Pensão Estação Central — Hotel in Lisbon

Pensão Estação Central

When a professional photographer takes pictures of a structure, he tries to highlight all the positive features. In fact, when you look at the photos of this guesthouse, first on Booking, then on Google Maps, you don't realize the discomfort you're going to face. I've never written a review of this kind. Reviews can be positive or negative, of course, but I've never come across a review that is two-faced: advertising on one side; reality on the other. The photographs on the internet don't give a good idea of ​​the discomfort you'll have to face once you're inside this guesthouse. I don't want to be offensive, but photographic reality is one thing and real reality is another. The administration should keep the guesthouse the same as it advertises. The reception in the photographs seemed clean and tidy. In reality, when you arrive, it's like a warehouse with mountains of stuff. You immediately feel like you've arrived in a place forgotten by God. The rooms. The rooms are dirty. We were a group and had two rooms. Both were dirty. From the photographs, you can see that all the rooms were full of hair. The hair wasn't ours. You can see it clearly from the photos. The closets were full of black sand whose origin we don't know, see the photos attached here. The floors are laminate. Laminate is a type of cardboard that absorbs sewage and swells. But then it stinks. You can see in the photos both the burst laminate and the compressed cardboard skirting board. All materials that absorb mold. So for cleanliness it's worth only one star, and not two. The curtains had knobs covered in sticky material: maybe they hadn't been cleaned for years. I didn't dare touch the sticky surfaces of the windows either. The chair cushion was full of stains and I never sat on that chair. But now let's describe the real gem of this guesthouse: the bathroom. The floor of our bathroom had hair and so I assume the cleaning staff didn't come by. You can see clearly from the photos how small the bathroom is. It was 60 cm by two and a half meters. You can see the size of the bathroom from the photos. The toilet seat wouldn't stay open, so when I was sitting I was always on my back. Also, the toilet seat was smaller than the toilet seat itself. So it felt like I was sitting on old plastic. But that's not all! The bathroom was so narrow that my knees couldn't be in front of me, I had to sit on my side, and I'm 1.70 cm tall, normal, I'm a normal person! But that's not all, the real gem in this bathroom is the shower. Most likely there used to be a tub here, the tub was removed, a wall was built, and the tub faucet remained there, useful for saving money. The tub faucet is at hip height, so to take a shower you have to hold the shower head in your hand. There's no simple hook high up on the wall to hold the shower head to the wall, the shower head had to be kept on the floor or you had to keep one hand busy. And that's not all. Since the faucet is at arm height, and since the shower is very small, I often found myself bumping into the lever and PUFF!! I turned on the boiling water! Or zacchete! And I turned on the freezing water! In short, a shocking delirium. A ruined vacation for having chosen this guesthouse. And then without a bidet! The bidet makes people clean!! It should be installed everywhere!!! There is no air conditioning and...

Pensão Estação Central||||Quando un fotografo professionista fotografa una struttura cerca di esaltare tutte le caratteristiche positive. Infatti andando a vedere le foto di questa pensione, prima su Booking, poi su Google Maps, non ci si rende conto del disagio a cui si va incontro. Non ho mai fatto una recensione di questo genere. Le recensioni possono essere positive o negative, certo, ma mai mi sono imbattuto in una recensione che riguarda la doppia faccia: la pubblicità da un lato; la realtà da un altro lato. Le fotografie presenti su internet non danno bene l’idea dello sconforto che ci si troverà ad affrontare una volta dentro questa pensione. Non voglio essere offensivo ma la realtà fotografica è una cosa e la realtà reale è un’altra. L’amministrazione dovrebbe mantenere la pensione uguale a come la pubblicizza.||La reception nelle fotografie sembrava pulita e ordinata. In realtà quando si arriva è come un magazzino con montagne di roba. Subito ci si sente arrivati in un posto dimenticato da Dio.||Le camere. Le camere sono sporche. Noi eravamo un gruppo ed avevamo due camere. Entrambe erano sporche. Dalle fotografie si vede che tutti gli ambienti erano pieni di capelli. I capelli non erano nostri. Dalle fotografie si vede bene. Gli armadi erano pieni di una sabbia nera di cui non conosciamo la provenienza, vedere le foto allegate qui. I pavimenti sono in laminato. Il laminato è una specie di cartone che assorbe i liquami e si gonfia. Ma poi però puzza. Si vede nelle foto sia il laminato scoppiato che il battiscopa di cartone compresso. Tutti materiali che assorbono muffe. Quindi per la pulizia vale una sola stella, e non due. Le tende avevano i pomelli coperti di materiale appiccicoso: forse non venivano pulite da anni. Non osavo toccare le superfici appiccicose nemmeno delle finestre. Il cuscino della sedia era pieno di macchie e non mi sono mai seduto su quella sedia.||Ma veniamo ora a descrivere il vero gioiello di questa pensione: il bagno. Il pavimento del nostro bagno aveva dei capelli e quindi presumo non siano passate le persone del servizio pulizie. Dalle fotografie si vede bene quanto è piccolo tale bagno. Era 60 cm per due metri e mezzo. Dalle foto si vede la grandezza del bagno. Il coperchio del water non stava aperto: quindi da seduto era sempre sulla mia schiena. Inoltre il cerchio del water era più piccolo del water stesso. Pertanto la sensazione era di sedersi su plastica vecchia. Ma non finisce qui! Il bagno era così stretto che le ginocchia non potevano stare di fronte, ma dovevo sedermi di lato, ed io sono alto 1,70 cm, normale, sono un individuo normale! Ma non è finita qui, il vero diamante di questo bagno è la doccia. Molto probabilmente qui c’era una vasca, la vasca è stata tolta, è stato costruito un muro ed il rubinetto della vasca è rimasto là, utile per risparmiare soldi. Il rubinetto della vasca è all’altezza dei fianchi, pertanto per farsi la doccia occorre tenere in mano il soffione della doccia. In alto sul muro non c’è un semplice gancio per tenere il soffione al muro, il soffione andava tenuto a terra o si doveva tenere impegnata una mano. E non è finita. Siccome il rubinetto è all’altezza delle braccia, e siccome la doccia è piccolissima, spesso mi trovavo ad urtare la leva e PUFF!! Aprivo l’acqua bollente! Oppure zacchete! Ed aprivo l’acqua gelida! Insomma un delirio sconvolgente. Una vacanza rovinata per aver scelto questa pensione. E poi senza bidet! Il bidet rende le persone pulite!! Va installato in tutto il mondo!!! Non c’è aria condizionata e non c’è riscaldamento!!||||Inglese||||When a professional photographer takes pictures of a structure, he tries to highlight all the positive features. In fact, when you look at the photos of this guesthouse, first on Booking, then on Google Maps, you don't realize the discomfort you're going to face. I've never written a review of this kind. Reviews can be positive or negative, of course, but I've never come across a review that is two-faced: advertising on one side; reality on the other. The photographs on the internet don't give a good idea of ​​the discomfort you'll have to face once you're inside this guesthouse. I don't want to be offensive, but photographic reality is one thing and real reality is another. The administration should keep the guesthouse the same as it advertises.||The reception in the photographs seemed clean and tidy. In reality, when you arrive, it's like a warehouse with mountains of stuff. You immediately feel like you've arrived in a place forgotten by God.||The rooms. The rooms are dirty. We were a group and had two rooms. Both were dirty. From the photographs, you can see that all the rooms were full of hair. The hair wasn't ours. You can see it clearly from the photos. The closets were full of black sand whose origin we don't know, see the photos attached here. The floors are laminate. Laminate is a type of cardboard that absorbs sewage and swells. But then it stinks. You can see in the photos both the burst laminate and the compressed cardboard skirting board. All materials that absorb mold. So for cleanliness it's worth only one star, and not two. The curtains had knobs covered in sticky material: maybe they hadn't been cleaned for years. I didn't dare touch the sticky surfaces of the windows either. The chair cushion was full of stains and I never sat on that chair.||But now let's describe the real gem of this guesthouse: the bathroom. The floor of our bathroom had hair and so I assume the cleaning staff didn't come by. You can see clearly from the photos how small the bathroom is. It was 60 cm by two and a half meters. You can see the size of the bathroom from the photos. The toilet seat wouldn't stay open, so when I was sitting I was always on my back. Also, the toilet seat was smaller than the toilet seat itself. So it felt like I was sitting on old plastic. But that's not all! The bathroom was so narrow that my knees couldn't be in front of me, I had to sit on my side, and I'm 1.70 cm tall, normal, I'm a normal person! But that's not all, the real gem in this bathroom is the shower. Most likely there used to be a tub here, the tub was removed, a wall was built, and the tub faucet remained there, useful for saving money. The tub faucet is at hip height, so to take a shower you have to hold the shower head in your hand. There's no simple hook high up on the wall to hold the shower head to the wall, the shower head had to be kept on the floor or you had to keep one hand busy. And that's not all. Since the faucet is at arm height, and since the shower is very small, I often found myself bumping into the lever and PUFF!! I turned on the boiling water! Or zacchete! And I turned on the freezing water! In short, a shocking delirium. A ruined vacation for having chosen this guesthouse. And then without a bidet! The bidet makes people clean!! It should be installed everywhere!!! There is no air conditioning and...

It's a very nice tourist centered location around many restaurants and food markets. There were two large windows to let the fresh air in the room. The staffing personnel were nice with good customer service!! Daily room maintenance was a must. But I prefer no room service until I check out, and they dont have that option.

But the bathroom was the TINIEST I've seen. It's so small that you could use the toilet (you had to sit on it sideways, bc there's no room to sit on it correctly) and wash your face in the sink at the same time. The shower was tiny. You go inside and have no room to move. There's No fridge in the room, AND the towel was an insult!! The towel was so starchy-like, it was so dry, you could grate veggies with it literally. I only use it to dry my shower shoes, though. I always bring my own towel when staying outside my house anyway. On the plus side, there was a regular full bathroom near across the hallway, and anyone...