Alhashimi Hotel and Hostel

This hotel has a great view but it is not cheap and for the money i did expect good service, but there was no service! When i arrived i was told i had to pay in cash which i didn't want to do which didn't go down well with the manager. I then asked if i could change room for one that had more light and a better view. I was asked to go to my room and wait which i did for 15 minutes. I then went back to reception and found the manager just chatting to someone..... Same thing when I went to reception to say the TV wasn't working. This time I had to go back to twice more to ask for assistance. Then the manager asked a guy who was cleaning the floor to help me. He never bothered to come and look so i just gave up and turned the TV off! One day i asked the manager at the reception how to get to the Yad Vashem museum and he simply told me to go to the tourist information office at Jaffa Gate which was a 20 minute walk from the hotel in the opposite direction to where i needed to go. So i worked it out on my own using the internet but a little help from a local would have been much quicker and easier! Finally on check out i asked if someone could help carry my suitcase down the stairs to the doors as no one had offered and i was travelling alone. The male manager simply walked off after i had paid my bill, so the female receptionist helped me bump my heavy case down the stairs to the door.. Really unimpressed and i wouldn't recommend this hotel to friends or family visiting the city.

Hashimi hotel is superbly situated in the old city just 5 minutes walk from Damascus Gate, 5 minutes to get to the Holy Sepulcher and 10 from the Western Wall You are immersed in the market Go to the rooftop to envoy the best view of Jerusalem Rooms are big and very good if you travel with children Haven’t tasted the restaurant nor the breakfast preferring to get lost in Jerusalem Shuk and eat local food