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This is a hotel with poor standards. Although it is very convenient to the Old City one would be better off to select a hotel further away. The shower had been leaking for a long time before we stayed here and there was a definite odour permeating the entire room where we slept. NOT RECOMMENDED

We stayed one week in this hotel and we were not satisfied at all. Maybe except for the nice girl that was in the reception, when we arrived. She gave us a hearty welcome and helped us carry our luggage tot the elevator - that was one floor down!nAt the moment, the hotel is being renovated - and very much in need of it, too! Carpets and walls are stained, furniture is old and worn out, sliding doors to balcony are jammed: in short, the whole hotel is past glory and in dire need of renovation. Moreover, the rooms were not cleaned every day and some days there was no hot water. And most annoying were the people that stayed in the room next door: they were terribly loud - until after 2.00 a.m.!nEven the seemingly fair price of $90 USD per night, does not make up for the shortcomings of the hotel at the moment. Though WIFI is free, it was not possible to print our boarding passes or other documents. Breakfast was included, but only available in another hotel (Ritz hotel), where they started clearing the tables and the buffet by 9 a.m., although it was said to serve breakfast until 9.30 a.m. The receptionist at hotel Meridian did not even know the exact time breakfast was served, so we missed it the first day.nWhile we were staying in that part of East Jerusalem, the area was in turmoil because of the killings of young Israeli and Palestinian teenagers. We wanted to go out and have dinner, so we went to some restaurants nearby that were very nice: Askediniah, Pasha's, and the restaurant in the American Colony Hotel. Only one evening, we felt insecure: there were youngsters throwing rocks and there was a lot of police in the streets. Though we were never targeted, we did not feel very safe.nChecking out of the hotel was a disaster: they could not print the bill and we had to go over to the Ritz Hotel to pay our bill, unless we could pay the bill in cash. There was no one to help us carrying our luggage from the room.