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Reviews of Hotel Lion Sofia

3 out of 5
Hotel Lion Sofia
60, Maria Luiza Boulevard, Sofia

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 113 out of 348 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 154 out of 348 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 55 out of 348 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 348 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 14 out of 348 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean. Great market two doors down. Restaurant next door provides excellent breakfast. Lavov Most metro station on M2 line is right across the street. Take M4 metro line from airport to Serdika stop. Transfer to M2 line heading for Obelya. Lavon Most is next stop. Look for exit from metro to Maria Luisa.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

colin

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
We selected hotel Lion for a city break (4 night stay). The hotel is good value, its clean and secure . The location offers good access to the old town if you liked walking, if not it has a tram stops close by that will allow access to more places in and around the city, we used them and have to say they are great value. The hotel is also walking distance to the main railway and bus station which allows good access to other towns – we did a day trip to Plovdiv, going out on the bus and returning the next day by train.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Brandon

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Classic bait and switch. Booked a deluxe room with queen bed when arrive just throw us into a dark dirty room with double bed looks nothing like the photos on Expedia website when I spoke to front desk was told take it or leave it that is not my problem. Beware run far and fast
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

James

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
I liked the quiet location
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sellathurai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Centraly located next-door to metro tram
Very convenient centre of Sofia. Clean hotel with all the facilities. Daily house keeping. Bath tap and shower facilities mini fridge kettle You can't more than this for the price All the transport network doorstep
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sellathurai

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel in Sofia
Huge room and bathroom for a bargain price in a great location. Slept extremely well too.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very convenient location. View from my room is amazing ! Thank you !
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Joost

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Vladimir Tsekov on Sep 8, 2023
Dear Joost Huijsman,Thank you for your review! Would you please tell us what you didn't like? It will be helpful for us to know.Kind regards,Vladimir TsekovManager

10/10 Excellent

Svetlana, Weston

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel itself is very nice and very affordable compare with closer to the center. Staff was nice, rooms are clean. Conveniently located. There are 3 supermarkets nearby (promarjet, Bella, lidl), coffee shops, other food stores, kiosks, authentic bakeries.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

lee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good location, about half a km from the main centre. Bit of noise from the road and the trams but not bad. Big room,
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
I found the property quite basic but safe and comfortable for a night.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Alon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amanuel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was great!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Muhammad

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

William

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Muhammad

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Nazig

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our one night stay was fine. Area is a bit sketchy but a quick walk to Vitoshka and NDK. Staff was friendly. Recommend for a short stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

William

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Syed Asad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect location to stay in Sofia.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Janine

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Georgios

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A week ago I stayed in this hotel for a night . Soon after my check in I realized that when you switch on the air condition , there is a water leaking in my room .The room was in the fifth floor and it was a warm and sunny day . I went down to the reception and the person who was there tried to avoid me , but eventually I managed to convince him to come and to see what is going on in the room . He asked me If I opened the window , because , in according with him that could be the reason for the water to insert in the room ( it was a dry and sunny day ,as I mentioned before) , I explained him that I didn't open the windows . Then I asked him to change room as it was very warm there and I needed an air condition and he refused. He brought a plastic kit which was placed below of the AC so that water won't drop in the floor ..He said to me that he is not an engineer and as such there is nothing he could do about the problem. He said that it is possible his boss to come after a while and to see the air condition , but it was obvious that he lies , and indeed nobody came again . Then he left from the room and returned in the reception .During our conversation I spoke to him in Bulgarian and for some reason he responded me in English . I visit Bulgaria all my life and used to live there . This man apart form the fact that he was unhelpful and rude ,for some reason he tried desperately to show me that he really don't care about the problem I faced as a client of this hotel .
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

2/10 Terrible

Georgios

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
They gave me a room in the fifth floor during a quite warm day in the end of May . I realized soon that it is not possible to use the air condition , because If I tried to switch it on ,water started to drop from it . I went immediately to the reception in order to ask for help and I found there a young man who initially didn't want to come at all and to see what is going on , but eventually I managed to convince him to come with me in the room. When he saw the air condition he asked me If I opened the windows , because , as he said that could cause water to insert in the room (?) and I explained to him politely that I didn't open the window ( the weather outside was good , it was a warm sunny afternoon ). then he went in another part of the building and he brought a plastic kit to prevent the water to fall in the floor and he placed it below of the AC .I asked him to give me another room as it was quite warm there , but he refused.he said to me that he is not an expert and he can not repair the air condition and there is nobody who could help . Then he said that may be his boss will come in a while to check the machine , but ,as I expected , that never happened . Then he just left from the room and he returned in the reception .For some reason which I don't understand I spoke to him fluently Bulgarian and he answered in English ( I speak Bulgarian with all my Bulgarian friends ) .The room was very warm .
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Modest hotel with helpful staff.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant stay
Reception staff kindly let us checkin a little early. Tall ceilings, well maintained. Lift.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Don

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Dinka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place is clean.I would use it again,but the wait for breakfast was very long.Keep that in mind when you go.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

william

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

Nir

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mikkel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I was traveling from the states. I don’t remember how many times I have stayed there. Good hotel, very good staff and great breakfast. Thanks y’all
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

William

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel good location close to the bus station and centre
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

William

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Omar

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Menachem

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

Chaim

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Demetris

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location, friendly stuff very clean room. Good place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Adam

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Okay
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

4/10 Poor

keith

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice hotel, needs to improve staff training
Very poor reception and customer service . poor standard, choice and service at breakfast . Nice clean large room, Good position ,
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

William

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel very central
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Samina

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Martin

Disliked: Room comfort
Misleading pictures
They provide misleading pictures and information about their rooms on hotels.com In reality the room you get is half the size. Besides, the reception lies that the hotel is full when it is literally empty. Bad sound isolation so you can't expect a good sleep at night.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

2/10 Terrible

MICHAEL

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Annoyed
I found no large towels to have a shower and at one stage only one hand towel. So I had to go a friend's home to have a shower. This was mentioned to reception on the morning I left
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ronald

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

j

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Response from Vladimir Tsekov on Mar 11, 2020
Hello, Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. We continuously strive to offer better service. Looking forward to welcoming you in the future! Best Wishes Hotel team

8/10 Good

Kresen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

KURTIS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Wifi connection is very very very slow but others are ok.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Vladimir Tsekov on Dec 6, 2019
Hello, Thank you for your feedback! We are working on the WiFi issue. It's complicated but soon we'll be able to offer a better WiFi connection. Best regards,