Tirana hotels near Palace of Culture

Pros: Everything was excellent!

Cons: Nothing.

Pros: (LOCATION) - The place is very close to city center. Airport Express busses' first and last stop is 1 min walk away, and the ticket price is 300 LEK. Bunk'art 2, House of Leaves, Pavillion, etc. are 5 minutes walk away. Toptani shopping center and "kalaja e tiranes familja toptani" is so close. Especially I will definitely recommend "Luga e Argjendte" restaurant in "kalaja e tiranes familja toptani". The prices are cheap and you can experience local albanian cuisine with modern touch, if I am not mistaken they are serving "slow cooking". At "kalaja e tiranes familja toptani", you can find a silver shop, I think the prices are reasonable. (STAFF) - The staff was very friendly. They try their best to help you. After my visit, I saw my shirts had wrinkles, so I wanted service of ironing. A staff was directed to my room with an iron and ironing desk. They properly woke me up at the same time every day. (ARCHITECTURE) - The building is exquisite. It is simple and sophisticated. To be honest, this is the biggest reason why I chose that place to stay because the pictures and the view from 19th floor was amazing.

Cons: (QUALITY) - It is a 5-star hotel; however, it is not like JW Marriott, Hilton, Sheraton, etc. alike. Ok, I enjoyed my time there, but according to my pat experiences with other places in different countries, it is a 3-4 star hotel. (FOOD) - The breakfast and lunch were below my expectations. In Turkey, we have 5-6 types of dishes of eggs for example. At lunch it was even worse. There is only one type of chicken, one types of fish and one type of beef (it was delicatessen). Coffee is served late, don't expect immediate service (we experienced 4 times). (SHOWER) - The shower cabinet is half-closed, half-opened type, so it is very disturbing to get clean because it makes everywhere water. I think they should change that. (ROOM CLEAN) - To be honest, I am against everyday room clean because of environmental friendliness issue. So, the only service was tidying up the bed and taking up the litter. They never changed towels or so. I thought that it would be related with putting "please clean my room" sign on the door. So, after 2-days, I put the sign on the door. But the towels were not changed and the floor had hairs. I think they had problems with room clean and it is unsuitable for a 5-star hotel. (STAFF) - I think the hotel should be more honest when delivering the required information to customers. After arrival to hotel, we wanted to go to Berat, but the staff (big chubby guy) tried to lead us to use "hotel service", so he said "it is dangerous for you to there alone". I think this could hurt a country's reputation because we never experienced such things on the road or there. The hotel service was €120, we went there only 880 LEK (two-way). The other problem with the staff is they hardly know how to speak English, so communication is a big gap between staff and customers. In bathroom for example, there is toilet-like sink right in front of the toilet and I wanted to ask what it is used for.

Pros: The location and the view over the city was overwhelming. The room service was grate.

Cons: Nothing.

Pros: Breakfast was excellent, the location on the 2nd Floor perfect.

Cons: All was perfect.

Pros: Everything.

Cons: Nothing.

Pros: The apartment was spacious and very clean.

Cons: You have to pay an extra fee to use SPA, and still it is not Hotel's SPA, it is a private one near Hotel, and you have to go outside Hotel or Apartment to go there. We booked this Hotel specifically for the SPA, but we didn't use it.

Pros: Clean and fresh. Very exclusive hotel with nice spa area. A fantastic comfortable bed and a high-tech room.

Cons: I was expecting a greater choice of breakfast. As the hotel is so exclusive, the breakfast was not so. But the breakfast staff were really nice and offered a high service.

Pros: The staff were very helpful and friendly. The rooms are modern and very clean. Great breakfast too.

Cons: Directions: it's inside a building with little signage. My driver had a hard time finding it, even with Google maps.

Pros: Spacious apartment and great location.

Pros: Hotel is very clean and comfortable. Restaurants close by.

Cons: Location is a bit far removed from the centre.

Pros: I absolutely loved it’s location, breakfast and super friendly and helpful staff.

Cons: I booked a room with a bath. And with an additional shower. It was very important for me because I travelled with my 1 year old son, husband and our baby sitter. But in the begging we were given a different appartement with only 1 shower and without dinning area. I asked to change it. But there were no empty options. The second day our appartement was changed. But it was musty and with worse repair. In the end they didn’t charge us for parking in order to make a discount for the inconvenience. (20€)

Pros: Location is very good. Best one!

Cons: Staff in Spa was very unproffesionall and unfriendy

Pros: Excellent location, comfortable room , friendly staff, good breakfast

Cons: Soundproofing - especially between rooms- not very good

Pros: Security elevator and everything! Breakfast is very good ! Garden is very good etc.

Pros: The location is good and they have a nice swimming pool.

Cons: Poor customer service! Be aware some of the staff specially the shift manager at the reception desk Lumturie Aga was rude and doesn’t know how to deal with customer service and she is a senior staff there. She is cold, she is rude, she shows frustration faces, she doesn’t look warm or friendly and also she looks completely unmotivated that made me feel uncomfortable, frustrated, and bad! Also, be aware that you may need to pay with cash at the check out as the credit card machines don’t work properly and they have an ATM right next to it as it happens a lot! And of course is a business as the atm is inside of the hotel next to the reception desk and if you pull money out it will charge you around 5 euros to get money out. Terrible experience due to the management and I will never stay there again. For being a 5 star hotel it really doesn’t meet the standards of that kind of hotel. Next time I will stay at the Plaza.

Pros: Great location, very good facilities, breakfast included. Not expensive by European standards. Rooms are spacious enough and well designed. The view is great and the room is quiet. The building feels modern. Trust the hype - this is the place you wanna stay in when in Tirana.

Cons: Faint smell of cigarettes in the room. The gym was rather small, and I went to run at adjacent city park (much better option if the weather permits).

Pros: Lovely room overlooking pool/ garden area. Rooms with city view are less appealing - worth paying for extra for garden view.

Pros: The staff were really helpful and friendly . The rooms are very clean and comfortable. You feel like you are home . Definitely will be back.

Cons: The breakfast was very good but for the week I stayed it never changed the type of food displayed , I would suggest to have new pastries or cakes also I missed the Burek the known Albanian dish on the buffet ^-^

Pros: Everything's beautiful and relax ! Rooms very comfortable and clean ! Garden is beautiful etc

Pros: Everithing.

Cons: There was no such thing.

Pros: The staff went out of their way to help us when our luggage did not make the trip with us. They were very helpful in the following days. The rooms are very big and include a great breakfast buffet. Location is great in the city center. Bob

Pros: absolutely wonderful hotel, the gardens, the rooms, the bathrooms, security, design and every detail carefully prepared! Impressive service, thank you

Cons: I have to say I liked everything, as an usual thing, I love this place

Pros: Very nice hotel in the city centre with beautiful garden

Cons: -

Pros: In busy Tirana we had a calm sleep. The roof terrace was nice.

Cons: Breakfast.

Pros: They allowed us late check-out in the afternoon without any additional costs. Staff is the kindest I have ever seen!

Cons: Interior of the restaurant and parking availability, as they lack parking places, so you need to leave the car on the street.

Pros: We were upgraded to the best room in the hotel - a suite. From the moment we arrived and they offered to park our car our stay at Mondial was perfect. The room had an enormous bath and shower in a modern glass cube and had a great view over the area without being in any way noisy. We were unlucky to travel out of season which meant that the rooftop pool was not available. The breakfast was good and included in the price. Parking is a problem in that area so the offer to park the car was very welcome.

Cons: The hotel is a good walk from the centre but the route is pleasant enough. As it's on the west of the city though, it is easily accessible both from north and south

Cons: Everything excellent... Definitely the hotele for recomadation!

Pros: A fantastic hotel, very comfortable beds, great view from the roof top bar and the reception staff are only to happy to help you with your travel plans and questions. Breakfast lovely, with options and a nice atmosphere. Location wise it's about 400 leke to the centre of time so about £3, or a short walk, lots of options for food and drink in the area. I felt we were in a much more authentic area than the city centre and captured an insight in to the daily lives of local people. I would most certainly recommend this hotel!

Cons: Waiter in the rooftop bar was visibly annoyed when we stated we wanted our lattes to be taken back and served hot as there seems to be a trend to serve luke warm lattes in Albania. Doorman hailed us a cab when we left and even when we told him the cab was charging us too much and needs to turn his meter on, he proceeded to tell us that the driver was right, it felt like a scam as he waited until our luggage was loaded and we were in the car to tell us the meter would not run, we were not given an explanation for this.

Pros: Everything

Pros: Excellent stay. Friendly staff

Pros: The location is great in an neighbourhood with lots of choices in terms of restaurants, pubs and supermarkets. The staff was really cool.

Cons: The bathroom is rather tiny and the area is poor as water from showering can easily spill out. Additionally it would great if fruit were available at breakfast.

Cons: Excellent location & staff. You can't sleep well because of the noise from the bars nearby.

Pros: Helpful staff, good breakfast.

Pros: Breakfast is nice. The lady at the front desk is especially kind. Single beds are in the smaller side but very comfortable.

Cons: To be precise. There is no private parking. It's public parking you pay on your own directly to the parking lot. The hotel will not organise anything even though you might have requested it.

Pros: Delicious and full breakfast! Awesome interior and great staff.

Cons: Lack of parking spot :(

Pros: Room were extremely comfortable. The breakfast was excellent- fresh with a large variety of items. I had the best pizza ever in the hotel restaurant.

Cons: There was no space in the place used for the hotel for parking. We had to park in the street and move our car later.

Pros: The location and the room.

Pros: Very well located, clean and comfortable rooms (although small: beds and room). Good bathroom too, compared to what we experienced in Albania. Nice breakfast. The lady at front desk was very welcoming.

Cons: The parking arrangement was messy although we had specified we needed one. The man at check-in wasn't very nice. The area is extremely noisy. No real windows in the room.

Pros: Bountiful breakfast, tasty and fresh

Cons: Hot water took a lot of time. Lighting in the bathroom lacked a light bulb

Pros: Friendly and helpful staff who helped us find a good ethnic restaurant nearby (Oda restaurant). Parking in courtyard and elevator was appreciated. Great breakfast. Walking distance to most attractions - square, market, etc. ATM right outside entrance gate. Refrigerator in room.

Pros: Excellent location and very friendly staff nice courtyard and very nice room. Excellent car parking

Pros: The location is great, the bed was comfortable, breakfast was ok. Generally speaking, it was OK.

Cons: My room didn't look like on the photo, it didn't meet the expectations completely but it was ok.

Pros: The Location was GREAT as walking distance to the Centre was very easy. Therefore the road network was easy for our driver. The setting was quiet at nights and the staff could not have done more.

Cons: Leaving, LOL.... the bathroom was a bit grubby but fine really....

Pros: Sara in Reception very nice young lady always helping and supporting Genalda reception very helpful Very clean room

Cons: No safe in the room

Pros: Friendly staff big and comfortable room. Nothing to dislike

Cons: Nothing. Really enjoyed it here

Pros: Breakfast I skipped because too many national breakfast items eg avocado, cucumber, omelette salads however would of liked an international selection. Don't be fooled because of appearances the hotel is excellent inside and the investment makes the hotel desirable and eloquent.

Cons: Tea and coffee facilities,