Hotel Muntenia Istorie — Hotel in Pitești

Participated in a brass band festival in Pitesti between 10-14 of August, 2017 with my band. My boys/girls (35 people in total!) and myself got assigned this hotel. 35 people, spread out in 2 bed per rooms on floors 4 and 5.||||The pros:||The hotel is right in the heart of the city with pedestrian areas and shopping malls within spitting distance.||The majority of the receptionist ladies are angels, bless their hearts for their efforts and professionalism. Their English is commendable, compared to the rest of that part of the country (basically nonexistent), and one of them was actually pretty good at it, to my big surprise.||That would be all the good about this place.||||The cons:||Wi-fi is only available on ground level, around the lobby and reception desk. Absolutely nothing in any of the rooms.||The building is an absolute eyesore. Full concrete, no colours, fort-like, looking like a prison block.||The air-cons were out of order in almost every one of our rooms, room temperatures soaring above 30C during every single day by the evening (being a hot summer), making sleeping virtually impossible. We literally "survived" 4 nights on 2 hours of drifting in-and-out-of-sleep per day. UNBELIEVABLY hot rooms. Windows, being bottom-hung only open to a narrow crack, they don't help at all, apart from letting the city's noise in.||I personally mentioned the air-con situation to the receptionist immediately (evening of the 10th, right after arrival), got a promise that work is already undergoing. 35 of my people kept mentioning it throughout our entire stay, ABOLUTELY NONE of the air-cons got fixed before our departure (5 day stay!). The nights were insufferable in the hot rooms. Shocking negligence from their part. ||||Then it gets worse (!):||||On day 2, the 11th of August, we lose electric power in more than half the rooms, including my own. Refrigerators with our food and drinks melt down, air-extraction in the toilet ceases to work, lights go out, no power in wall sockets. Phone charging becomes a struggle, as we constantly run around among each other's rooms to find a working wall socket for tablets, laptops, phones, cameras, etc.||I personally reported the lack of power at the reception multiple times starting at around 10AM, Saturday morning, got the usual "we are working on it" shake-off lines. ||||ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENED until Sunday afternoon (!!!), when an electrician-looking man showed up fixed power to SOME of the rooms (had a few rooms with working light but out-of-order wall sockets or the other way around). My room, along with many other's, still completely powerless, meaning that I was actually forced to go about doing business on the toilet in total darkness, using my mobile phone's flashlight to see what's what. Showering, brushing my teeth, shaving, getting dressed and everything else went on in this fashion for 3 days (!!!). When my mobile battery ran flat, scrambled my friends with working wall plugs in their rooms to charge my mobile, obviously not having ANY kind of light until the charge completed.||After repeatedly asking the reception to deal with the situation all Sunday and electricity having been out for more that 36 hours by the evening, I requested to be moved to another room with electricity and working air conditioning, only to be told that it is NOT POSSIBLE, for reasons beyond my understanding. Simply could not get another room. I could not believe my ears. Never in my 37 years of life have I seen anything even close to this kind of treatment. I was besides myself with rage. This level of humiliation is simply unknown to Europe these days.||My band and I left as soon as we could, at 3.30AM Monday morning, 14th of August.||||Electricity was STILL OUT in many of our rooms at the time of our leaving. That is more or less 48 hours of business in the bathroom, shaving, showering, dressing/undressing before/after our concerts and gigs, packing/unpacking IN COMPLETE DARKNESS.||||ABSOLUTELY, COMPLETELY, UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE place, avoid it like the plague, people. I still can't believe that places like this exist and survive to this day.||I am positive that a hotel with these conditions could and should be shut down. It can simply not be doing business legally.||Shame on you, management of Hotel...

At this hotel I've stayed in Feb 2007 and also in Feb 2008 and this happened because it is the only accommodation available in Campina.||||In 2008 I did not see any improvements made since my last "visit" in 2007.||||The accommodation is a 2 Stars Hotel but on the first floor has 3 stars rooms. ||||First you are shocked by the reception desk: a communist area place with communist area persons and attitudes (it was unbelievable - back to 50 year ago - a piece of history :) ). But I had no choice because it was the single hotel available in Campina and I was traveling for business purposes. ||||The rooms were nice, newly renovated, cleaned and quiet: a classic 3 stars rooms I think.||||The restaurant was again a quantum loop in time, 1960 I think. We took only breakfast here. Off, awful.||||You have no internet connection and if you wanna make a call you need to call the reception and ask them to make the connection for you. (Did you get it? 1960 again!).||||I only recommend this hotel for the 3 stars rooms.||||One alternative is Casa Augsburg 4* Motel (or Hotel) which is located a few km (5km I think) in a village near Campina (on DN1, Bucuresti-Brasov, KM 88, Banesti, Jud. Prahova). They have much better conditions there. Another alternative in Campina is Oscar Motel (in the same building with Oscar Restaurant) located on 139 I.H. Radulescu Street in Campina but the rooms are not so clean as those from Muntenia but the...

I have stayed at the Muntenia several times on business. The rooms are rather tired but clean. The staff are friendly and helpful. One of the major problems is the difficulty in getting Internet access. There is supposed to be a Hotspot in the lobby but it never worked for me.||||The hotel is a typical old Romanian hotel and the last time I was in Pitesti (Sep 2007) I noticed that they are in process of renovation - so it should be an improvement in 2008. ||||If one stays in the wing (not in the tower) the bedrooms are quiet and I always get a good nights sleep there. The breakfasts leave a lot to be desired and I have been to the McDonalds across the road before now.||||The hotel is very centrally situated and it is not too far to walk to a number of restaurants. Having said the above, the hotel is a very reasonable price and for a couple of days...