Hotel JSF — Hotel in Horta

On the surface, JSF Hospeteria looks like an average hostel type property with private bathrooms. The building is older but the reception was warm and welcoming. And, we can’t really fault the facility if there are roosters in the area that insist on crowing before dawn.||||Even though the room looks like it was decorated by my grandmother, the furniture was sturdy (just like my grandmother’s !) and the room spacious, meaning it would be an average hostel.||||Beds too hard or too soft are a personal preference, so that’s not a significant factor in the rating. However, beds so lumpy that you can feel the coils means that the hostel cannot meet my expectation. Additional items needing attention are the constantly leaking faucet and the shower bracket that doesn’t hold the shower head in a usable position. The hot water took five to ten minutes to heat up and the cold water tasted terrible (we’ve been drinking tap water throughout the Azores and this place was the only problem we had in addition to Horta airport).||||The room is in need of refurbishing - the floor tiles were cracked in several places.||||A basic breakfast is included – rolls, cheese ham, jams, coffee machine, tea, fake juice, cereal, yogurt. Fortunately, across the parking lot is a fab Continente supermarket with outstanding pastries !!||||The town of Horta is a short...

Rooms are big and clean.||Staff is friendly and helpfull.||Location 10 minutes walk from center, next to small shopping center.||Breakfast included, but consists of roll, jam, butter, cheese and ham, we tried it the first day, but did not waste our time the following days.||The rooms do not have airconditioning, so one needs to keep windows open at night. Windows in first floor have mosquito net, but windows in 2nd floor do not. Those of us sleeping in 2nd floor got a few mosquito bites.||||The hotel gives value for money, but..||||Wifi in rooms, we got good connection in one room, on/off connection in...

I really appreciated the location. Horta isn't too far away (~10 min walking), there's parking if you rent a car, and the hostel is right next to a grocery store, close enough that it's not a pain to carry back what you buy. The staff was super helpful, letting me check in even though my last-minute reservation hadn't come through the computer system just yet. And the rooms are surprisingly large for a budget hotel, with a decent view on the sea-facing side.||||My one complaint is that they recommend not drinking the tap water; luckily the next door supermarket has bottled for cheap. (4L for a...