hotel is far from the city center and city life. ||We weren't so lucky at the time of our stay as there was a road construction in progress, so the straight route to the center was blocked. ||- The breakfast was good but it could be better. There wasn't much variation in the choices. But we also have to consider the price as it seemed a rather fair hotel. The breakfast included: Lentil soup (very delicious), 3 kinds of cheese, two kinds of butter, cream, two kinds of omlet, cucumber, tomato, french fries, black olive, buiscuits, wafer, tea, coffee, milk powder, nescafe & orange juice. There was also samoon bread and a kind of youghurt which is a kurdish traditional (goat's youghurt). My mother, as she is a Persian kurd, loved it a lot and it was reminiscent of her chilhoodness for her. ||- Very helpful staff, one of them knew Iranian and help us a lot. Very helpful and kind.||- Free tea was available in the lobby. Also coffee and nescafe.||- There was a bar but the prices were higher than the ones in Ainkawa. ||- In every floor, there was two wireless routers. The wireless signal was good but the speed wasn't excellent. There was a computer in the lobby which you could use internet on it. ||- Clean bathrooms. Towels were changed every day and shampoos, soaps, dental kit, shaving kit and sewing kit was provided in the rooms.||- There was a satellite tv in the rooms. In our first room it worked very good, but at the second one lots of channels were unavailable. ||- Air conditioner, ACs, warm and cold water all very good. Also there was a hairdryer.||we paid 85 dollars per night, and I guess that was...

Very friendly staff, who speak good English, we have 2 kids 2yr and 4yr and they love the kids and dont mind them playing in reception. Clean rooms and bathrooms. A/C in the rooms.The rooms are cleaned everyday with fresh towels. There is a small fridge in the room with water, juice etc all very cheap if you do consume them, but no tea making facilites. Tea and coffee is free in the reception area. Breakfast is great. Fresh salad, different cheeses, 3 types of eggs, lentil soup, honey, jam, cream and lovely fresh iraqi samoon bread. Juice, water, tea and coffee all buffet style. We have a double room plus a mattress for my 4yr old (i bought my travel cot for the 2yr) and we are paying $70 a night including breakfast for all 4 of us. Free Wifi.Next door is a lovely Saj restaruarnt, and texas chicken and another fast food outlet. Taxis are always outside the hotel. We pay around 5000ID to get to Family mall and a little less to Majidi Mall. All the staff have been great nothing has been to much trouble for them and we would most certainly come back here again. We are a European family and felt 100% safe...

I visited Monaco palace as part of a half day trip with my daughter. It took just a few minutes to buy a ticket and pass through security. The palace was absolutely stunning and my 11 year old enjoyed the visit as much as I did. We had audio guides which were well balanced giving just enough detail. The audio guide was too much for my daughter but because the information was provided in short bursts I was able to follow it and she enjoyed admiring the opulence of the palace. The visit was only about an hour. Changing of the guard happens regularly and it's well worth waiting to see this although the crowds are big so if you want to see what is going on it's best to pick a spot close to the ropes that lead between the palace and the gendarmerie about 20 mins before the event. There are plenty of shops nearby to buy surprisingly reasonably priced...