Gutenbergs Hotel

“Fantastic hotel in superb location”

Absolute gem of a hotel ! Beautiful hotel with excellent amenities and perfect location. Staff went above and beyond, and breakfast was excellent. Recommend 100%!

“Great hotel choice in Riga”

This hotel boasts an excellent location near Riga cathedral and Dome Square. our room (business double) was clean and well equipped with good walk in shower, air con, and some English TV channels. Breakfast was okay, with scrambled eggs, beans, bacon, toast plus the usual cereals and a few pastries… more

This hotel boasts an excellent location near Riga cathedral and Dome Square. our room (business double) was clean and well equipped with good walk in shower, air con, and some English TV channels. Breakfast was okay, with scrambled eggs, beans, bacon, toast plus the usual cereals and a few pastries. Good coffee! The hotel is showing it's age a bit, and some things need attention (for example, we requested four additional pillows but were told there was only one spare in the whole hotel), but the staff were friendly and helpful.

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“Old fashioned hotel”

This is a nice old fashioned hotel. It has a good location. If you are getting picked up for The hill of crosses trip it is just round the corner. The meeting point for the Market tour and Old town tour is just a five minute walk. My room 109 was in the old part of the hotel just off the reception … more

This is a nice old fashioned hotel. It has a good location. If you are getting picked up for The hill of crosses trip it is just round the corner. The meeting point for the Market tour and Old town tour is just a five minute walk. My room 109 was in the old part of the hotel just off the reception with half a dozen stairs to climb and about 4 or 5 other rooms on that landing, so very quiet and the room looked out on to a quiet back street. The room itself was a superior twin which was very roomy, an old fashioned decor with large beams, so if you are tall, watch your head. The bed was firm but comfortable. It has a tv with English channels. There is a kettle but bring your own coffee. A fridge but no milk so remember to buy some. There is drinking water and you can refill your bottle at the filter water machine on floor 3. The shower didn’t have shower gel. It had shampoo and conditioner in dispensers in the shower and a hand wash dispenser at the sink. I’m sure they would provide shower gel if asked. The room was cleaned every day and the hotel staff were lovely and friendly. The breakfast was ok but I’ve had better. They have bacon, scrambled eggs, pancakes, porridge, cake etc but not much cereal and fresh fruit. I think this hotel is becoming a little frayed hence the four stars but we had a wonderful stay and would recommend. The highlight was the rooftop restaurant upstairs which is fantastic as is Riga itself.

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“Just OK”

The Hotel Gutenburg was ok for a 4 night stay. We were in room 106 which was a "Junior Suite". You would think from that title you could expect a little luxury or a least a nice toiletry or two. Nah .. . nothing like that. They were kind enough to allow us to take a glass bottle and walk up a fligh… more

The Hotel Gutenburg was ok for a 4 night stay. We were in room 106 which was a "Junior Suite". You would think from that title you could expect a little luxury or a least a nice toiletry or two. Nah .. . nothing like that. They were kind enough to allow us to take a glass bottle and walk up a flight of stairs to refill the tepid water tho. The bed was huge, the mattress topper provided that bit of comfort I'm sure the mattress lacked. There was no milk, no little biscuit treat, no water if you'd already undressed! There were however some English speaking TV channels if you like gold digging or fishing. The breakfast was quite possibly the worst description of that word .... I can't even describe the lack of everything that breakfast room had, so I'm not going to try. Look, its location was perfect, the restaurant on the terrace ( it can't possibly have anything to do with the hotel) was superb! Best food we ate in Riga. It was ok for our short stay, ... would we return ..... no way!

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