Hotel Joyfull — Hotel in Naples

Ok, so I had to review our stay here, because some of the reviews make out this is terrible all because of the location, this is untrue. We were staying for a mini break to travel to Pompeii and Herculaneum. We arrived at Naples airport and our taxi driver was waiting for us. He looked like a gangster, drove like one too, (which we discovered later every local drives like this!) but he looked after us, what a lovely man!! Waited with us while the hotelier unlocked the doors, and checked we were ok. Our flight was delayed so we arrived at the hotel after midnight. The drive was scary, no street lights anywhere, unsavoury types walking the streets, but once we arrived at the hotel it was lovely! Secure like a bank! Incredibly friendly people, even though we were very late. The hotel is at a dead end, which is its saviour really, they have a private car park also. The windows are very secure, mechanical opening, and they block out the train line noise. THE best air conditioning I have ever experienced overseas. The rooms are immaculately clean, nice touches all around the hotel, flowers etc. a really nice surprise following the drive in! The continental breakfast was fabulous, I've never had such a choice of croissants. We discovered a fabulous little restaurant just a few hundred yards towards the main road, Alfredos, very friendly and authentic Napoli food! incredible, the best red wine I have ever drunk. Amazing value, we had a table full of food and two bottles of red for under 30 Euro! I shall review this separately. The only thing I would strongly suggest is hiring a car to get around Naples, or paying through the nose for taxis. This is an industrial area, not very clean and quite inhospitable. The hotel and its street are fine, but I really would not advise walking anywhere further. The train links from Naples central to Pompeii are fab, just over 2 Euros each, 35 minute journey straight to Pompeii. We would definitely...

We picked the hotel due to the low price and "hotel shuttle". As we neared the hotel in our taxi, the neighborhood was comically horrific: crumbling, empty, graffiti-covered buildings with trash everywhere. The hotel however, was quite nice. Very out-of-place, to be honest. Clean rooms. Quite modern and comfy. The air conditioning kept turning off and showing an error code. We turned it back on perhaps 5 times. Eventually it stayed on for the rest of the night.||We almost didn’t go out to dinner due to the sketchy neighborhood, but thought we’d risk it as we checked some Trip Advisor reviews and everybody liked the restaurant up the street. I must say, the place, Alfredo’s was FANTASTIC! It made our stay. Only about 100 yards away. Tchotchkes all over the walls and ceiling. The staff was super friendly. The food, delicious!||As it turns out, there was no hotel shuttle, so Hotwire needs to fix that part on their website. The desk clerk told us they would schedule us a taxi for the next morning and to expect the fare to be 19:50 euros. The taxi was right on time, and the fare was what we were told to expect. Ride to NAP was about 15 min. ||Some reviews mentioned a continental breakfast, but there wasn’t one, at least that day. All we got was coffee, but it was espresso, which the desk clerk made for us, and it was great!||Bottom line: a great hotel if you’re arriving at the end of the day, want to eat a delicious meal, and leave the next morning on an...

For the price and the duration of the time we stayed there (2 nights) it was fine however we had some issues with the location and public transport. We booked this hotel as it was cheap for the area however the public transport to and from the hotel was unreliable and quite a while away from the hotel. ||However the actual hotel was nice with complementary drinks (coffee and tea/ hot chocolate machine) and snacks (biscuits) available 24/7. The hotel was quiet and housekeeping kept everything nice and clean for us. Air conditioning was available which was very good for us.||There was a small fault was that the shower where the bracket didn’t hold it up which wasn’t an issue for me but my boyfriend (who’s 6ft 2) struggled to shower in it. However this was only a minor problem. ||Overall the staff was nice and friendly and for a budget hotel was more than okay. Close links to the airport too and once at the train station was only a couple stops away...