Last January I had a quick overnight in Warsaw, and stayed at the Hotel Bristol Warsaw, which is a Starwood Luxury Collection property. It was a bit "shabby chic" for my liking. In other words, it was old world without having much of an updated feel to it. This time around we were in Warsaw…
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The Westin Warsaw was my first ever SPG stay and impressed me the same way. Too bad other SPG hotels don't always live up to that level.
This hotel is recently opened, so the "renovations" of the club lounge are probably them still building a new lounge. I had a stay planned here on a prepaid rate and had to cancel my trip when martial law broke out in Bangkok (you can probably guess what kind of award trip this was using Warsaw and Bangkok as locations...) and the hotel still credited me with a night's stay and gave me 500 points as the Plat amenity, which was nice of them.
The hotel isn't new, it's almost 11 years old 😉
I stayed there once (even though I live in Warsaw) and liked the hotel very much.
Definitely not a new hotel and there was a lounge there before that must have very recently closed for renovations. This is my preferred Starwood in Warsaw, although the food spread at the Sheraton Club Lounge is far superior (both for breakfast and happy hour) than the Westin.
I've been in that exact same room as you. It seems that the "20" rooms are the standard Platinum upgrade at this hotel. I've stayed nearly 10 times and have never not gotten a 20 room.
It is a great hotel and, as with other Warsaw hotels, prices are often so absurdly low that you do not want to use your points. The food is standard for Poland (= very good) but Hilton (a bit farther from the Old Town) and Radisson Blue (a bit closer) have better breakfasts. They all routinely offer generous upgrades and lounge (Hilton and Westin) access.
This is a solid property. The old club lounge was small and cramped so the presidential suite setup, albeit temporary, looks MUCH better!
You review & photos of Hotel Bristol seem to be pretty nice and both hotels are 4.5/5 on SPG so I guess the question is whether the price difference is worth a less convenient location. Checked a random weekend in mid-October: Westin is $76, Sheraton - $99, Bristol - $161. So I suppose Westin is a pretty good choice. FWIW, using points at these hotels isn't worth it with rates so low.
@ Ivan Y -- For what it's worth I really prefer the style of the Westin, though. It was brand standard, while Hotel Bristol just felt very old to me.
@ Lucky - Your photos of Bristol didn't make it look too old-school other than lobby/elevators but I trust your first-hand impression. When visiting an old city in Europe, more traditional design is fine by me (loved Bristol in Vienna) but Westin rates seem too low to pass up so definitely will consider it 🙂
To add - I stayed at Le Bristol just before its renovation was completed, at the time it was still a Méridien property. I stayed in a "Senior Suite", which was one of the best upgrades I've ever received, with views of both the palace and the building opposite. It did not feel old in any way, although the sauna/pool felt shabby pre-renovation. I am surprised you wrote "old", and not "classical".