The Jerusalem Inn Hotel

Location perfect for Old City exploration close to tram line 1. Jaffa Gate Old City at aprox 10min walking. Very good communication prior to arrival, online checkin, whatsapp message from owner regarding access.

Yaqeem Hammad (11 yrs) was murderd today in Gaza by Israel army 😢

Location is spectacular. Just a minute or two from Jaffa Street. The rooms are small but functional. Not all the lights worked in my room so it could be quite dark. I was also disturbed by the fact that I could not double-lock the door. The deadbolt was disabled and there was no latch lock, either. ||||The bed was very comfortable. The shower was great but toiletries missing the first day. Supplies are not really replenished unless you ask, but hotel staff are extremely friendly and accommodating. There is NO breakfast so don't pay for it. But there is a Cafe Hillel and Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf just around the corner. ||||This hotel does not have a lift/elevator, so you'll be taking the stairs. Good for exercise but difficult if you don't like doing stairs. Reception rarely has anyone at the desk. But when they do, they are extremely friendly.

Better to spend another few dollars get a proper hotel. Don't pay for the hotel until you see the room you are getting first. The linen and towels do not look or feel clean and fresh. The toilet water was running non-stop. They were accommodating by giving me a better room after I did not like the first room they gave me. Also they allowed me to leave my luggage there for the day.

I stayed in a double room with a private bathroom for three nights. Location was very convenient. A couple of minutes walk to Jaffa Street where the light rail is located. Ten minutes walk to old Jerusalem. The a/c was good and cable tv showed French open…yay. I had room facing street and on the evening of sabbath, it was very quiet. Then Sunday night there was some soccer game, maybe finals of the champions league…I dunno but it was a tad loud. I read from other reviews that there’s a club next door. It’s not a club but more like a couple of bars and one with outdoor seating. The noise wasn’t that bad and I was on the lowest floor on the side closest to bars. Room was relatively clean, though linen had a few stains. The pictures I’ve seen on this site of the property are a bit misleading.||The safe in the room is non functional. Also the rainfall shower head was more like garden hose shower head. The refrigerator was noisier than the noise from the bars. The chambermaid’s kid plays soccer in the hallway during the day while she’s cleaning so that can be annoying if you need to rest during the day.

I should have listened a bit more to the other reviews, but whatever. First of all, the good thing is that the location is really very central. If you want to explore Jerusalem, you can reach most of it on foot or quickly by public transport. The staff at the reception are generally friendly, even though they are only staffed during the day, but the will help you with your luggage if you arrive too early to check in (after 3:00 pm). Unfortunately, the rooms are badly soundproofed, both inside and outside. The windows let the noise from the street through, and since there is a bar directly in front of the hotel, where many people party until late at night, you can hear a lot of it in your room. You also hear a lot from the other guests, without them being really loud themselves. The worst thing is the cleanliness, especially in the bathroom. Mould in the shower, dust in the corners, everything is somehow a bit cheaply made and just about holds up, you are often afraid that something will break completely. The fridge is humming and dirty, the ventilation in the bathroom is in "top form", the water in the toilet is constantly running and to make matters worse, the standard version doesn't even have a safe, which is all very annoying. It's better to invest 10 or 20 dollars more per night and you'll find some better hotels in the area where you can also sleep peacefully.

I think a barnyard would have been quieter than this place. Noise from the street from partiers until about 1am. Car horns all night long. Noise from the hallway. The maids, the maid's carts, other guests, and every time one rolled a suitcase through the hall in came in crystal clear in the room. We could hear TVs, audio conversations, bed squeaks, etc. as if they were in the room with us. One could literally hear a device being plugged into the socket through the shared wall.||Second issue was hotwater. Sometimes nothing, sometimes barely above room temperature, other times scalding hot for a brief second. Then was the consistency of the water pressure and hotwater. Toilet flushing in another room dropped pressure and brought about a chill. ||Maid's serviced the room nearly every day we were there, but there were times we ended up with no towels and had to ask at the front desk. There was someone at the desk more or less consistently in the afternoon. However, in the mornings they were almost not existent.||Pro tip: linens are on the first floor, and towels are on the second. ||No elevator, even with 3-4 floors of rooms. Climbing the stairs got to ba chore after climbing the hills of Jerusalem.

I stayed here four nights. My room was clean and comfortable. The location is fantastic. Walking distance to the Old City. Close to a light rail stop. Good breakfast. Every member of the staff I dealt with was friendly and helpful. My street facing room was on the small side and there was noise from the street until 0300. Head phones blocked it. Be warned there is no elevator if that's an issue. I would definitely stay here again.