Ramada Hotel & Suites Baku

Very nice hotels black is the first in the world to be found friends. Gedin is the main attraction.

We were transferred to this hotel after issues with another hotel, which on first glance was a bonus. This hotel is not 5* by any means, 2.5* is probably about right. I have rated it 3/5 purely based on paying a very cheap price for the stay, my comments are around the quality of the hotel. The good - WiFi (stable & fast - a must as Azerbaijan not in any roaming plan from UK). Superb shower head (great pressure, left you feeling really refreshed). Bed comfortable (two were only single beds in a twin room, but perfectly fine). The bad - Poor location. Downtown and a long way from the 'action'. If you like to be centrally located and walk places or use the metro, this isn't the place for you. However, Baku taxis (Taxify/Bolt app - same as Uber in UK) are incredibly cheap but all drivers in Baku are like Kamikaze pilots! Room was dated and in some disrepair - damp stains, curtains & sofa dirty, shower had a broken deck slat on the floor, bulbs blown, safe-box had to be fixed by staff as was broken etc. In all, just a poorly maintained room. Reception - very poor. Almost total lack of English. Insistent we had to pay in cash for the stay, wouldn't take a credit card citing 'not possible on 28th May as its a public holiday'. Reception ATM broken (never fixed), so said we would pay next day they agreed. They then pestered us for money several times same day! Next day when we came with exact cash, they tried to increase their original agreed price. Didn't work, but was annoying.

under NO circumstances go anywhere near this place! blood on pillows, fresh crap in the toilet, filthy dirty rooms, lifts broken,no lighting in many places including the fire escape, cockroach crawled across the table we were sitting at whilst waiting to leave, cracked floortiles in bathrooms....on and on and on..every single person in our group of 22 had a complaint regarding hygene. RAMADA HOTEL CHAIN...if you are reading this then you need to act upon it as i can assure you that this place needs to be closed down.