Pop Bogomil

The photos on booking.com are quite deceiving. Unfortunately, it has serious problems with cleaning, neither the sheets nor the towels were changed for 3 days, and when we ran out of shampoo and toilet paper, we had to go and ask for it ourselves, even though there was only 1 small package of shampoo. But the location is nice and the staff is friendly.

1st Time: The staff was really friendly and helpful. My partner and I were able to leave our bags there much before check in. They even helped us store some things in their freezer! The room was clean and welcoming and there were no strong smells, but one bed side lamp did not work, and the door of the bathroom/shower did not have a handle and lock. In late September the room was rather warm, perhaps too hot in summer. I saw no air conditioners. I did not use the TV but we were given remote controllers. The shower was hot and had good pressure. We could only find one plug to recharge our phones with and it was not close to the ground but mid wall. At night the neighborhood was quiet as well as the other guests, but the airplanes noise forced us to close the window, again something that might be an issue in summer. We paid 83 leva for this double bed room in 2023. All in all a positive experience. 2nd Time: Again staff very very friendly and helpful. Love the ladies. However this time, in winter, we found the reception full of cigarette smoke when we arrived, and the smell continued into the room we had been allocated. I addressed the issue and the staff immediately changed my room. We actually ended up in the room we had been in the first time. The room was clean, and did not smell of smoke. However about an hour later, some smoking smell started reaching our room again due to the neighboring room heavily smoking. 🚬. I addressed the issue again but the staff did not feel they could address this. We had to sleep with the window a bit open, which was fine with me, but for my girlfriend, it was cold. The blankets were thin and there was only one spare blanket. The room was heated though, and for me it was enough. In the morning, my girlfriend woke up sick. Again, staff was so kind to give me some fever medicine.

Good to stAy for budget travellers,cannot expect too much for the price

I arrived late at night with a friend and the receptionist greeted us very kindly. Explained the door lock situation and we went to our room. The room looked pretty basic but clean I guess. The one thing I would like to complain was the smell of the towels. I just didn't use them for five days straight and had to air dry every time I took a shower. Once I woke up in the middle of the night and unconsciously dried my hands with the towel and couldn't continue sleeping because my hands were smelling too now. So moral of the story: bring your own towels but other than that I can recommend this hotel because of very cheap prices and amazing staff. They even woke us up and called a taxi for us to get to the airport.

Me and my significant other stayed here for two nights. Literally the worst experience I have ever had. The walls of the roam were covered with, what I can only assume are "bodily fluids". There were bugs in the bathroom. The only wall outlet was coming out if the wall, obvious health and safety risk. The door of the room couldn't be locked from outside. We were told we need to leave the keys at reception every time we go out. The 3-ple room we were in was... See the photo. Avoid at all cost. The price isn't worthit!!!

Stayed here with 5 other male friends , on an organised stag weekend . We are all 37 to 65 year old professional men and seasoned travellers. Our package also included a guide , plus transfers to and from the airport and to a couple of pre planned events in the owners 8 seater mini bus.Now you need to bear in mind you are 15 mins away from the city centre in a country where beer is a pound a pint and the average monthly wage is about £400. Soooo , be honest and consider that when you are paying around £25 a night for a room , incl. breakfast ( boiled egg , meat , bread , coffee etc ) then it works out it's more expensive for me to live in my house than it is to stay here. You simply cannot grumble about that. The staff were friendly and helpful and spoke good English. The owner was a really nice chap - sorting us out some wine glasses etc and giving us some recommendations . We weren't expecting to spend much time actually staying here , given the nature of the visit , but did sit in the courtyard and have a few beers ( cans from reception for a quid ) and coffee etc is available in the day from the desk . The rooms were ideal for our needs and nice and clean. Yes the decor is a tad tired and odd here and there ( we had doors all over the walls and ceiling ! :) The slightly odd wet-room / toilet set up was a bit shabby around the edges , but what we needed. In the top back triple room ( room 11 ) there is an odd roof arrangement on a kind of extended bit overlooking the courtyard and rear apartments , which is basically some poly-carbonate garage roof sheets with pigeons living in the roof above. Some noise from the birds , but we weren't bothered. The suburbs of Sofia are a little run down but there were local shops and a nice bar around the corner. To be honest , I wouldn't probably use this place for a romantic break or young kids unless you are on a proper shoestring budget BUT as far as we were all concerned for the price , this place is perfectly alright. If I wanted to arrange a similar lads weekend away , i would DEFINITELY re-book here. Oh and don't pay more than a Lev per km in the cabs :)

Very unpleasant stay. We didn't have the opportunity to lock our door, there was only one socket (in a room with three beds!) Bugs here and there, the staff was unfriendly. The location is good but they showed zero effort to make people come back. If you wanna feel like a running away prisoner - that's your place. 😬🤢

The Pop Bogomil family hotel is a no frills budget hotel, I met 3 lady receptionists and all were lovely. I was travelling alone and need a stick to walk, they were all very kind to me. A small double room very comfortable. Lovely bed and so clean. Would stay again.