For our trip to Greece, we flew LOT Polish Airlines from Chicago to Warsaw, and then Aegean Airlines from Warsaw to Athens, with a roughly 20 hour stopover in Warsaw. We were quite looking forward to this overnight, as a summer evening in Warsaw sounded fun, and I was also excited to check out the…
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Great review!
A couple of the bathroom photos look like they were taken in black and white due to the hues in the room.
I really want to stay here!
Looks like a great hotel at a great price. Even the breakfast prices are reasonable. Warsaw is not one of my favourite cities, but I might need to go there for price positioning and if that is the case, I will be sure to check out the Raffles.
Warsaw is always worth a visit.
In hindsight I am super glad to went to Warsaw for a semester abroad in 2021.
While I did not stay at the Raffles, I did find a nice and for German standards really affordable appartement with two bedrooms (1100 USD/ per month) which I shared with a fellow student. The only downside was that there was only street parking despite Warsaw being a motorist city.
Hence, I asked at the hotels nearby (Bristol, Raffles and Sofitel) and was surprised to hear that the Raffles garage only had 7 parking spots or so.
Took the garage in the Sofitel for 200€ a month. There was simply nothing cheaper but I needed it only 2 months.
Since the Sofitel was also decently priced, I slept there once when friends visited me on a Accor Step rate and they were willing to apply the credit on my monthly parking and I also got points for it.
On another occasion, I would rather stay at the DoubleTree Warsaw for 50€ together with a friend instead of staying at my appartement. Free breakfast, amazing pool and free charging was definitely worth it.
I can also recommend the Westin. They offer a rate on weekends with parking, breakfast and Lounge included. I shared a room with a friend for 100€ and parking and charging 2 cars was no issue.
Sadly, my experience with this hotel is not so bright. I have stayed 5 times in total in the last two years and the last stay will be the last. No matter which rate I booked, FHR, Virtuoso, Accor direct, never an upgrade beyond originally booked Raflles room. Always an apology at check-in: "Sorry we cannot upgrade you this time". Never an in room welcome gift or a welcome note. During my last stay I saw that a trash bin in the bathroom was not emptied after departure of previous guest, bathroom cleaning was very quick. Service in the restaurant was absent. I could not recognize a single employee, turnover must be huge. Overall, you can get amazing value elsewhere for a typical 300 eur rate per night they charge.
Warsaw is far from my favorite city in Poland, let alone Europe, but this is a fantastic hotel and I'm glad you had a great stay. It's an incredible deal, especially compared to what other Raffles properties go for.
I am have been to the coffee-shop and the ice-cream parlour.
Downstairs certainly feels luxurious.
But those pictures of the suite do not inspire me to stay at all - it just looks a mess.
I stayed here roughly a week after you had and concur it is probably the nicest hotel for the price I've stayed in during my 6-months in Europe.
Might be cheap for Europe, but it's certainly not cheap for Warsaw. I always favoured Marriott, because of the location and views, but it became tired at some point.
Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed visit in my hometown. There's a lot of historical buildings with nice architecture.
Just about had a heart attack looking at the breakfast prices until I realized it's in Polish Zloty (1 Polish Zloty equals $0.23 USD), so the full breakfast is like $37.
Hotel Verte, Autograph Collection has same awesome location, even cheaper bar, thoughtful bar food, amazing breakfast offering, and the best hotel staff I've even met in EU, Bart. Easily beats most Thompsons.
And you pay for 25K Marriott points per night or less.
Wonderful review! With LOT having lots of good award availability this seems like a great place for a stopover!
I stayed at the Hotel Bristol a few months ago and I think that the same people remodeled the bathrooms...
Another great hotel that I stay at is the Hotel Warszawa in the Prudential building. Stayed at the Bristol for part of our honeymoon. Lovely hotel.
An architectural jewel!
In its most recent renovation, beginning in 2018 when an heir to the Swiss Hoffman Roche pharmaceutical empire came on board as principal owner and bankrolled the project, ALL interior details -- fixtures, furniture, lighting, fabrics and finishes, everything -- were specified to be designed and manufactured JUST FOR THE HOTEL!
I've scheduled a stopover in Warsaw next week (en route to London!) pretty much just for another stay at this hotel. It is THAT much of a treat -- and as widely agreed, at a value second to none across Europe.
If you put this hotel in Paris, it would cost you at least 3000 euros per night, and it's really the European luxury hotel that stand closest to the Asian hotel standard