City Center Apartment Hotel Suites

I have to be honest that I booked this hotel on the last minute before my trip and without much expectations about how it would be. Surprisingly it was awesome just for the location. You can walk almost everywhere from here and have also public transportation to any place in Jerusalem. I recommend this hotel for its location and good service.

The hotel is a converted apartment building at the commercial heart of modern Jerusalem. Its central location is very, very hand, the noise level is fairly low, the cleanliness is pretty good (although the cleaning staff are very slow), and by and large it's pretty good value for money. But there's one caveat. We had a room in the "suites" building, around the corner on Ha-Histadrut, where there is no concierge. Entry is via a door code. Or so it seems. On the Friday night, we noticed that the building door did not lock; in fact, it remained unlockable for the next 48 hours. When we told the concierge this, he said it was to allow Haredi guests to come on go on the Sabbath. This isn't really acceptable. You can't compromise your guests' security in order to appease some people's religious sensibility. And in any case, the Sabbath lasts 24 hours, not 48. The hotel really has to find a better solution to this issue.