Perola Dos Anjos — Hotel in Lisbon

I thought it was really good value for money, the owners daughter was really friendly and spoke English very well too. The room was simple, it was a twin room with two bedside tables, a rail for clothes and also a sink, mirror and bidet in the corner. There were big shutters on the window which ensured no light came in in the mornings! I was apprehensive to share a bathroom and kitchen but it was absolutely fine. I'm not sure if we were there at a particularly quiet time but the bathrooms were never in use when I went to use them. The showers were always hot and the bathrooms were very clean - as was the kitchen. However the kitchen was quite small and though the situation never occured I think it would have been awkward for more than two of us cooking at a time. As such it wasn't a particularly social hostel, but there was a really lovely square five minutes walk away at Martim Moniz which we found to be a great place to hang out. In the square there were quite a few food huts with great food and they also sold brilliant cocktails aswell!! In the square there were plenty of tables and chairs to sit and eat as well as sun loungers around a fountain, unfortunately we didn't go on a weekend but apparently it is really lively on a Saturday. The hostel is around the corner from the metro station Interdente, 5 mins walk away from a minimarket and 10-20 minutes walk away from good shopping, fantastic bakeries and the sea front too. We didn't experience any loud noise as described in some other reviews, all in all it was...

This place is truly ok. It is not fancy. It is not expensive. It is safe, sunny, and spotlessly clean. The hosts are very nice and accomadating, but sometimes a little disorganized. In my case they tried to make up for losing my reservation at LOW COST ROOMS which they also manage by placing me in a double room with my own bath at Perola dos Anjos. Nice, but in the summer one probably needs to sleep with the windows and shutters open to keep cool, and the garbage men come every night at 12:30 and they are sooooo loud. One night I stayed up until they had completed their work and it was the only good night sleep I had during my stay. ( LOW COST ROOMS is quiet, really quiet by the way.) The owners are practical and generous. The sheets are cotton and line dried in the sunshine. Bed spreads, too. The kitchen is fine. If you are serious about preparing your meals bring a good knife, but everything else is in the kitchen that you will need. The kitchen is kept clean.||||Maria, Adriana and Patrícia are managing now. I think those really bad reviews are from the management before. There is internet service and they are helpful with advice about things in general. Fluent english is spoken at the desk. I wish them well and wish the garbage guys could pipe down.||||On this advisary it is often commented that there are drugs and prostitution in this neighborhood. Maybe so, but I saw none of it. Perfectly fine...

At first glance the room seemed ok, it was bright and spacious, little did we realise that it was in a very noisy area and we would not get a wink of seep for the two nights we were there. ||The man in reception did not speek much English but gestured for me to follow him so he could show me around, this guided tour consisted of a drity bathroom and a trip to the kitchen downstairs which was accessed by a metal spiral staricase that wobbled around as I stood on it. ||The room had a bidet and sink in it which to our horror started spewing out excrement from the blocked toilet along the corridor!! The woman who worked there decided to solve the problem by putting a pulg in the bidet which only shot off as more excrement came out. ||I would not reccomend this accommodation to my...